Eat An Apple A Day And Keep The Health Center Away

This week I wanted to find a little bit more about our Granoff Student Health Center. Because as you know fall is here and colds are coming at the speed of life. So I wanted to see how it was because when I am sick I will be sure enough to show my face there so I can get treated. As I got there I was very please with there help and all the information they were giving me about different things that occur on campus. They had information on eating disorders, on STDs and other sexually transmitted diseases, and also on how to manage stress. They also have help with rape victims. So don’t ever be afraid to ever go to Granoff Student Health Center.

“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

In the book Mindset written by Carol S. Dweck, the target of the book is to show the power of out mindset. Dweck is trying to show that not only is it our abilities for us to achieve success its our mindset. In Chapters 1-3 it talks about two kinds of mindsets. First growth mindset, the belief that basic qualities are things you cultivate through effort. Second fixed mindset, the belief that you have a fixed amount of ability or intelligence and can not change that. Growth mindset connects to what we previous learned called intrinsic motivation because with intrinsic motivation is self-motivation, long lasting. I think they connect because when you have a growth mindset you are willing to learn and have no limitation. With having a growth mindset that will help with achieving a dream because you will take responsibility to learn from failure and will look for self improvement you will be giving your self capacity for growth. Fixed mindset connects to extrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation is external you depend on earning something in the end and its more for short term goals. I think they connect because when you have a fixed mindset you think you know already so its all you need to know, you wont seek new knowledge, you limit yourself, and you take less responsibility for failures. If you have a fixed mindset with a short term goal you wont set your self short and wont give up as easy as you would for something more long term. With Chapter 8 these mindsets also connect to 10,000 hours what we learned in class. The book talks about an athlete who had a fixed mindset but changed his mindset to being a growth mindset . He figured out with a growth mindset you will put in the in more practice such as 10,000 hrs and with a fixed mindset you have this natural ability and wont put in as much hours into practice.

Ready, Set, Camera, ACTION!

With this video project, it took a lot more time then I had expected. I had two projects due on the same day so I really had to manage my time well. With this video I spent more then 8 hours of putting it together on imovie and this time doesn’t include the time I had to use to get information and ask people around and choose the right people to use in my video. I felt like I showed more information that no matter how many responsibilities you have you can still manage your time to getting those perfect grades. For example, Me , I am just getting use to how to manage my time well and getting all the hours I need to make sure my work is A work. I can say not all the work I do is A work but I am working hard to break my bad habits of slacking off in high school to becoming this great college student. I haven’t made that 360 but I more then 180. But the reason I did this project I worried about when I go back to work this fall at the Hamden edge will I be able to have time well spent. But I think I can. Marcela and Taylor showed me I could they both commute, work and come to southern. Marcela is a senior who use to live on campus and decided to become a commuter so she knows both sides, she has proved to me that it is hard in the beginning you may struggle but you will get the hang and make your schedule perfect. With two projects due on the same day it helped me open my eyes make sure I use my time wisely and put my school work first and with getting this job cut socializing hours never cut your study hours.

http://youtu.be/OvGOKHBiibc

Multicultural Center

In the beginning of the school year I was being told by my older cousin who graduated from southern connecticut state university to go to the multicultural center. I was kind of clueless on why she kept telling me to go. Until two days before school started I went . At the multicultural center the serves to make the school more diverse. I'm Puerto Rican and Colombian and always been into diversity since  I came from a school that wasn't diverse . As of going there they also asked for my book schedule and they let me rent two school books for free. So my plan is to attend there a whole lot. 

"Time = life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life." Alan Lakein

       Over the last week or more so my class has been learning about time management. In my last blog post I talked about how important it can be. If your going into college about your horrible about managing your time you better start practicing on managing it because it is pretty much one of the keys to being a strong student. So for my Inquiry Interview Video Assignment I will be facing the topic of time management. As I went and selected the people to interview I went for a wide variety not just a student who lived on campus. I want more perspectives on how over people manage their time. I chose a typical first year student who lives on campus and doesn’t have and distraction like a job or such else. So I know many can relate to her but then I went to choosing someone who is a senior that’s works plays rugby and yet still has time for his self. I feel like people think that they have so much on their plate that they cant make perfect amount of time to get their homework in. you need to have their priorities straight. The typical question is will be asking will be like:

• ·      What is your day typically like?
• ·      How many hours a week do you spend on schoolwork outside of class?
• ·      What do you find yourself doing more of throughout the day?
• ·      (For the Athlete, commuter, and staff member) do you find it challenging to manage your time with playing a sport / working / commuting and school?

I want to bring out what kind of person each person is with my questions on how busy some lives can be and show that they manage their time just as much as the students who live on campus that have different priorities. This I think also helped me to and realized that I can go back to work when the Hamden edge opens and still that well-rounded student if I can manage my time right.

Change Your Ways To Be Successful

When you come to college time management is key to getting successful grades. In high school you get like at most 1-2 hr(s) worth of homework a day. I wish I can say the same. In college you have to adjust quickly and also be prepared to get more then 3hrs of homework a night. I am not going to say that I am the best person to manage my time because I am not. I am a muti-tasker / procrastinator. Since I know I have the time to do my homework I find myself putting it off till the last minute. Last week I took notes from a couple of articles to learn how to manage my time to be a better student. After this study of my daily schedule I saw where I have to change my schedule around and what to do less of. I do about 21 hours a week of homework out of 168 hours a week. So 13% of my time I am doing homework. As I read more into my schedule I find myself spending more then 46 hours doing non important stuff like hanging out, going out, etc.  So 28% of my time I am doing no worthy things that most likely wont helps getting that successful grade. With the class schedule I have I see myself being a procrastinator. Monday and Wednesday I have classes from 3:25-6, Tuesday and Thursday I have class schedule from 8:10-10:50 and 1:50-3:05, and no classes on Friday. So with this eye opener I am going to start using my time even more wisely such as during my Friday since I have no classes I am going to get my homework done which is due in the next week to get ahead , not have to stress it the night before and leaving the week up for open hours to study.

GET INVOLVED!

On September 19, 2012. Southern held an Involvement Fair,  so in which you can join clubs and get involved with the school. I had gotten to the fair late and some clubs were already had been gone. But I still saw some groups that grab my attention. One in which I had joined and the other one I really want to go back and join. The group I had joined was the West Indian Society; in which its about the enlighten other student about various Caribbean Island and making the school more diverse. It drew my attention because of the events they throw and I wanted to be involved. The other group I want to join is Best Buddies, where the strike to unite people with disabilities with others. I love knowing I can make a change and work with others that are diverse then me.