Saturday, February 27, 2010
Am I in crisis?
It is obvious that this semester in college was informative and busy, more than what I am used to. I think too much information in a very short period of time, although I had fun and learned important stuff that I was not aware off. Right now I do not think I’m in a crisis, I feel complete, relax and motivated to keep going and reach my goals in life. The last few weeks were crazy at work as well as in school, but more at work than anywhere else. At my new job I have been learning and getting a bunch of information useful to be successful at my job. I have been training five days a week, 7 hours a day; it is an online training and it is driving me crazy because I have to be in front of a computer day and night listening to my trainer voice, which can be quite annoying. In top of this intense training for work I have 4 classes with lots of homework and projects, quizzes and tests, After all this work and stress I can finally go home at night and relax; my house is the only place where I can forget about job and school, feels good to go home, take off your shoes and just lay down and watch TV for a while. I don’t even have time to go to the gym and workout for a little bit which is one thing that relaxes me after a busy day. You would think I am in crisis right now, but after all I know the busy days and hard work are going to get me far, as far as I want. I know this effort I am putting to school is going to be worth when I am sitting in my office with my house plans in front of me, then I am going to take a deep breath, smile and think “I did it! “. I want to be professional, I want to accomplish all my goals and have a good future for me and for my family; I am willing to do everything to be happy and be what I want to be. Right now my plans are to transfer to a four year college with good grades, keep working hard and save some money for this college, and I know if I keep doing what I’m doing right now I will be fine, there are going to be bigger sacrifices, but you can if you want, if you put your heart and mind to it. I think I am ready for whatever comes later on in my life as a student and as a person.
PEA paragraphs/claims
This semester in the class English 111 we have learn a lot, we have got so much information that our group broke them down into three main categories, which are Myself, College life, and Social life; we have learned many good things in each of this categories. All the information we got is very helpful and we know is going to help us for the rest of our careers as students and human beings, as well as in our everyday life.
In The category Myself we have three main things we learn, the first one is personality. We learned about our learning styles, each one of us now can tell how they are, and how they act around other people, it gave me answers to questions that I wonder for most of my life as a student, this activity helped me found out that I am a ISTP, knowing this have made me a better person, I can understand other people’s reactions and way to behave around different situations, I can also control my emotions a little bit more.
Knowing about what habits we have and what we need to work on is good for ourselves, is always good to be aware of the bad or good habits we have so we can correct them and be a better person. The habit I have being working on is procrastinating in doing my homework. Before this assignment I did not realized that I was procrastinating as much as I do. It is a very bad habit to have specially because I am a student and I want to go far and do things the right way. Now days I am more worry about my homework, I put all my effort to do it before the dead line, and do it the right way. I just have to get my schedule right and get space for my homework, be responsible and work before playing.
A very nice topic that I liked was success, how to be successful, what do I need to be a successful person and student. There are a couple of things that we all need to work on and do to be successful. I learned that I need to work hard to get what I want; I have to start with something that I can accomplish right now so later on I can reach the “top of the mountain”. There are going to be many obstacles on my way but I have to put them on the side and keep going. Always doing what is right and do it at the right time.
College life is a wide topic to talk about; I learned where all the resources were here at J. sergeant Reynolds, there is a place to go for each different thing, we have advising options, financial aid opportunities for every single student, we also have the college’s web site where we can find jobs, requirements for our careers and majors, we have an email where we can get in contact with our professors and many more things. We also have a big library and many computers for research or just go and do a project, print out assignments and do your homework. How or what we need to do to transfer to another college if that is what I want to do; we even have a game room to go and relax for a while after a hard day of school. We have so many resources and opportunities to be successful and good student, have a responsible and organized student life and help management my time as a student, as a worker, as a girlfriend, as a friend, as a daughter, this is something that is helping me for the rest of my life.
Social life, this class helped me to be more social and met more people. Few month ago I would not get together with my classmates and study, but this class changed that fact of me, now, today I am seating in a study room with four of my classmates, and it feels good to count on other people just like me, students and teenagers. This make me feel better because I know that in the future I am not going to be as shy as I was before taking this class and get my classmates as a resource to pass and get good grades in my class. Organization in college is the key for success. We need to manage our time in a way to finish and accomplish what is more important first. Do homework or study first than playing Xbox, watching TV or hanging out with my friends. All this topics is what we learned that we thought it was most important for our life as a student. If we all can manage this information the right way we can go as far as we like.
In The category Myself we have three main things we learn, the first one is personality. We learned about our learning styles, each one of us now can tell how they are, and how they act around other people, it gave me answers to questions that I wonder for most of my life as a student, this activity helped me found out that I am a ISTP, knowing this have made me a better person, I can understand other people’s reactions and way to behave around different situations, I can also control my emotions a little bit more.
Knowing about what habits we have and what we need to work on is good for ourselves, is always good to be aware of the bad or good habits we have so we can correct them and be a better person. The habit I have being working on is procrastinating in doing my homework. Before this assignment I did not realized that I was procrastinating as much as I do. It is a very bad habit to have specially because I am a student and I want to go far and do things the right way. Now days I am more worry about my homework, I put all my effort to do it before the dead line, and do it the right way. I just have to get my schedule right and get space for my homework, be responsible and work before playing.
A very nice topic that I liked was success, how to be successful, what do I need to be a successful person and student. There are a couple of things that we all need to work on and do to be successful. I learned that I need to work hard to get what I want; I have to start with something that I can accomplish right now so later on I can reach the “top of the mountain”. There are going to be many obstacles on my way but I have to put them on the side and keep going. Always doing what is right and do it at the right time.
College life is a wide topic to talk about; I learned where all the resources were here at J. sergeant Reynolds, there is a place to go for each different thing, we have advising options, financial aid opportunities for every single student, we also have the college’s web site where we can find jobs, requirements for our careers and majors, we have an email where we can get in contact with our professors and many more things. We also have a big library and many computers for research or just go and do a project, print out assignments and do your homework. How or what we need to do to transfer to another college if that is what I want to do; we even have a game room to go and relax for a while after a hard day of school. We have so many resources and opportunities to be successful and good student, have a responsible and organized student life and help management my time as a student, as a worker, as a girlfriend, as a friend, as a daughter, this is something that is helping me for the rest of my life.
Social life, this class helped me to be more social and met more people. Few month ago I would not get together with my classmates and study, but this class changed that fact of me, now, today I am seating in a study room with four of my classmates, and it feels good to count on other people just like me, students and teenagers. This make me feel better because I know that in the future I am not going to be as shy as I was before taking this class and get my classmates as a resource to pass and get good grades in my class. Organization in college is the key for success. We need to manage our time in a way to finish and accomplish what is more important first. Do homework or study first than playing Xbox, watching TV or hanging out with my friends. All this topics is what we learned that we thought it was most important for our life as a student. If we all can manage this information the right way we can go as far as we like.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Activity # 2
For my second activity, this week I attended to a book discussion. I had a lot of fun, especially because it had a little bit to do with my cultural background. The name of the book was “How Soccer Explains the World: an Unlikely Theory of Globalization”, our professor Jenna Morrison was the one who gave the discussion about the book. We had a fun demonstration on how to play soccer, and one speaker that was very fun and told us his story about how soccer have change his life. There also was a group discussion where everybody participated and made it fun. They explained that soccer changes the world every time there is a game; it unifies the world when the world cup is played. Soccer is a game that many people think as a passion and part of their daily basis. I am from Colombia; I can tell soccer is passion, soccer is more than a game or people chasing a ball, there is more to this game that you would have to grow with a soccer field by your house and a soccer ball in your room to understand it. In Colombia like in many countries soccer is only for boys, I grew up believing this and watching all my boyfriends play every afternoon after school, and I just sat with the girls and cheer to them or bring them water, and even thought we knew this was for boys we all had our own team we cheer for and had the jersey, I even went to the stadium to see my team play. When I got here to the United States I was shocked that girls could played soccer like it was tennis or softball, I was happy that the guys did not mind and it actually was kind of sexy. Anyways I had a lot of fun in this activity and learn from other cultures too. It brought me many good memories and I felt very well !
Claims
LIST OF CLAIMS
Myself-habits
-personality
-learning style
-what do I need to be successful
College Life-our sources
-student life
-time management
Social life-interact with other students
-organization (know what comes first)
Myself-habits
-personality
-learning style
-what do I need to be successful
College Life-our sources
-student life
-time management
Social life-interact with other students
-organization (know what comes first)
career
1a. When I get out of school I want to design houses, be creative and be able to imaging a masterpiece and put it on paper or computer so someone else can build it and have people live in this house or work in this building. I want to like and enjoy whatever I am doing. According to the exercise 12.1 in page 276 I like to work inside or outside, it does not really matter. I like to work with people as well as by myself. I want to complete things, solve problems, produce information, involve a product, and work in an organized way step-by-step. These are some of the characteristics I would be enjoying once I get a real job.
1b. STRENGTHS: as an architectural drafter I am going to have many talents and qualities that I can develop with time and experience. I could get better with the different systems there are to design on the computer and be able to put them on paper so others can see what the mining of the project is. I already have some experience and practice on some of this computer and drawing skills.
WEAKNESSES: something that I think is a negative point for me is that I “quit” very easily which I am not supposed to do at all. Also I get moody when something does not work out the way I want to. I know these things are very bad specially if I am going to be working with numbers and things that require patients but I also know I can fix and reduce these bad habits I have.
OPPORTUNITIES: Something I have to my favor is the fact that I am bilingual, I am fluent in Spanish, I can write it and read it, as well as English. This is always going to have some open doors and more in this field. One really neat thing that my professor told me is that in the future, Cuba is going to become like another Hawaii and they are going to “rebuild” Cuba with new technologies and new structures all around, and this can be a very good opportunity for me.
THREATS: Being a female can be a good thing but personally I think that in this area of Architecture, being a girl can be a disadvantage, I have a picture that does not favor it me, but off course this can be just a wrong idea I have.
I know that my weakness or the threats I think I have are not going to be a problem for my future success and me being able to become an awesome architect or architectural drafter/drafter designer. With time I can fix these bad habits I have and get positive one to be better.
1c. I enjoy using my hands and creating things, I love art, drawing and imaging things and putting them on paper this fits perfectly with the career I choose and like. Since I was a little girl I like to draw and paint, I was the best one in my classes drawing wise or simple things like making straight lines or perfect circles. I also used to draw my dream house in every paper I had in my hands, I used to get ideas from every building I passed by, since then I knew I was going to do something that had art and drawing involved, and architecture fits my profile perfectly.
1b. STRENGTHS: as an architectural drafter I am going to have many talents and qualities that I can develop with time and experience. I could get better with the different systems there are to design on the computer and be able to put them on paper so others can see what the mining of the project is. I already have some experience and practice on some of this computer and drawing skills.
WEAKNESSES: something that I think is a negative point for me is that I “quit” very easily which I am not supposed to do at all. Also I get moody when something does not work out the way I want to. I know these things are very bad specially if I am going to be working with numbers and things that require patients but I also know I can fix and reduce these bad habits I have.
OPPORTUNITIES: Something I have to my favor is the fact that I am bilingual, I am fluent in Spanish, I can write it and read it, as well as English. This is always going to have some open doors and more in this field. One really neat thing that my professor told me is that in the future, Cuba is going to become like another Hawaii and they are going to “rebuild” Cuba with new technologies and new structures all around, and this can be a very good opportunity for me.
THREATS: Being a female can be a good thing but personally I think that in this area of Architecture, being a girl can be a disadvantage, I have a picture that does not favor it me, but off course this can be just a wrong idea I have.
I know that my weakness or the threats I think I have are not going to be a problem for my future success and me being able to become an awesome architect or architectural drafter/drafter designer. With time I can fix these bad habits I have and get positive one to be better.
1c. I enjoy using my hands and creating things, I love art, drawing and imaging things and putting them on paper this fits perfectly with the career I choose and like. Since I was a little girl I like to draw and paint, I was the best one in my classes drawing wise or simple things like making straight lines or perfect circles. I also used to draw my dream house in every paper I had in my hands, I used to get ideas from every building I passed by, since then I knew I was going to do something that had art and drawing involved, and architecture fits my profile perfectly.
Life File #5
After doing the Advising assignment I found out that the curriculum/ major I am part of is Architectural and civil Engineering Technology. After I get my two years degree here at J. Sergeant Reynolds, I would like to transfer and specialize in Architectural/ industrial design. I am not sure where I want to transfers. I did hear that Virginia Tech is a really good architectural school, UVA is also pretty nice and is closer to home, or the other option I have is ODU which is close to the beach and has a very good reputation.
This is my second semester and so far I have completed four of the classes that are required. I have all this courses that I have to take in order to get my two years degree.
-MTH 115
Technical Mathematics
-ARC 131
Materials and Methods of Construction
-ENG 112
College Composition II
-MTH 116
Technical Mathematics II
-ARC 122
Architectural Drafting II
-PHY 201
General College Physics I
Personal wellness elective
-BLD 210
Building Structures
-ARC 212
Architectural Drafting III
-ARCH 241
Building Mechanical Systems
Social/Behavioral Science Elective
-BLD 231
Construction Estimating
-ARC 213
Architectural Drafting IV
-ARC 242
Building Electrical Systems
-Humanities/fine Arts Elective
I do have many questions about transferring, I would like to know which school is better for what I want to study, I think I want to be a architectural drafter, I would like to know which school is the more convenient for me; money wise, what is the educational level, location, kind of population, and how the college is according to transferable credits; I have heard before that some schools do not accept most of the credits or classes you took to transfers and you have to retake them, and I do not want this to happen to me.
This is my second semester and so far I have completed four of the classes that are required. I have all this courses that I have to take in order to get my two years degree.
-MTH 115
Technical Mathematics
-ARC 131
Materials and Methods of Construction
-ENG 112
College Composition II
-MTH 116
Technical Mathematics II
-ARC 122
Architectural Drafting II
-PHY 201
General College Physics I
Personal wellness elective
-BLD 210
Building Structures
-ARC 212
Architectural Drafting III
-ARCH 241
Building Mechanical Systems
Social/Behavioral Science Elective
-BLD 231
Construction Estimating
-ARC 213
Architectural Drafting IV
-ARC 242
Building Electrical Systems
-Humanities/fine Arts Elective
I do have many questions about transferring, I would like to know which school is better for what I want to study, I think I want to be a architectural drafter, I would like to know which school is the more convenient for me; money wise, what is the educational level, location, kind of population, and how the college is according to transferable credits; I have heard before that some schools do not accept most of the credits or classes you took to transfers and you have to retake them, and I do not want this to happen to me.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
updating my blog ... (habit and time managment)
this past two weeks i have been so busy between work and school that i do not have time for homework and i hate postponing my school work for "real work". this is stressing me out. Today i had off and i am doing all my homework, i had class this morning until 1 p.m and i have class at 7 p.m to 9 p.m tonight, this is so much for me that i am having trouble working on my habit and time management, hopefully ill get use to this routine and get better managing my time and all my responsibilities.
My budget
Right now I am having a big change in my life and this is affecting all areas in this moment, like my budget, school, time management, and responsabilities. I was without a job a little longer than a month and I had to use the savings I had to pay my bills, fortunately I got a job a few weeks ago at Sprint. With this new job I am having positive changes because I have a money entrance again and I can now pay all my bills and start with my savings again, less gas since my job is closer to my house than the one I had before and my cell phone bill went down. But I am also having negative changes such as changes in my schedule, working more hours, and right now I am about to go to training for three weeks, this is fundamental for my job, this means I am going to miss class and is going to affect my grades, but without a job I cannot afford college so I have to make this sacrifice and try to make it work, do some extra credit and do all my homework. I have not received my first pay check but I think is going to be 1,600$ dollars each month and this are my bills…
MONTHLY BILLS AND EXPENSES!
Rent $250
Electric bill $45
Internet/cable $25
Cell phone $7
Car insurance $84
Medicine $25
Groceries (food/cleaning supplies) $150
School supplies $10
Entertainment/clothes $110
Gas $50
**$756 is how much I need each month for my bills and social life**
MONTHLY BILLS AND EXPENSES!
Rent $250
Electric bill $45
Internet/cable $25
Cell phone $7
Car insurance $84
Medicine $25
Groceries (food/cleaning supplies) $150
School supplies $10
Entertainment/clothes $110
Gas $50
**$756 is how much I need each month for my bills and social life**
Life File #4
EXERCISE 13.5 how fiscally fit are you?
1. At any given moment in time, I know the balance in my checkbook… never true of me.
2. I use my credit card for particular types of purchases only such as gas or food… always true of me.
3. I pay off my credit card bills in full every month… always true of me.
4. I know the interest rate on my credit card… sometimes true of me.
5. I resist impulse buying and only spend when I need things… sometimes true of me.
6. I have a budget and I follow it…sometimes true of me.
7. I put money aside to save each month… never true of me.
8. When I get a pay raise, I increase the proportion of money I save… never true of me.
9. I keep track of my spending on a daily or weekly basis… always true of me.
10. I don’t allow myself to get pressured by other into buying things I don’t really need… always true of me.
EXERCISE 24.6 create a spending log
TIME ITEM LOCATION AMOUNT REASON
7-8a.m. ---- --- --- At home sleeping
8-9a.m. gas Costco $26.00 Running out and have to get to school.
9-10a.m. ---- ---- ---- In class
10-11 a.m. Coffee and cookies College cafeteria $4.00 I’m getting kind of hungry and I’m falling a sleep
11a.m.-12 p.m. ---- ---- ---- In class
12-1 p.m. Graphing paper I need it for one of my classes.
1-2 p.m. groceries Wal-Mart 60.00 Need more food for the rest of the week.
2-3 p.m. ---- ---- --- I am at home doing homework
3-4 p.m. --- ---- ---- I am still doing homework
4-5 p.m. Milkshake Burger king 4.00 I want it as a reward for doing homework
5-6 p.m. --- ---- ---- At home watching TV.
6-7 p.m. ---- ----- ---- At home
7-8 p.m. Rented movie Block buster 3.50 I want some entertainment
8-9 p.m. --- --- ---- At home watching the movie
9-10 p.m. Pizza Papa johns 15.00 Was hungry
10-11 p.m. ---- ---- --- sleeping
11-12 p.m. ---- --- ---- sleeping
* I spent about $112.50 in a normal or average day.
1. Are you as fiscally fit as you'd like to be? What areas are you best at? Where can you improve? How can you improve these areas?
Regarding to my money I think I manage it carefully but I would like to be able to save more money and have some buck up for any kind of emergency. Anybody would rather be an expert in finances and economy but the truth is that we all have many thing to learn and we are also victims of the economy in whole because if the country is in a bad shape we all are. Right now I am not being able to save any money because I am in college and I leave by myself which is more expensive than if I was with my mom. I am good managing my credit card and paying it on time, because I want to build my credit history and have good credit for my future plans, the only thing I have to learn how to do is keeping my checkbook more organized and balanced. I can do this by taking my time and writing everything down every time I spend money, sometimes I do not do it because I am in a rush or I do not want to keep the people waiting on line or anything like that.
2) What do you find that you spend most of your money on in an average day? Are these necessary expensives or unnecessary ones? (In other words - are they needs or wants?) For the unnessary ones, how could you cut these expenses down? How much do you think you could end up saving each day by making these changes? Each week? Each month? etc.
While I was making this chart of what I spend on an average day I found myself typing things that at some point seem to be necessary but if I stop for a second and think about it I don’t really need to spend my money on them. There are many things for entertainment or food that I don’t really need such as rented movies, pizza, milkshakes, or trashy food. But I also have necessary expenses like my weekly groceries or supplies for school or gas, this are elements that I need to live. For the unnecessary things such as food I can always go home and make something, or pack my lunch for school or work and buy goodies at the groceries store with my weekly groceries that way I am not going to find myself going to burger king to get a milkshake or stuff like that, this can also cut down in my gas expenses, for entertainment I can find a good movie on TV or a show I like instead of renting a movie or going to the movie theater, I can get with my friends and play video games or board games.
1. At any given moment in time, I know the balance in my checkbook… never true of me.
2. I use my credit card for particular types of purchases only such as gas or food… always true of me.
3. I pay off my credit card bills in full every month… always true of me.
4. I know the interest rate on my credit card… sometimes true of me.
5. I resist impulse buying and only spend when I need things… sometimes true of me.
6. I have a budget and I follow it…sometimes true of me.
7. I put money aside to save each month… never true of me.
8. When I get a pay raise, I increase the proportion of money I save… never true of me.
9. I keep track of my spending on a daily or weekly basis… always true of me.
10. I don’t allow myself to get pressured by other into buying things I don’t really need… always true of me.
EXERCISE 24.6 create a spending log
TIME ITEM LOCATION AMOUNT REASON
7-8a.m. ---- --- --- At home sleeping
8-9a.m. gas Costco $26.00 Running out and have to get to school.
9-10a.m. ---- ---- ---- In class
10-11 a.m. Coffee and cookies College cafeteria $4.00 I’m getting kind of hungry and I’m falling a sleep
11a.m.-12 p.m. ---- ---- ---- In class
12-1 p.m. Graphing paper I need it for one of my classes.
1-2 p.m. groceries Wal-Mart 60.00 Need more food for the rest of the week.
2-3 p.m. ---- ---- --- I am at home doing homework
3-4 p.m. --- ---- ---- I am still doing homework
4-5 p.m. Milkshake Burger king 4.00 I want it as a reward for doing homework
5-6 p.m. --- ---- ---- At home watching TV.
6-7 p.m. ---- ----- ---- At home
7-8 p.m. Rented movie Block buster 3.50 I want some entertainment
8-9 p.m. --- --- ---- At home watching the movie
9-10 p.m. Pizza Papa johns 15.00 Was hungry
10-11 p.m. ---- ---- --- sleeping
11-12 p.m. ---- --- ---- sleeping
* I spent about $112.50 in a normal or average day.
1. Are you as fiscally fit as you'd like to be? What areas are you best at? Where can you improve? How can you improve these areas?
Regarding to my money I think I manage it carefully but I would like to be able to save more money and have some buck up for any kind of emergency. Anybody would rather be an expert in finances and economy but the truth is that we all have many thing to learn and we are also victims of the economy in whole because if the country is in a bad shape we all are. Right now I am not being able to save any money because I am in college and I leave by myself which is more expensive than if I was with my mom. I am good managing my credit card and paying it on time, because I want to build my credit history and have good credit for my future plans, the only thing I have to learn how to do is keeping my checkbook more organized and balanced. I can do this by taking my time and writing everything down every time I spend money, sometimes I do not do it because I am in a rush or I do not want to keep the people waiting on line or anything like that.
2) What do you find that you spend most of your money on in an average day? Are these necessary expensives or unnecessary ones? (In other words - are they needs or wants?) For the unnessary ones, how could you cut these expenses down? How much do you think you could end up saving each day by making these changes? Each week? Each month? etc.
While I was making this chart of what I spend on an average day I found myself typing things that at some point seem to be necessary but if I stop for a second and think about it I don’t really need to spend my money on them. There are many things for entertainment or food that I don’t really need such as rented movies, pizza, milkshakes, or trashy food. But I also have necessary expenses like my weekly groceries or supplies for school or gas, this are elements that I need to live. For the unnecessary things such as food I can always go home and make something, or pack my lunch for school or work and buy goodies at the groceries store with my weekly groceries that way I am not going to find myself going to burger king to get a milkshake or stuff like that, this can also cut down in my gas expenses, for entertainment I can find a good movie on TV or a show I like instead of renting a movie or going to the movie theater, I can get with my friends and play video games or board games.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
changing my habit
Changing my habit is not as easy as i thought, like the Kaizen method recommend i am doing this change little by little, step by step, nothing too big but every little thing in order to get where i want to be which is successful. i have been trying to fix this bad habit and turn it into something good, i am keeping the to do list which is a great tool to accomplish this, and is helping me so far. i am picking the lowest hanging fruit and getting my basket full. so far i think my progress is good, because i manage my time better always keeping in mind what is next on my list. i still think i can be more successful and more responsible and i am going to keep working hard and make this happen.
staying on track with my to do list...
My habit is Procrastinating specially doing my homework. This is a big habit and a difficult one to change, i have been having a lot of homework and assignments in all my class and on top of that i have to work 40 hours a week so things get complicated. I have been keeping my to do list and this is helping me, i keep it close to me so i remember what i have to do next and what is that i have to do to accomplish this next thing on my list. The list is very helpful for me, it keeps me motivated because i not only write my homework but my fun stuff that i could do if i finish everything on time.
Activity #1 summary
I went to a workshop; this workshop was named “money management”. It was based in college students’ situations, our budget, the risks we have if we do not know how to manage the money we earn, credit cards, credit history and the importance of it. This amazing activity took place in Massey/ 220/PRC on January 28 of 2010 at 4:00 o’clock. The Sponsor was Megan B. Foster, a very nice lady that obviously knew what she was talking about. The length of the workshop was about an hour and a half, the other people and I participated asking questions or commenting on some of the topics we were talking about. I thought it was very interesting because us, the audience were very different, you could tell there were people from other countries, people with different economic situations, different expectations on life and different plans for the future; but we all had the same questions and concerns.
I like this workshop a lot, I am glad I assist to it because Ms. Foster resolved some of the questions I had regarding credit cards and my credit history. She was very good answering any kind of questions and I am sure we all walked out of that class room feeling better and knowing more about money and how to manage it. One of the many things I learned was that having too many credit cards in different stores or banks is not good for your credit history. The credit history people want to see that you can pay one bill and can be consisting with your payments and specially that you do not need many credit cards because this means you do not have money and need to be “borrowing money”.
It is also very important to know how to read a bank statement, understand everything that is on the paper; sometimes the banks will have some kind of extra charges or just simple changes on your account that you need to understand in order to be able to pay on time and not get unnecessary charges. Ms. Foster told us that the banks are going to try to get money out of you in any kind of way, they might increase the percent in your credit card or you limit this is way you need to be aware and be able to read each statement you get, it is also good to keep your bank papers and information for a while just in case you need prove of something in the future.
Having a good credit history is essential in this country, if you do not have credit is like you do not exist. You need good credit to buy a house, or to lease an apartment, to buy a car or just to rent one, you need good credit to get loans for school or any kind of loan, you even need good credit to get a credit card. In order for your credit history to grow you have to make your payments on time, pay any kind of bill on time and do not exceed your limits in cards, for example if you have a thousand dollars in your credit card is not a good idea to spend nine hundred and ninety nine, this is going to affect your history.
Financial aid is a great source of getting your college costs low; there are a thousand of financial aid opportunities for college students. Making a budget is a good idea to get organized and control your Spence’s
I like this workshop a lot, I am glad I assist to it because Ms. Foster resolved some of the questions I had regarding credit cards and my credit history. She was very good answering any kind of questions and I am sure we all walked out of that class room feeling better and knowing more about money and how to manage it. One of the many things I learned was that having too many credit cards in different stores or banks is not good for your credit history. The credit history people want to see that you can pay one bill and can be consisting with your payments and specially that you do not need many credit cards because this means you do not have money and need to be “borrowing money”.
It is also very important to know how to read a bank statement, understand everything that is on the paper; sometimes the banks will have some kind of extra charges or just simple changes on your account that you need to understand in order to be able to pay on time and not get unnecessary charges. Ms. Foster told us that the banks are going to try to get money out of you in any kind of way, they might increase the percent in your credit card or you limit this is way you need to be aware and be able to read each statement you get, it is also good to keep your bank papers and information for a while just in case you need prove of something in the future.
Having a good credit history is essential in this country, if you do not have credit is like you do not exist. You need good credit to buy a house, or to lease an apartment, to buy a car or just to rent one, you need good credit to get loans for school or any kind of loan, you even need good credit to get a credit card. In order for your credit history to grow you have to make your payments on time, pay any kind of bill on time and do not exceed your limits in cards, for example if you have a thousand dollars in your credit card is not a good idea to spend nine hundred and ninety nine, this is going to affect your history.
Financial aid is a great source of getting your college costs low; there are a thousand of financial aid opportunities for college students. Making a budget is a good idea to get organized and control your Spence’s
Learning from my professor
English 111 is the class that is giving me the hardest time in this semester in college, mainly because is too much reading and writing and I do not have the right skills. I know I can learn a lot from my English teacher and his learning style and personality type. His learning style is (R), read/write, and his personality type is ISTP. I have very much to learn from my professor and his personality and his lessons. It is an advantage now that I know my personality types and learning styles and my teachers’ too. This way I can understand better other people’s actions and expectations as well as my own and I can put my learning style in practice so I do better in each of my classes. I hope I become a good writer and strong reader so I can apply my skills in college and have good grades and someday graduate and get my degree.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Vark styles and Myers Briggs types
1. Write a post to your blog of ~500-750 words. In this post, use both the Myers Briggs types and the VARK styles to try and characterize the personality type and learning styles preferred by the professors with whom you are doing the best and the worst this semester. Use your analysis to try and gain insight into what it is about the professors in question which allow you to learn from them (or not). Be specific, what kinds of learning styles do these professors favor in their teaching? What does the presentation of their material tell you about their Myers Briggs personality type?
According to the Vark styles and Myers Briggs types, my learning style is aural, meaning that I learn better discussing the topic with other people, listening one thing many times and going thru the material over and over again. My other learning style is the kinesthetic which is based on going to field trips, feeling real examples of abstract concepts, applying information, viewing exhibits, samples and photos of the material helps a lot, labs are also very helpful, using all my senses and doing things to retain the information. Personally I would like to have the read/write learning style, I just think this style is more common in the college experience and it would be easier to learn and put in practice everything I learn in my classes.
This semester, my second one, I am taking four classes, they all are different and I think all four professors are very different learning wise. I am taking English 111, SDV 100, Architecture: Materials and Methods of Construction II , and Math 04. I think I am doing good in my math class, my teacher uses very detail examples and most of the homework is online where I can go and see other examples of certain exercises, it also brakes down the exercises step by step so I can have a better view to what I have to do and what process I have to use, I like the online learning method because it gives me many options and I have all the time I need to get my homework done. Miss K, my math professor is very patient and this fact helps me get the information I need easily. In my perspective I think that miss k’s learning style is visual because she draws on the board every single example or word problem to explain the material.
I think I am doing well in my English class; the only thing that is giving me some kind of problems is my English teacher teaching style, which is obviously a read/write style. His homework and assignments are all writing and reading, just the instructions to do the homework are extremely long. This is an English class, it is going to be all about writing and reading which can help me with my skills and progress in English but for me is already hard enough since my first language is not English but all this practice is great for my process of learning, I know I can only get better. It is hard sometimes just to stay focus when I am writing an essay of 500 words or 750 words, I lose my thoughts and do not remember what I was writing about or the idea I had. For this kind of problem my teacher is teaching us how to become a better writer, some techniques we could use like brainstorming and mapping my ideas, these are some of the strategies to focus and get better results in our papers, classes, college and life itself.
According to the Vark styles and Myers Briggs types, my learning style is aural, meaning that I learn better discussing the topic with other people, listening one thing many times and going thru the material over and over again. My other learning style is the kinesthetic which is based on going to field trips, feeling real examples of abstract concepts, applying information, viewing exhibits, samples and photos of the material helps a lot, labs are also very helpful, using all my senses and doing things to retain the information. Personally I would like to have the read/write learning style, I just think this style is more common in the college experience and it would be easier to learn and put in practice everything I learn in my classes.
This semester, my second one, I am taking four classes, they all are different and I think all four professors are very different learning wise. I am taking English 111, SDV 100, Architecture: Materials and Methods of Construction II , and Math 04. I think I am doing good in my math class, my teacher uses very detail examples and most of the homework is online where I can go and see other examples of certain exercises, it also brakes down the exercises step by step so I can have a better view to what I have to do and what process I have to use, I like the online learning method because it gives me many options and I have all the time I need to get my homework done. Miss K, my math professor is very patient and this fact helps me get the information I need easily. In my perspective I think that miss k’s learning style is visual because she draws on the board every single example or word problem to explain the material.
I think I am doing well in my English class; the only thing that is giving me some kind of problems is my English teacher teaching style, which is obviously a read/write style. His homework and assignments are all writing and reading, just the instructions to do the homework are extremely long. This is an English class, it is going to be all about writing and reading which can help me with my skills and progress in English but for me is already hard enough since my first language is not English but all this practice is great for my process of learning, I know I can only get better. It is hard sometimes just to stay focus when I am writing an essay of 500 words or 750 words, I lose my thoughts and do not remember what I was writing about or the idea I had. For this kind of problem my teacher is teaching us how to become a better writer, some techniques we could use like brainstorming and mapping my ideas, these are some of the strategies to focus and get better results in our papers, classes, college and life itself.
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