1) Unfortunately yes I get bored very easily and most often when I am sitting in class, especially a general class. This is kind of why I decided to take all my classes online, because I can do the assignments and reading on my own time and I can still occupy myself so that I don't get bored. Also, I'm not big into football and when people are talking about it I tend to stare into space or atempt to change the subject.
2)It depends on what I am doing. I am horrible in class I was in high school and I thought college would be different but I have a very hard time paying attention during class. However, when it comes to someone telling me a story or talking about something important, or wanting advice then I become very interested.
3)As you can tell from above, very often. Reading this text has been to bad because I'm interested in what I am reading.
B) I try to get involved in the conversation if I'm in class otherwise if I'm reading I'll take a break, maybe walk around for a bit and then I'll be ready to continue.
4)My boyfriend does this quite often. I'll try telling him something important or just try talking to him and usually he's so into his tv show that he's watching all i get is yup or okay or oh. It's very frustrating and irratating. It also makes me feel like what I'm saying isn't important to him.
5)My mom and I are very close and she's always been the one that I vent to and vice versa. When I'm having a problem and need someone to talk to she drops what she's doing and will listen and give me advice. She also gives me eye contact and focuses on what I am saying not anything else around us.
6)I don't think I'm beginning to know anyone personally but I'm beginning to learn about their opinions and what they feel strongly about.
B) I don't really know what could be done to get everyone to know eachother better. I, myself am busy and trying to get all my class work done that I don't really have time to try and get to know everyone in class.
7)I'm just wondering, do you need to make an appointment before going to one of the job seeking skills workshop?
This week I learned that I still have to figure out how to manage my time to get everything done that needs to be.
Something good that happened to me this week was that I ran into an old friend and got to catch up with her.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Chapter 3
1) I would like to be helpful and admired in my community. I try to set an example for my younger relatives and for the kids at the day care that I work at. I enjoy helping out whenever I am able to whether it be in my community or in another community. In 2008, I went to New Orleans with a group from school. We got a lot of publicity and people knew why we were going down there. Once people found out that we were going there to help clean up the mess that Katrina left, people were very willing to donate everyday things, in order to help the people. I feel that I was looked up to at this point in time, and I felt very appreciated. It was a wonderful feeling to get the community involved even though they weren't coming to New Orleans with us. I would like to continue in helping and trying to get the community involved.
2)I would be interested in providing an educational program for teen pregnancy. I have quite a bit of friends that got pregnant in high school and struggled a lot. Some have even gotten pregnant during college and have been struggling. I think an educational program for teens about pregnancy could really help the at risk teens to prevent pregnancy, use protection, and wait until they are ready and can financially support a child.
3) Again I would like to work with at risk teens. I don't think a lot of teens would want to seek out the services that I may provide. We were all teens once and I know that I didn't want to listen to anyone no matter what advice they were willing to give me. Teenagers are more about being right and not needing help from others. I hope that I would be able to find a way around it and get them interested in what I would like them to know.
4)I'm pretty satisfied with my work in the class discussions. I feel that I contribute enough, but I'm sure I could contribute more. I think I am beginning to know my fellow classmates, may be not personally, but I can tell what they think and topics they feel strongly about. Along with what they want to do in the future.
I learned that with not working as much I really need to start budgeting my money and hopefully that will help me throughout the semester.
This week I turned in my scholarshiop application and began to get a head on all of my school work. It feels amazing to have my school work done instead of procrastinating and waiting until it the very last day to get everything done.
2)I would be interested in providing an educational program for teen pregnancy. I have quite a bit of friends that got pregnant in high school and struggled a lot. Some have even gotten pregnant during college and have been struggling. I think an educational program for teens about pregnancy could really help the at risk teens to prevent pregnancy, use protection, and wait until they are ready and can financially support a child.
3) Again I would like to work with at risk teens. I don't think a lot of teens would want to seek out the services that I may provide. We were all teens once and I know that I didn't want to listen to anyone no matter what advice they were willing to give me. Teenagers are more about being right and not needing help from others. I hope that I would be able to find a way around it and get them interested in what I would like them to know.
4)I'm pretty satisfied with my work in the class discussions. I feel that I contribute enough, but I'm sure I could contribute more. I think I am beginning to know my fellow classmates, may be not personally, but I can tell what they think and topics they feel strongly about. Along with what they want to do in the future.
I learned that with not working as much I really need to start budgeting my money and hopefully that will help me throughout the semester.
This week I turned in my scholarshiop application and began to get a head on all of my school work. It feels amazing to have my school work done instead of procrastinating and waiting until it the very last day to get everything done.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Chapter 2
1.
a) Elementary school was not a very pleasant time in my life, not because of school itself, but because of what was going on in my life. I went to Washington Elementary School in Stevens Point from kindergarten through 2nd grade. Then I went to Rothschild Elementary School for the remainder of the time. I loved being at school, but when I started at Rothschild we were still living in Stevens Point. Both of my parents were working in Wausau and we were in the process of selling our house, so we commuted everyday. It became very hectic and I began getting migraines, which caused me to miss school and be at the doctor's office quite a bit. I've suffered from migraines ever since then.
b) I loved high school at times. Once I was a senior I was just ready to be done and I began thinking how am I ever going to make it through college when all I can do is count down the days until I'm done with school. I learned a lot during this period of my life. I was a good student. I played fastpitch softball, which I love! I began to realize who my true friends were, which were the ones that didn't start drama or get mad at me for every little thing. This is also when I found out what true love is. I met my boyfriend the summer before junior year and we've been together for over 3 years now. My senior year, I was in Family Careers and Community Leaders of America, this will be the one thing from high school that I'll never forget. I made some awesome friends, we went to New Orleans to help with the reconstruction of Hurricane Katrina, I got out of school at noon to go work, and I learned a lot about the "real world" and how to write resumes, cover letters, and resignation letters, important things that I will always need in the future. During this time I was also working at Liberty Mutual and learned that there is no way I could ever work at a place where I sit in a cubicle and work on a computer all day. I have way to much energy and get ADD just sitting around.
c)College a has been a fun point in my life so far. I started my college experience at UWSP. During my second semester at UWSP I was also attending UWMC. Once I decided what I really wanted to do and UWSP didn't have it as a major I transferred to the NTC. So actually college has been pretty hectic so far. The hardest part is getting everything transferred from school to school and now my Financial Aid is messed up because I had already filed for it at UWSP and then when I switched to NTC it needed to be reprocessed and it's taking along time to receive it, and I need it really bad right now, because I'm only working part time at a day care, which has helped me to realize that I definately would like to work with children.
d) Same as above
e)I'm motiviated externally by knowing what the outcome will be for others and how it may help them. As for internally, doing certain things makes me feel good about myself, which makes me motivated to do things even if I don't want to do them. An example would be now, I have a lot of online classes and its easy to just put things off to the last minute but internally I know that I need to get things done and that once I finish I'll be able to relax a little bit and have some fun.
f) I am fairly confident in myself to begin with. So I would say I am pretty confident as a learner. I usually try to figure things out on my own and if I have problems I'm okay with asking others for help.
g)I would like change how I organize myself, I could do this by buying a planner and writing down everything that I need to do during the semester so that I wouldn't forget or get behind in my work.
2. This week I began another class, and I learned that I have to manage my time even more with having 5 classes. I also learned how hard confrontation can be, but it's just something you have to do some times.
3. I received a letter of recommendation from one of my high school teachers and it made me feel very good about myself after reading it.
4. One of my friends told me about some of the things she did for her volunteering hours and one of them was participate in Make a Difference Day, How can I get involved in this?
a) Elementary school was not a very pleasant time in my life, not because of school itself, but because of what was going on in my life. I went to Washington Elementary School in Stevens Point from kindergarten through 2nd grade. Then I went to Rothschild Elementary School for the remainder of the time. I loved being at school, but when I started at Rothschild we were still living in Stevens Point. Both of my parents were working in Wausau and we were in the process of selling our house, so we commuted everyday. It became very hectic and I began getting migraines, which caused me to miss school and be at the doctor's office quite a bit. I've suffered from migraines ever since then.
b) I loved high school at times. Once I was a senior I was just ready to be done and I began thinking how am I ever going to make it through college when all I can do is count down the days until I'm done with school. I learned a lot during this period of my life. I was a good student. I played fastpitch softball, which I love! I began to realize who my true friends were, which were the ones that didn't start drama or get mad at me for every little thing. This is also when I found out what true love is. I met my boyfriend the summer before junior year and we've been together for over 3 years now. My senior year, I was in Family Careers and Community Leaders of America, this will be the one thing from high school that I'll never forget. I made some awesome friends, we went to New Orleans to help with the reconstruction of Hurricane Katrina, I got out of school at noon to go work, and I learned a lot about the "real world" and how to write resumes, cover letters, and resignation letters, important things that I will always need in the future. During this time I was also working at Liberty Mutual and learned that there is no way I could ever work at a place where I sit in a cubicle and work on a computer all day. I have way to much energy and get ADD just sitting around.
c)College a has been a fun point in my life so far. I started my college experience at UWSP. During my second semester at UWSP I was also attending UWMC. Once I decided what I really wanted to do and UWSP didn't have it as a major I transferred to the NTC. So actually college has been pretty hectic so far. The hardest part is getting everything transferred from school to school and now my Financial Aid is messed up because I had already filed for it at UWSP and then when I switched to NTC it needed to be reprocessed and it's taking along time to receive it, and I need it really bad right now, because I'm only working part time at a day care, which has helped me to realize that I definately would like to work with children.
d) Same as above
e)I'm motiviated externally by knowing what the outcome will be for others and how it may help them. As for internally, doing certain things makes me feel good about myself, which makes me motivated to do things even if I don't want to do them. An example would be now, I have a lot of online classes and its easy to just put things off to the last minute but internally I know that I need to get things done and that once I finish I'll be able to relax a little bit and have some fun.
f) I am fairly confident in myself to begin with. So I would say I am pretty confident as a learner. I usually try to figure things out on my own and if I have problems I'm okay with asking others for help.
g)I would like change how I organize myself, I could do this by buying a planner and writing down everything that I need to do during the semester so that I wouldn't forget or get behind in my work.
2. This week I began another class, and I learned that I have to manage my time even more with having 5 classes. I also learned how hard confrontation can be, but it's just something you have to do some times.
3. I received a letter of recommendation from one of my high school teachers and it made me feel very good about myself after reading it.
4. One of my friends told me about some of the things she did for her volunteering hours and one of them was participate in Make a Difference Day, How can I get involved in this?
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