Final Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHvtDK_VQvo

The Road to Success (16A,B)

I still remember packing my things up when the Summer was coming to an end, getting ready to move into my dorm room and start my first college Semester.  I remember being nervous, a little anxious and excited at the same time.  It is crazy to think that my first college semester is already over and that I am already on Winter Break.  My first college semester I would have to say has been quite the success.  I have learned many things about myself and many other different aspects throughout these four months. One thing that I learned about myself is that I seem to have more motivation with doing my college work way more than I did in High School.  I was definitely lazy in High School and I knew I was capable of doing better work.  In college, I learned that it is no joke, my parents are paying for a school that I attend, so I know that I need to do my very best to strive on doing any of my work.  I worked hard this semester and college makes you learn how to manage your time because you are somewhat more independent and honestly you need to learn how to manage it in the right way.  I did pretty well managing my time this semester.  I mostly had all morning classes, with the latest class ending at 3:15 p.m on Mondays and Wednesdays.  I was really happy that I was done at an earlier time in the day because then I had the rest of my day to do my work and the other things I needed to get done throughout my days.  I would attend class, and then I would sometimes come back and take a nap if I was tired.  After I took a nap, I would do homework for a couple of hours, then eat and go to the gym and work out afterwards.  I would sometimes go to the gym before I study and then go eat at Conn if I was hungry or I would make food in my room.  I also had work on Monday and Thursday nights, so I would go home and then come back each of those nights.  It was a little crazy and annoying but it taught me how to manage my time as a college student and it taught me how to be independent, which is something college teaches you.

In the beginning of this semester I set myself goals.  My goals were to reach a 3.0 GPA or higher and get all A's and B's in all of my classes.  I have reached my goals because my grades are all A's and B's and I did work really hard this semester to get there.  It feels great reaching the goals that I set for myself and I am proud of my achievements.  Even though, I did well this semester, there is still room for improvement.  For next semester, I think I could slow down on the naps I took because sometimes I slept for too long on some days and I would wake up really tired and not want to do any work.  The most problem I had were my Math labs that I had to do for my math class.  I fell behind on some of them and I knew I could have done them I was just being lazy.  I know next semester I can't be lazy and I have to get all my work done and no messing around.  I plan to do even better next semester and maybe have all A's in my classes to raise my GPA even higher.  I plan on transferring next year to a different school so I intend on doing the best that I can to get into another school.  I know that I need to step it up and not fall behind on any of my work and that I need to give 100% in everything that I do.  My plan is to be successful and I know I can be if I do my work and have confidence in myself.  I know that I can still achieve my set goals for next semester and that I am going to do the best I can to get the grades that I want.  Anything is possible if you believe in yourself and if you have enough confidence in yourself.  Those things are the key point to being successful and I know that I can be successful and push through every step of the way for the rest of my college career. 

Have you been there ? (15I)

Southern has a Multicultural Center that offers educational programs about diversity.  Any type of language or culture that you are from.  This center can be really helpful to students of any kind and the different clubs that are offered there can be really helpful.  I think that this center is great and when I visited it was really interesting finding out what kind of clubs you can join and what kind of things are done and talked about in each club.  I think diversity is a huge thing when it comes to college especially, and it is great to join o club or organization.

Vocab (15V)

Autonomy-

• the right state of being self-goverend in a particular sphere.  

Self-goverened also means to be independent which can also be a synonym for the word autonomy.  Both of these words definitely relates to college, because we are independent now, and have to do things on our own.  I think college teaches us how to be autonomy.  

Other Vocab

Precipitous- done in a hurry

Some students like to get done with their work in a hurry if they are rushing to be somewhere or if they just want to get it done.  This can result in just a decent grade and not the grade that you would want to get.

Amelioration- improvement

This also has to do with college work.  You can always improve and make it better.

Stressed on Finals Week (15B)

It's crazy to think that Finals are coming up already.  This semester flew by and it's mind boggling to me.  With the finals I have coming up I am planning to study everyday for at least 3 to 4 hours.  I want to make sure that I do really well on these finals to make my GPA to where I want it to be.  I need to really focus and study as hard as I can to do good on them.  The final that I'm worried about is my Math one.  I am not so good in math, I have received decent grades though on my tests and quizzes so I am hoping that I will do just fine.

I am going to have the strategy of studying with my friends in some sort of study group.  I think that this would be a good way to study and many of my friends are in the same math class as me so It would work out perfectly.  Finals are something that are worth 30% of your grade so they shouldn't be taken lightly.  I know I have to do whatever it takes to keep up where my grades are now.  I do not want any of my grades to drop because of how I did on my finals.  I intend to stick to my strategies for this next week and work as hard as I can to do my best on these tests.

Work Hard,  STUDY HARDER!

Feedback (15A)

With all the videos that we have watched from our fellow classmates, it really gave me ideas on how I am going to fix my video and what things to put in it and to what not to include.  Watching some videos, I can see what some of the specific things that I am lacking in mine, or things that are really good.  Some of the videos are funny and made the class laugh, making me want to make my skit funny and entertaining so it keeps the audience focused and wanting to watch my video.

My ideas are that I am going to have more of a skit and not that much words on the screens so that the audience won't get really bored from reading all the words and paragraphs.  I did that with my last video and it just dragged on.  I also am going to add a lot of creativity and make my video entertaining to watch and definitely not boring.

Since my video is on procrastination I am going to make the video as entertaining as I can and make sure that It makes people laugh.  I want to make my skit as good as it can be, and not too long but not too short.

Art (14I)

The Statue located in Engleman is the first president , New HAven State Teachers College, 1937-1943.  This statue always stands out to me and I think it is very interesting, and this statue is there for the principles of the university that go a long way back.  Southern was actualy called the New Haven State Teachers College.