facebook.

This week in class we were given an assignment to create a facebook page for a spot around campus we enjoy. We were put into groups and told choose a spot around campus that we like and then we are supposed to observe it. I like the idea of this, I'm on facebook all the time. :)

I think facebook is a good idea to promote things. At this point, almost everyone is on facebook and it's weird when you find someone who is not. It's a good way to get exposure to things and it's a chance to kind of force things on people. They will at some point see things on facebook and if it's something that interests them then they have an easy way to learn about it. Putting academic pages on facebook pages would really benefit students. I know from personal experience I spend a lot of time not on my studies and on facebook, so if there was academic things on there it would be good. Students might actually study more that way.

california prison system.

When I read this article about the prison, I was in shock. I cannot believe that they are making these people live this way. I mean granted they have all done horrrible things but that doesn't mean they should be forced to live this way. Something needs to be done. Either they need to build more space for these prisoners or the prisoners need to be moved to other facilities, but living in these cramped situations isn't right.
When they mentioned the idea of letting the prisoners go because they didnt have room for them, that idea scared me. That is the LAST thing that should be done. Even though the living conditions are crap, they still deserve to serve their time for the crimes they have commited.
Also, more schooling needs to be given to the prisoners. There aren't enough classes for them or vocational things for them to do. They will need to become respectable members of society when they get out but how can they if someone doesn't teach them how to be, because its obvious they lack that part since they're in prison in the first place. Someone needs to step up and help these people.

visual analysis

Monday morning we turned in our visual analysis papers we were assigned to write. I, honestly, really enjoyed writing this paper and when I was done with it, I felt I had achieved the goal of the paper and was more than happy to turn it in. It was a whole different way of writing, and looking at things. I wrote about the elementary school I attended, Pine Village Elementary. This new way of writing made me realize a lot of things and brought out some aspects of the school that I hadn't noticed until I really took a good look. Usually when we write about something, we do all the research in books and on the internet, but when you do it visually, you see another side. The experience of this kind of writing was helpful. I don't think I've ever sat down and really analyzed something like that, and that hard. I took in every element of the school, inside and out, and saw a different picture than I had before. This project was a fun one to do after the horrible one we had previous to this.

little late..

For our first project we wrote a paper on multiculturalism. It took me a while before I really knew what I was going to write about, but even when I found out, I still wasn't sure how to do this. This paper was extremely hard for me to write. I waited until the very last minute to write it, which only made things harder for myself. The research and information I found, probably did not give me enough information, at least I don't feel like it did. To me, I felt like this was the worst paper I've ever written. Out of all the papers I have written this year, this topic was probably the toughest, and I think that is why I struggled so much with it. I'm hoping that the next project is easier so I dont put it off as long and I can produce something better than this paper to turn in.

insight game

My letter combination was ESFP.
When I read through the explanation of it, I really felt like it was me, pretty close. In the first sentence it says "likes to have a good time" and I feel like I'm always on the go and up for having fun and not being bored and I definitely can't stand to be around sad and mopey people. It also said I'm a people person, which is definitely me. I worked in a gas station at home for two and a half years and I created a lot of good bonds with the usual customers and I always felt like I was good about bribing people into buying little things they didn't need, but hey, a sale is a sale. It mentioned that this combination is really good at reading people and I find myself noticing things about people that other people don't notice because I feel like I am just good and pointing out odd things about people. The need to be around people is another thing they mentioned and I hate being alone, more than anything. I find it to be a scary feeling so I don't enjoy and try to not be. Overall the thing really described me well.

reverend joseph lowery

This week for multicultural week we had to attend an activity to make up for no class on Monday. For my activity I chose to go listen to Reverend Joseph Lowery speak. I wasn't too sure in the beginning on whether I was going to enjoy it or not. And I wasn't even really sure who this man was. But as he started to speak, he quickly caught my attention and I really enjoyed listening to him. He had such passion in his voice and at times I felt myself get chills from the things he said and preached about. Another thing that made me like him so much was his sense of humor, he was a very funny man and made me continue to listen to him, waiting for his message or for him to crack his next joke.
My favorite part about the whole thing was when I had a conversation with one of the girls in the gospel choir that sang. I asked her some questions about the choir and she asked me if I sang, I told her yes, that I had sang all through high school. She invited me to come sing with them. I was extremely excited. I love to sing but I don't want to have to audition for a choir, this one I wouldn't have to. In the choir, there is only one white guy. So to be asked to be in an almost all black choir, I was excited.:)

oh great.

Well this is the first blog, and I'm already late. :)



First week went by fast, thank god. I feel more hopeful about this semester than I did about last semester. I changed my major when we scheduled classes for this semester so at that point, I already felt better. Physical education just seems to fit me a little more than nursing does and I'm very happy with my choice to switch.



New classes though, means new teachers to get used to and new students to put up with. So far, I enjoy my teachers better than i enjoyed my first semester teachers. Getting started is a little stressful but it is also refreshing. I made some mistakes last semester and this is the time for me to make up for those previous mistakes. Except for the fact that I have already failed to get my blog turned in on time. oops.



But I'm going to start putting post it notes all over my room to help remind me to do everything that I am assigned. Even the small things, like blog, that I can NEVER remember to do.