Blog 14I

Thanksgiving

The one day that I have been talking about for weeks has finally happened. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite Holidays not one because all the food, but because my family is all together. Ever thanksgiving before we have dinner if some people can wait and control their selves; we all sit in a circle and say what we are thankful for and why. This year it was very touching more than the previous years because my nieces, nephews and little cousins were the ones to start it off. I remember my Eight year old niece saying, "I'm thankful for everyone being here today and we can all get along and share the food that we love the most. I'm thankful for my Mom, my aunt Brittney, all my uncles my Nana and Papa and for all my family for loving each other."

I looked around the room and seen some people had started to tear up because no matter what happens with family members we will always be there for each other. Shortly after we had are "Tradition" I decided to do my mom a favor. She wanted a new T.V. for her room so I decided to go to Wal-Mart and get a ticket for a 50inch flat screen T.V. when I told my mom she started crying because she was excited.

Blog 14B

Goal Achieved

 

 

This semester I can say that I have learned a lot, even when I thought I wasn’t going to remember something surprisingly I do. I just want to say thank you to all my Professors for sticking with me and helping me threw the struggles that I have encountered. It will help me succeed better in life. The few things that I am very thankful for this semester as it is coming to an end is my professors, the new friends that I have made and my family for helping support me.

When it comes to my family, a lot of them have not made it to college so the pressure was on me, but my family has faith in me. They know that I will do what it takes to make it threw and I know that they will be with me every step of the way. Threw all my struggles they have been there to guide me to the right path. My family means a lot to me, an all I want to do is make them proud in the next few years.

Out of all the things that I have learned this semester I can say having motivation has helped me a lot. If it wasn’t for me having the motivational drive that I have I wouldn’t try for half of the things that I have achieved. I wouldn’t have learned anything that I have learned but I can say motivation has been the push that I needed. Sometimes when it comes to homework I do get lazy and don’t feel like doing it, but then  think to myself I’m not going to achieve anything but just giving up before I tried. This has worked very well for me because now one of my goals has been achieved and that was to get good grades. Even though I had a rough start but because the motivation that I had it pushed me to be better and show everyone what I can do.

Blog 14A

Stress-be-gone

 

 

Threw out the semester I have ran into a lot of stress related issues but I have managed to overcome all of them. Everyone has their own ways to handle stress it can be the simplest things that could change someone’s mood. For me the few things that have made it easy for me to deal with stress are listening to music, writing poems, taking walks and talking with family/friends.

 

Music is a big part of my life, ever since I was little I would just dance and sing around the house not knowing the meaning of the song but it made me happy. Now that I am older and music has evolved a lot since I was little, the songs that help me relieve stress was music that was created around the time I was born. This might sound odd but if it wasn’t for music I wouldn’t be where I am today (I believe).

 

Next to music talking with my family and friends is the biggest stress relieve to me. I remember my first few days at Southern I would call my mom and my sister between classes because I was nervous scared and stressed. Just hearing them tell me everything was going to be ok reinsured me that everything was going to be perfect. Now that I am settled in more I meet with my friends and we talk about how our days are going and eat lunch together. It does help me a lot knowing that my friends and family are there to support me very step of the way.

 

Taking walks is the easiest and simplest stress relieve. Between classes the majority of the time I will put my head phones in and begin walking normally I would be to a friend’s house that lives close by, but the walk there just relaxes me. At the same time you’re getting exercise.

Blog 13V

Purpose:

Coming up on the last few weeks of the semester I can say that I have learned a lot and it will follow m threw the rest of my college years. One word I can say that I have used a lot this semester was the word Purpose. The meaning for the word Purpose is the reason for which something is done or created. For an example; everything and everyone has purpose in life. 

Two other words that I learned this week were Navigation and contain. The word navigation means getting from one destination to another destination. The word contain means to keep under proper control and or to restrain.

Blog 13B

How will you make your video draft exhibit a high level of creativity?

Before I start creating my video I will look at my midterm video and focus on the areas that I will need to improve on. Instead of doing just interviews I will have to think a little further. In order to make my Final video meet the high level of creativity I will have to go beyond the normal creativity. For this video I will decide to make a skit on how students act during the finals cramming week. I will also interview students and professors and ask them questions on the final week cramming.

During the skit I will incorporate all aspects of how students might react to the stress and the work load of studying. I will try to make the video funny but also I will try to make it educating so the viewers will be able to learn from the mistakes that will be shown in the video. One thing that I will not try to do is make it to educational because once that does happen it will start to get boring and the viewers will see no interest.  During the interviews I will try to ask questions that will be relatable to students so that they will have that knowledge.

One other thing that I can use is statistics comparing SCSU’s first year students to other schools and see how SCSU and the other schools of my choice is coping with the first semester coming to an end.

Blog 13A

Final Video Project

 



 

The end of the semester is coming faster than we know it. It feels just like yesterday I was studying for midterms. For one final project I have to create a video. In order to do well on my final video project I would have to compare how I set up my time for my midterm video to how I can set up my time now. Once I do that I would then have to look at the errors I made and figure out ways to improve so I can make my final video meet the standards.

The topic of my Final Video is: Final’s week and cramming. This is something that as well as myself but my peers will be fighting threw. Finals week can be very stressful and frustrating but one thing that we all must remember is to keep calm and manage are time. Some of the ways I can make my video draft exhibit a high level of college-thinking is that I will find on campus statistics and information about cramming during the exams. I will also compare SCSU to other colleges in the state on how the students cope and manage to make it threw finals week. One other thing that I will do is go to the Office of Study Skills Enrichment and talk with someone about information and statistics on students and cramming.

I know that once I start my video project there will be a lot of information that I will come up with which will help me prepare for finals week. One other thing I can do is follow around two older classmen’s and see what advice they would give and how the prepare for finals week. (With permission of course)

Blog 12I

Talent show

There are many talents in the world that go undiscovered. Some people might not think they are good at something when they truly are. One person talent could be a stress relieve, it can also be how someone expresses their selves to someone. Someone talent can be the one thing that separates them from everyone else which is important in college not everyone wants to be like everyone else.

Who would think that at my college we would have so much talent? On Wednesday in the Ballroom, there was a talent show that was held. Seeing all the talent in SCSU was shocking, some performances took away my breath, some left me in tears and some even left me in laughter. From all the different talents that some people have would leave someone wanting to say, “Wow you did great!” I just wish I could have went up to everyone and told them how good of a job they have done. Growing up with music being close to my heart, and hearing someone preform some songs that I know myself was just amazing. I could say that the original performers of the songs would be very proud.

One of the performers at the talent show was someone that I have known since I was young. Not know the song that was going to be performed left me in tears. Growing up with this person and at that moment I seen how much music can influence someone to do great things was amazing. Since we were young I would give him tips and advice on him he could improve and right then he showed me how far my advice had gone.

Blog 12B

Questions and Answers

 

 

 

A few questions that I could come up with from this week’s reading on Liberal Arts Education were:

1.       Why is Liberal Arts Education so important?

2.       How could you compare Liberal Arts Education to growth mindset?

3.       In what ways will someone benefit from a Liberal Arts Education?

Out of all the questions that I have come up with the one that I would believe to be at more college level than the other questions that I had come up with is question two “How could you compare Liberal Arts Education to growth mindset?”

The reason that I have chosen question was because yes anyone can answer it but you can go in depth with the question. First you would have to know what growth mindset is; someone’s most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work. Then you would have to know what Liberal Arts Education is; taking extra classes when it is not recommended for your major so that you have more knowledge. When comparing the two you could realize that they are not focused on just one topic at hand. They are focused on going outside of the box and not just doing what is needed. When it comes to the reality of things the way that the world is enhancing at every moment in time it can be hard to keep up. If we stay one step ahead and taking the extra classes we will know more than some.

When it comes time for all of us to go into the career field that we chose they won’t just look at the classes you did take and what you do know, but they will want to know they extra that is not needed. For an example at the job that I work at it is in the Food industry they were not focused on what classes I take but it caught there attention that I did cheerleading. They had seen that I had that extra spunk that they were looking for. Which does pay off in the long run, so not matter what you are studying they best thing to do is take the extra classes that you don’t think you will need. Sooner or later when it comes to a situation where you need that knowledge on the class you didn’t take because you “didn’t need it” you will need it then.

Blog 12A

Its about our Education

 

 

Since we could remember the majority of us would agree that we have questioned why we are learning something. We would think how this will apply to my life at some other time. More than we would know it but everything follows us for the rest of our lives. For example if you discover you are allergic to something, will you try again to eat that thing or will you remember you were allergic to the item. Once you have done something you will remember that thing.

Why did we all chose SCSU? Was it because we learn more than what we need for our major. Is it the fact that we are learning about what we will need to survive once we make it out of college? Might it even be that SCSU offers what some colleges might not which is developing their student’s academics?  These are all good questions but it comes down to Liberal arts education, which will prepare us for all that we will need to know.

The importance of liberal arts education is that it does not prepare you just for your major and the field of work you plan on going into but it gives you the out of the box learning. It does not focus on just one thing, but it gives us a piece of knowledge to know a bit of everything. Some people whose major might be nursing, might questions why they have to take a History class or etc. But when it comes further down the line we will only be able to understand the reason behind it.

What does this mean for student that chose to go to SCSU? You can think of this as if southern is preparing its students for the real world. It is also giving their students a more open education instead of focusing them on one topic which is their majors. In high school I as well as others would think to ourselves when we are going to need this in life. When the truth is that our education follows us for the rest of our lives. Many of us wouldn’t realize this but every day we come across situations that we have learned how to handle since grade school. When it is easy to pick up and remember how to do, we have already learned this and we then notice that our education will follow us and help us threw everyday situations.

Blog 11V

Innovation

 

 

Innovation is when you are introducing something new. This can vary from objects to ideas. This also means when you are making everyone aware of something that they normally wouldn't have found awareness of. For example new businesses need to welcome in new innovations to keep employees as well as customers coming it.

Two other words that I have learned this week are research and create. Research is when you look around for information and evidence to back up what you believe in. Also it means look further and in more depth than what others have found to give people updated information. Create is when you look into your mind a picture something and bring it to life. This happens to everyone everyday more than most people would think. When you are writing you are creating, creating can be visual, mental, and emotional and what most people will know as physical. Also to create it can be to make something better.

Blog 11I

Do you believe in Ghost and the Supernatural?

 

The night before Halloween at 8pm one special Lady had walked into SCSU’s Lyman hall, to share with us what many others would not know. To share with us pictures and footage that most of America has not and for most will not see. This lady is a neighbor to most, but for me she is someone I have been waiting to meet for years.

Standing in line to walk into Lyman and meet someone that I look up to. Lorraine warren was going to be at my school what a surprise. She is coming to SCSU, the excitement that I had felt but along with fear. Hearing everything that she has done in her life and what has happened to her had me sitting in my seat anxious. I have been waiting for this day for so very long to see who this lady is who investigate so many homes in search for what the eyes cannot see. Ever since I was little I have always wanted to meet and paranormal investigator and the fact that I have done such amazes me. The one thing that I will never forget was at almost the near of the presentation what my eyes have seen I will never forget. With my own eyes I seen footage of a real exorcism, even though I was not able to get a good sleep for days I do not regret going at all.

This set the mood for Halloween which made it just the right timing, so I had to go. When everyone heard that Mrs. Warren was coming to SCSU everyone got their ticket. This will be an event that I will always remember.

Blog 11B

Push Yourself Beyond You Limit

 

Now that we are in college we have to rethink about how we will make it through the years to come. Since we are all mostly just leaving high school we will still sometimes act and thing as such. It will only take time for us to get the full effect of being in college; some might be quicker to catch on then others. That is ok because we are in college to learn how to make it in life. Preparing for what is going to be on a college level exam is not easy for most of us, because we are used to high school level thinking. After reading threw a few of my fellow peer’s blogs one of the blogs have caught my attention to what I believe to be a college level questions.

(Link here)

To me these questions seem as if you can answer them but you have to think deep within. Comparing these to questions from high school no one would expect them to be on a quiz or exam. The way this blogger asks the questions in depth it amazes me and shows me that all I have to do is think beyond what I know I can do. The questions are not open ended so if someone didn’t do the reading they wouldn’t be able to just guess and write down anything. For these questions one has to do the reading to get the right answer. That is where I believe this blogger has such strong questions because they are making it so that if the person didn’t do the reading they will not be able to just guess. This will show students that they do have to do the reading because sometimes you never know how the professor will setup his or her exam.

Some high schools would make the quizzes and exams work for the student but what they don’t realize by doing so they are making the student think this is how it will always be. High school teachers don’t push students beyond the limit of where they need to be, instead they try to help them find the easy way out. What I can learn from this exercise is that I need to push myself to the limit to prove to myself that I can do and think as a college student should instead of finding an easy way out.

Blog 11A

Questions to You

 

11 weeks ago I started my first day at SCSU. It seems just like yesterday I was still in high school. For the past 11 weeks I have been taking notes and reading articles and what I have done was came up with 4 questions that I would think to be on an quiz or test for my class. The questions that I have come up with are:

1. When we ignore how innovation works, why does it make what is happening right in front of us hard to see?

2. What is fear of disconnection? Why do some people fear losing social media the most?

3. Out of the 32 innovations which is believed to be the most helpful to everyday life?

4. Why is it that we overlook the important role on inspiration?

Out of all of these the one that I think will be on a quiz or test is:

 “What is fear of disconnection? Why do some people fear losing social media the most?”

Fear of disconnection is when one person fears of being alone and by themselves. It is also the fear of being alone, disconnected and forgotten.

The reason why I believe this question will be on a quiz or test is because this can be more of a survey like questions where there can be a variety of answers but they all lead back to one main goal. Even though this is an open question this can be narrowed down to just one answer, which will be the pattern for most people. When I thought of this question it made me think of teens and technology. The reason to this is because most teens love their cellphones. Which this can become a problem, since teens have grown up with cellphones and technology when they get there phone taken away they will be upset.

That is why teens fear losing technology more than anyone else because that is how they keep in contact with everyone. Even though this can also be a positive thing because technology has evolved to the point where people can do homework online or go to school online. Some people do live for their technology.