This week’s words are critical thinking, concentration, and inspiration.
Critical thinking is when you find the deeper meaning of something. This is
needed in order to truly enjoy or learn something that is shown to you. Concentration
is when you are “in the zone” or in deep focus in completing a task. This is
needed in order to complete something to the best of your ability. Inspiration is
when something “lights a spark” or makes you want to do something after seeing
or hearing something. Without inspiration earth will not be what it is today. Inspiration
makes people want to improve thing which improves overall life experience
worldwide depending on what they fix. When using all of these three things
together creating or doing anything is possible.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Supreme Court Justice Inbound!!!
This
week Sonya Sotomayor visited our school to speak to us about her life. I felt
very honored to have someone of such great authority to grace us with her presence
at our school. She could have been in a million different places such a Yale
and speak with those students. Yet she choose our school to speak and tell us
about her life struggles. I was very excited to be able to see her in person
because, I read her book and there was a lot that I can relate to her with. She
didn’t have an easy life growing up yet she still became successful. Her speech
was given on money in the student center at 7 pm. If you were not able to
attend last Monday hopefully she will come back next year. I am very happy to
be the very few people to say I was able to attend this event.
Where do I Stand….
Blog B
This week
we received midterm grade for the first half of the semester. I was so excited
to receive my grades because, I knew I was not failing anything. I expected my
lowest grade to a B- which I expected to be media class. When I seen my grades I
was let down and very disappointed with myself. So then I thought to myself
what did I do wrong to receive grades like this. None of my grades were failing
but, I felt very disappointed in myself.
My highest
grade was an A- which I received in history class with my next highest being a
B+ in economics class. My lower grades were a C+ which I received in INQ and
Media class. My lowest grade which I received was a C in math class which actually
surprised me a lot. As I viewed these grades for a while it finally hit me
where I went wrong. As midterm grades became closer and closer I started to
slack of in some classes. For example in INQ I became lazy in my blogs and
decided not to do all of them. I thought it wouldn’t affect my grade it I don’t
do like one or two. One problem with that is I forgot blogs are basically 60%
of grade.
This ended
up being a much needed rude awakening to get me back on track with my work. I thought
that my family and I pay money for me to attend college and I’m wasting time
and money because, I would rather go to a party then do a blog or study for an
upcoming test. If I have to pay for college I might as well learn something
while I am here. I don’t want to just be another student just barely passing my
classes and know nearly nothing in my field of study. Now I know that there are
no real brakes in college because, it is very easy to slack off and you may not
realize how it is affecting your grade until it is too late.
A Moment for Deep Thought…
Blog A
Critical
thinking is basically the unspoken truths behind a peace of literature or something
you heard. It is as if you are understanding the deeper meaning behind a
statement which you have heard. For example Nike has a phrase “Just Do It.” To some
this just may not have much meaning behind it “just do it”. If you think of it there
is a lot of meaning behind that little phrase. One main thing that people don’t
think about is the period at the end. One may think what is so special behind a
simple period.
A period is means that it is the end of a
sentence. After a period that sentence is over and you can’t add anything else
to it. A period means that it is the end. So “just do it” is saying do the goal
or challenge that was given. By adding the period to the end of it just
reinforces what that statement is saying. This means to just complete your task
“period” no excuses. This mean that the period is saying there is nothing else
to say no excuses.
All of this can be brought to you
when a person uses critical thinking in a statement or through everyday life. Critical
thinking is expected to be used all the time when in college. By the end of
college the use of critical thinking should be second nature to you. I use critical
thinking a lot myself when I am given projects in college. When we are given a
task I try to find a deeper meaning behind my answer in order to complete my
task to the best of my ability. In today’s world companies want to hire people
that practice critical thinking in order to better their businesses. Critical thinking
is a skill that everyone should master to the best of their ability.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Homecoming Game....
This week was one of the biggest week's of the year. This week we played a school called stone hill which is a rivalry of southern. A lot of alumni came out to this game to see old coaches and be reunited with some of their old teammates. It was a very good game but, in the end stone hill ended up ended southern's three game win streak. This was a home game for Southern Connecticut with the stands filled with fans and even the band started to play. I felt helpless as I watched stone hill come back because, I was a red shirt freshman which means I sit out a year. So I will have to wait a year to defend our field in one of the biggest games of the year.
Weekly Dosage...
This
week’s words are mastery, perfection, and dedication which is needed to be the
best you can be. Mastery means that you know all the tips and tricks to doing
and activity nearly perfectly. People who master a certain field usually get
paid the most at jobs or are bosses at a job. Perfection is when something is
flawless and you want things to be perfect so you can get the maximum benefits
for your hard work. The next word is dedication which means that you put all
your focus and energy into doing something. This can mean practicing extra in
something you are bad in to help you master the activity you are doing. If you
use these three things you can be the best at any activity but, to reach that
level takes hard work.
Me in six words…
Greatness
is earned through hard work… I feel this can summarize my life in just those
six words. I had to work for a lot of things that I did which come from sports
and my family. In my mom I was the only child before my little sister was born.
My whole family pushed me to do good with my grades and failure wasn’t an
option. Also in sports no team is going to roll over and just let us beat them.
Every person that was ever great in that this world had to work very hard at
it. Truthfully I feel that it is nothing wrong with hard work as long as you
push yourself and not just give up. I remember one year in football the coaches
would push us so hard in practice that people quit. I know that it may feel
like to much work to handle but, the coaches know when to stop. They are not
going to let us pass out on the field… (unless we lose our homecoming game in
scsu last game). I feel you should never quit unless you went all out and have
no more to give. There is a big difference between stop running because you don’t
feel like it and stop running because you cant breath. You cant be lazy if you want to be great in something. You need deliberate practice in order to master something and become great at it. I played football for 10 years out of my 18 years of my life and I know what it takes to be great. Even though I played football for 10 years I feel that I am not the best at my position but, I know a lot of tips and tricks to beat different people.
Blog B
Saturday, October 5, 2013
How do you see yourself???
Everyone
is different so people have different looks and ideas on what they believe in.
Some people have more grit then others but, does that make you better then
someone else. Also what plays a major role is if someone can take shame or not.
Everyone reacts different someone people may be ashamed of something and have
it change their life for worse while others take shame and try to overcome it. One
quote from the reading is “can we gain strength from shame?” by social worker Berne
brown. I believe that if you can overcome shame you can become stronger as a
person. In group 1 we spoke about how there was a doctor that made a bad call
that got someone killed. He allowed a patient to leave the hospital to early
and they ended up dying because, they didn’t have proper care. So they doctor
never spoke about it because, he was so ashamed of it. So he never shared it
with his fellow doctors to warn them so that it won’t happen twice so no one
else gets hurt. If he would of spoke it out with someone he wouldn’t have felt
as bad and he could have saved someone else’s life if another doctor makes another
bad call. Hearing this story brings up a good inquiry question. Is it worth it
to not admit to a mistake even if it could possible kill someone. I think that
you should at least tell a co-worker so you can help them fix your error
indirectly. I think that it is morally wrong for you to let someone die and you
know that it is all your fault. I think if a doctor applies more GRIT to their
work studies they wont be in a situation to have to hide theirs faults.
blog b
blog b
Pain never last…
One thing that I needed persistence for is comes around
every year. This major challenge that I face every year is football on a team. I
love football but, it is a lot of work and you sacrifice a lot in order to play
it. You don’t have much free time and it is a lot of work that has its hot days
and its freezing cold days. With all of this hard work there is no guarantee that
you will win all of your games or enjoy the experience or even have a chance to
play during the actual game. Football is a major commitment that you take and
puts a when toile on your body. When practicing you may feel tired and not want
to practice because, you just came from school and its hot then after that you
have to do homework. Some people may think that’s it’s too much work and may
say I can’t go to practice. The only thing is a lot of homework or you being
tired and hot is not an excuse to miss practice. One thing that I do to try and
get past not wanting to practice is that I just try and tough it out. I may not
want to practice but, I have to so I might as well try and make it fun. If you
practice and you don’t have fun you will be bored which will only make practice
worse. Doing this helped me get through long and tough days much easier. This can
help me forget about the hot or cold weather and help practice end faster. Playing
football taught me a lot and changed how I think about task in my life. I realized
not everything you do is going to be easy and if you stay persistent the
outcome of your hard work almost always pays off.
blog a
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
First College Weekend
The
first week that all of the freshman finally came to SCSU they gave us a day
filled with activities. These activities included games, a DJ with a dance
floor, lots of food, and a movie. These events were given to us because, they
wanted to show us how fun SCSU is and also meet our classmates in a fun way. These
events took place behind Chase hall and in front of Hickerson hall. They closed
off the whole street in order to fill the street with the different attractions
and food vendors. Overall I believe it was a great event to bring the SCSU
family together as a family. I met a lot of people that weekend from the different
events given to us for that one day. In the future I believe that they should
do this event every year because, it works.
Weekly Dosage
This week’s words are persistence, stigma, and discipline. Persistence
is when you continue to try and complete a task even when it becomes hard. Persistence
is needed in anything you want to be good in. not everything is going to be
easy but, when you finish a task to the best of your ability it usually pays
off. The next word is stigma which means something that holds you back such as
your vision being weaker in one eye then in the other. Most people have some
sort of stigma even if they know it or not. As long as you try you best even a
weakness that you can’t really help can hold you back. The next word is
discipline which means how well you can follow rules or instructions. This is
needed when having any type of job because, if you don’t follow rules you won’t
have that job for long. If you can stay disciplined enough to continue a task
even when it becomes hard or if there are shortcut people will take notice to
it. If you use these three things you can accomplish any goal.
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