Thanksgiving 14 b

I'm thankful for my Friend and Family. I don’t really care for material things. Of course I would rather be living in  a mansion or driving a mustang but I don’t need to. Material things aren't what make me happy. It's being with my friends and family that make me happy. That’s why I'm thankful to have them. Just the other day I was in class waiting for break to start. I started thinking about how my friends would be coming home, and it just made me smile. I started laughing just thinking about the things we used to do or the time we hung out. I have 4 best friends who I've known since 2nd grade. We've done everything together. We've gone to the same school, we've gone on vacation together, and we've really never been apart for more than a week. And now there all off at colleges in other states but this week there coming home and I'm thankful for that.

I'm also thankful for my family. My family has always been there for me and I know they always will be. I know that if I ever have a problem someone will be there for me. I have a mom, a dad, 2 sisters, 18 aunts and uncles and 26 cousins. I know that someone will always be there to help with whatever I need. That’s why I'm thankful for them.

I think that learning to make a schedule will help me the most in college. It was the most important thing I learned. Making a schedule helps boost productivity because it can allow you to follow a certain direction when doing something. Its helped me with certain projects this year. I can follow it to get my work done promptly.

Relaxation 14a

Relax, relax, relax. That’s all I plan on doing this week. I have some work that I need to do but other than that I plan on eating a lot of food and enjoying the company of my family and friends. I think the best part about the break is that there are so many people back from school. All of my friends came back home from their colleges in New York, Washington, and Massachusetts. I plan on hanging out with them for the majority of the week. We all haven't been together since August so I'm looking forward to seeing them all again.

For Thanksgiving, I'm going to my cousins house who I don’t see often. We are a weird family. We don’t rarely eat turkey on thanksgiving because I'm the only one who likes it. We normally eat ham with all the fixings. It's always nice sitting around the table talking about stories from when we were younger, or stories about vacations. We have three different generations all around one table. Thanksgiving wouldn’t feel the same without everyone around the table.

The best part about thanksgiving is the Football. Not only is it on T.V but every year, we play our own game. We split the teams 5 on 5. And we just play. We play until it's dark or until someone gets hurt or whatever. It's always fun and entertaining. Someday, I hope to continue the tradition.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Christmas is all about receiving and giving but thanksgiving is about enjoying the company of others. That’s why it's my favorite, I would rather sit with my cousins and talk about our childhood together than open gift after gift. It's just not as fun as reminiscing.

13a Critical thinking

For the second video I plan on having many different points of view. I plan on interviewing teachers, students, and students of other colleges. I think that by doing this, I can express different viewpoints on procrastination. Also , procrastination is different for everyone. Some people can complete all f there work without even hesitating. But other procrastinate a lot. Because of this, the different viewpoints will help show college level thinking. Were all adults now, and with that comes responsibility to finish work. If I can show how people complete their work, then I can use their words and examples as a solution.

I'm thinking about using the question, How can one break free from procrastination in order to accomplish goals? I think that people will be able to respond to this in a critical thinking manner. I won't be asking simple questions that only have a few answers. I plan on asking questions that can have multiple answers and multiple right answers.

I think if I use more video, I can get my point across better. In my last video, I had a lot of still pictures with words over them. But if I could incorporate more video with live sounds, it would add more effect to the video. If I have to, I can use the still pictures but add a voice over so I don’t bore the audience.

Motivation 12b

 

How does motivation effect individuals and how they accomplish goals?

                Motivation is another thing in life that is determined by individuals. Some people are self motivated, and others require motivation from an outside source. People who are self motivated can normally accomplish goals because they have the inner workings to accomplish it. People who are self motivated usually thrive in situations like college because they know that they are working for themselves. Self motivated people have a self confidence that allows them to prosper.

People who need outside motivation can still accomplish their goals. They just need a different type of push to keep them going. These types of people can still thrive if they get on the right track. But like everything else in life it depends on the person.

No matter what kind of person you are, self motivated or not, motivation can drive you to success. There have been times in my life where I just stop working out cause I have no motivation to do it. But then I'll hear a new song that will make me want to work out and ill start up again. When it comes to working out, I'm not self motivated, I need an outside source to keep me going. But when it comes to work, I am self motivated. I work almost every day, and I don’t mind it. Because I know that I am working for money and I know that money is what I can buy food, clothes and music equipment with. I know that I need at least two of those things to survive, so I work hard so that I can provide for myself. But with school, I really don’t have any motivation. I just go and get my stuff done and then I go to work. The motivation is just not there when it comes to school.

Liberal Arts 12A

The value of a liberal arts education depends are who you are. For some people, it may be a waste of time while others find it very helpful. Someone who knows what they want to do for a living, may not like a liberal art education because it allows for less focus on their intended major. If someone wants to be a High School math teacher, they may not want to take the time to study a required course like biology. Some people want to just dedicate their entire time at college to their intended major. Like me, I don’t want to waste time studying zoology or something like that. I want to study history, and if I could, I would dedicate all of my time to that instead.

Others may not think like that. They may think that college is a good time to experience new classes. They may want to take other courses to see what they like and to test out new classes. They may find that they like doing something else more than they like their original idea. But like I said, it's based on who you are. http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/two-views-on-liberal-arts/ This blog, from the New York Times states that "Liberal arts is founded on a whole person, developing a person athletically and educationally". I think this is true. Because everyone is different, we can't say that Liberal arts works for everyone. It depends on what each individual wants to learn. You can force people to take liberal arts, but it doesn’t mean that everyone will get the same experiences or the same knowledge. I think that Liberal arts programs should be optional in college. Because at the moment, I feel like I'm paying for an education that southern wants me to have. Not an education I want to have.

Interdisciplinary Perspective 12v

Interdisciplinary Perspective- Is the combination of two learning abilities.

Liberal arts- academic subjects such as literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences as distinct from professional and technical subjects.

1.       Interdisciplinary -of or relating to more than one branch of knowledge

 

Interdisciplinary perspective relates to our readings this week because it relates to liberal arts. It means to combine two learning abilities. So it is like reading the constitution for a historical and a literacy point of view. It relates to us as college students because we are taught to examine things from different viewpoints. We should be learning to look at things from different perspectives.

Schools Kill (11a)

The readings for this week really made me question how I ask questions and how I think. I'm so used to using the same old high school tricks of passing tests and quizzes. Just skim through the reading, jot down a few notes, and I'm done. But that’s why I don’t understand the readings. Because I'm not focusing in on what is on the page. That’s why I'm going to start asking questions as I read. Some questions we as a group came up with were: Would you rather hire a hard worker, or a critical thinker and why? Are schools at fault for killing creativity or are there other factors at fault? Is motivation necessary to complete certain task, why or why not? How can we learn to accept inspiration that is always around us?

So are schools at fault for killing creativity? In my opinion, yes. Schools don't allow for our minds to grow in different ways. Schools like labels. And labels are what kill creativity. In our last Ted talk, Ken Robinson talked about a girl who became a famous dancer. Early in her life, she was labeled as a child who couldn’t focus. He said that most doctors and schools would have labeled her as unfocused. Which would have led to her being put on medication. Instead, they allowed her to be who she was, and that led to her becoming a famous dancer. Schools create a certain stereotype child. Any kid who can't focus is either a bad kid or a kid with A.D.D. If schools would allow for us to be freer, we would have a lot more "famous dancers". We would have more people working in the arts fields instead of other less creative jobs. I think schools are at fault for killing creativity because they tend to push certain ideas and crush others.

Inq questions (11b)

I think that one of the best questions we went over in class was one that Terrance asked. It was, Would you hire a critical thinker or a hard worker? It’s a question that I like to think about in regards to myself. I think I'm a hard worker when I want to be. Which is pretty much working on anything except school. When I work at my job, I try to push myself. I try to do everything a little bit better every day. I work hard because I know that I'm working for someone else. I want to prove that I can work hard for someone else. But when I work for myself, I don’t try enough. For some reason, I thrive when working for someone else but when I work for myself, I don’t try. I think I'm a hard worker but not so much a critical thinker. I work hard when u need to but other task that may require a lot of thinking outside the box challenge me. When I play music, I think outside the box. I can play whatever I want whenever I want. I can create beats and harmony's without even thinking. Music is just something that comes to me naturally. But other tasks, like schoolwork are hard for me. I don’t know if it’s the work or just my procrastination. But something I am learning to work with is the readings. I think that being able to understand the readings will help me a lot more. I need to be able to anticipate the questions. But it's something that will work more overtime.