Important things to Me!

The thing that most, interest me the most I would have to say music and my family. My family and music are the things that are most important things in my life. I can’t live without my family; they have been with me through everything. Whether is it bad, or good they will always have my back, and nerve put me down. They back me up on anything I do or accomplish if life, or I don’t achieve anything they have my back. And music is something I love tot death. I cannot go a day without listening to some kind of music. Whether it is R&B, Hip Hop, Spanish, and Or Pop as long as it is something that makes me feel good, or in a better mood I love it so much. Or Even when I am singing out loud and I can’t even sing so that just makes me laugh in general. Those are the most interesting things in my life that make me feel a certain way. Whether it is good or bad something that I love till forever. Something that interests me that happens at SCSU I would have to say going to Zumba with my friends and roommates. Zumba is something I always loved when I first heard about it. Zumba is dancing, but a work out you sweat a lot. And dance something I love to do because I love dancing to Spanish music. Since I am half Spanish the music just speaks to me as a person and I feel alive. Being in Zumba just makes me happy which they have it at the gym in the Student Center at different times. Which can work with your schedule if you may have class that day. I encourage people to do Zumba if you haven’t tired it please do because it is so much fun. Once you do it once you will want to do it everyday. My roommate and I want to get are Zumba license so we can instruct the class and get paid for it. We love it that much to teach classes. 

Writing Center

Writing Center Safari

I went to the writing center this passed week actually twice. For two different subjects on two different essays I had to write. One essay was for my anthropology class about writing a paper about this article and putting into standard form, and the other one was for my English class writing a Literacy Narrative. My experience with the writing center was very helpful for me. They really take there time, and break down each paragraph of the essay even though the session is only thirty minutes. I would rate the writing center an eight because I wish it was at least forty five minutes. I defiantly would go back to writing center for anything I need help with.  Because I feel like they can make you a better writer, and even if you have struggles like me they said they can help me fix anything, or just touch up on certain things. 

Time Management

The video-making project about critical thinking took a lot of time management skills and organizing what you needed whether it is music, interviews, bloopers, text/quotes, or just you talking in the video. The most important thing is the technology and the sound can your hear the person giving in interview. The last thing is the length making sure is five minutes, or more so you must have the length. A) Brainstorming I really didn’t have any idea’s like specific things, I just knew I had to interview people and are professors, so that was the only thing I had to do that was brainstorming wise. No ideas really came to my head to do anything different I thought of music. B) I interviewed my anthropology professor, and I had asked her the question about what is critical thinking. How she used it outside school, or when teaching her classes. C) I gather quotes from other anthropologist or philosophers and what they think about critical thinking, and what it means to them. E) Learning to use Imovie was so much fun I have to say it was my first time using it, and know that I know how to use it I want to use it more, and do other stuff with it making video’s with my friends, just having fun with them. F) It was trouble shooting the video asking people them to be in the video. Some people didn’t want to be in the video they were camera shy, so I got denied with that. But that was only trouble I had with my video.  My time management with this video could have been better, I waited till the last minute, which I shouldn’t have done. Know I no for the next video to prepare and be more organized. 

Shooting My Video!!!

Making this video for inquiry class I thought was very interesting. To go around asking people what critical thinking is I would have to say that is something hard to do. Because for me I really do not know the exact definition or what exactly critical thinking is really. I know I hear about it all the time from teachers and other people outside of school. I never really paid it any mind on what it actually means. For my inquiry project we had to ask around, or go up to whether is a stranger someone you no any one. Asking them what critical thinking means, how we use it outside of school or work. Any other question you could have came up with to ask them about it. So me being that I am not good with talking to random strangers and asking them questions, I asked people I no my roommate and one of my close friends on campus. And another part we had to do is ask one of are professors from are classes asking them the same questions which I thought was hard. When I first approached my friends it was kind of hard. They looked at me like I was crazy or something, and which they said sure I will be in your video. So one girl new what it meant the other girl had to look it up because she had no idea what I was even talking about. When I asked my professor the question, she kind of went off on a ramble which made no since to what my question was about, that was difficulty I thought for me. With my video I think that I should have had better time management skills be more organized about my time, and organization. What I did to fix it add music make it more interesting less boring as you could say. What I have learned from this experience that you may get rejected being that some people don’t like to be on camera but if you ask the right people, and at least put an effort you will find someone who will be willing too.

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Movie Project/ Critical Thinking Book

My Project for Inquiry I think would be very well; I have a set up of what I am going to ask my professors. And some of my friends, or just some random people that I see walking by on campus, and I stop and ask them. What they think critical thinking is, and see what their answer will be. For me asking the professor's how they think Critical Thinking is use on a day-to-day basis of a college student I think would be a good question. And me asking people I know will be easy just have them be their selves on the video while they are answering the question. My friends really don't know when I am going to interview them one day I am going to come up to them with a camera and just ask them what they think critical thinking is 

One article that I read was about critical thinking and blogging. This was particularly something that we talk about and do in are INQ class, and this article just stuck with me and very interesting how the things that we do in this class relate to what others may do. For us to blog about what we think is critical thinking just like what people in this article are talking about. For my INQ class we had to go to the Library and learn how to look up books, and be familiar with the library. Since we have a project on critical thinking we had to do a worksheet and look up, find and take out a book.

Robertson, S. Ian. Types of Thinking . London: Routledge, 1999. Print.

Stress!!!!!

Stress is something I defiantly have trouble with as a student in college. I always use to stress about little things in High School, but never this bad before. Its so bad that I get anxiety now and I have to calm myself down because its just so much to take in at one time it hits you like a ton of bricks. They always said college will be difficulty but I did not think this bad. Something that helps me relieve stress was when I talk to my mom or my family and like telling them about my day. How things are going they give like advice or there input on what’s going on how they can help me in my situation I have with something which really helps for me a lot my family is my number one in my life, and college life. 

Being Sick

Being Sick is something that is not fun at all, Having Time management is very difficult when being sick you have to juggle your time and when to rest and do homework. In high school if you miss a day of class you can make up the homework and be good. But in college if you may have took a test that day or you had a paper due. You will not get credit for that paper or assignment and you will end up with a zero for that assignment or test. Some strategies you can use when you think your getting sick, or if you are sick. Do you homework ahead of time, try to always wash your hands use sanitizer always. Just take some medicine and try to do your best because in a real job and your sick. Mom and Dad aren’t going to be able to do it for you, being the bigger person and just doing it even though you feel miserable it has to be done. Having a back up plan for your homework is something good to have because if you wait till the last minute that will end not so pretty.