It has been a while, huh? I just never really have anything new to talk about. So I guess I am going to talk about my awesome summer classes!
So it started when I decided to take statistics. I was scary good at math in the last two semesters (fall 13 and winter 14) so I thought I should keep it up because the class transfers and at that time I didn't know where I was going. Again, I am scary good at this math class. The professor even told me that I am the best... Anyone who knew me in high school knows how backwards this sounds. I took freaking career math and accounting as my math classes senior year. So yeah. Only one more exam then a final and I am done with this class!
When I realized that I wasn't going to get financial aid for taking just statistics, I had to add 3 more credit hours. I was freaking out because it was already the middle of June! How was I going to find summer classes that hadn't started yet? Hello physical education classes!
It will be stupid if I don't get a 4.0 this semester. I have a 98% in my statistics class and my PE classes are BASICALLY pass or fail. We aren't even graded on participation. We are only graded on attendance. I have only missed one Cardio Tone class (due to job interview) and I am only going to miss one more because of a dentist appointment. Then I will do the make up class and everything will be great.
I love school. I love it so much. I love learning, whether it be about math and sciences, social sciences, physical education, anything! I love learning and I love going to classes. I am going to be that 80 year old woman (heart permitting) in community college because it is free for old people.
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Semester Review: Winter, 2014
So I figured it is time for my review of last semester. However, the oven just went off signaling that my taquitos are fully cooked. I'm going to go eat now. Alright. I'm back. So as I was saying, it is time to review my 2014 Winter semester.
Class: Interpersonal Communications (Honors)
Professor: Gene Andrews
Credits: 3
Final Grade: A-
So I really enjoyed the class itself. The professor was funny when he was lecturing. The class organization was fantastic. We were allotted 500 extra credit points to use as we please. The final class project was to make an informative speech about anything we want, I chose the Treaty of Versailles and how it effected Germany. Because I did an honors contract, I did an additional informative speech about the career of academic advising. Now, I put a lot of effort into this class. While I didn't fulfil all the extra credit, I think I ended up with 160, I still worked really hard. The quizzes were the hardest part. So while I am disappointed in my grade, at least I know I did my best. I would recommend this professor. The only problem I had with him was discussing my grade. He is very difficult to talk to, however, he is great at lecturing.
Class: Freshmen Composition II
Professor: Ron Davis
Credits: 3
Final Grade: A
This class was very helpful in the sense that I can use the techniques I learned to write every paper in the future. However, my class started with 30some students. At the end, we had 13. This is because the first month of class was filled with tedious homework. It was seriously the worst homework ever. Now I realize that those assignments taught me how to write in APA format. So they were helpful, but really crummy. I even thought about dropping the class. After that month we wrote three papers. Our final paper had to have a power point presentation with it. So I chose to research how World War One and World War Two could really just be considered as one war. I ended with an A in the class. However, I do not recommend this professor if you don't work hard. This is NOT an easy A.
Class: Modern American History
Professor: Michelle Wright
Credits: 3
Final Grade: A
I love love loved this class. I love history though, so it really isn't that much of a shock. The professor grades you on 5 quizzes, 5 activities, 3 unit exams, a midterm, and a final. You can also drop the two lowest quiz/activity scores. I just didn't take the last two quizzes because I had Aced everything else. The unit exams are pretty simple. The mid term and the final were kinda like short essays to three different questions. You also get to pick the questions. So I don't really need to go on. This class was very easy. I would recommend this professor because this is, unfortunately, an easy A. The professor is great because she makes sure you are on track to pass and prepares you very well for the exams and papers. You do need to read the chapters, but only parts of them.
Class: Modern American Literature
Professor: Lin Marklin
Credits: 3
Final Grade: A-
I am not going to talk about this for long. The professor was unorganized and had a rotten attitude. She would not work with you on how to improve your grade. She did not grade fairly. I hate to say stiff like this, but I deserved an A in this class. I worked hard and my papers were better than my peers who had As. But they were graded on "improvement" which is a really crummy excuse. This professor very clearly did not like me. We have all had one of these teachers. I do not recommend this professor. Not one bit.
Class: Intermediate Algebra
Professor: Marcus Anderson
Credits: 4
Final Grade: A
I was NEVER a good math student. I was very average- VERY average. Okay, maybe slightly below average. But the professors at KCC have a spectacular system. I have now gotten through beginning and intermediate algebra with high As. This professor is willing to do ANYTHING to get you to pass. He puts his lectures on YouTube and is willing to answer any question you may have. This professor also claims to have the highest success rates among the math professors at KCC. Whether that's true or not, I'm not sure. However, I wouldn't doubt it. I would recommend this professor over any other math professor at KCC. I am very excited to take statistics with him over the Summer!!
Class: Interpersonal Communications (Honors)
Professor: Gene Andrews
Credits: 3
Final Grade: A-
So I really enjoyed the class itself. The professor was funny when he was lecturing. The class organization was fantastic. We were allotted 500 extra credit points to use as we please. The final class project was to make an informative speech about anything we want, I chose the Treaty of Versailles and how it effected Germany. Because I did an honors contract, I did an additional informative speech about the career of academic advising. Now, I put a lot of effort into this class. While I didn't fulfil all the extra credit, I think I ended up with 160, I still worked really hard. The quizzes were the hardest part. So while I am disappointed in my grade, at least I know I did my best. I would recommend this professor. The only problem I had with him was discussing my grade. He is very difficult to talk to, however, he is great at lecturing.
Class: Freshmen Composition II
Professor: Ron Davis
Credits: 3
Final Grade: A
This class was very helpful in the sense that I can use the techniques I learned to write every paper in the future. However, my class started with 30some students. At the end, we had 13. This is because the first month of class was filled with tedious homework. It was seriously the worst homework ever. Now I realize that those assignments taught me how to write in APA format. So they were helpful, but really crummy. I even thought about dropping the class. After that month we wrote three papers. Our final paper had to have a power point presentation with it. So I chose to research how World War One and World War Two could really just be considered as one war. I ended with an A in the class. However, I do not recommend this professor if you don't work hard. This is NOT an easy A.
Class: Modern American History
Professor: Michelle Wright
Credits: 3
Final Grade: A
I love love loved this class. I love history though, so it really isn't that much of a shock. The professor grades you on 5 quizzes, 5 activities, 3 unit exams, a midterm, and a final. You can also drop the two lowest quiz/activity scores. I just didn't take the last two quizzes because I had Aced everything else. The unit exams are pretty simple. The mid term and the final were kinda like short essays to three different questions. You also get to pick the questions. So I don't really need to go on. This class was very easy. I would recommend this professor because this is, unfortunately, an easy A. The professor is great because she makes sure you are on track to pass and prepares you very well for the exams and papers. You do need to read the chapters, but only parts of them.
Class: Modern American Literature
Professor: Lin Marklin
Credits: 3
Final Grade: A-
I am not going to talk about this for long. The professor was unorganized and had a rotten attitude. She would not work with you on how to improve your grade. She did not grade fairly. I hate to say stiff like this, but I deserved an A in this class. I worked hard and my papers were better than my peers who had As. But they were graded on "improvement" which is a really crummy excuse. This professor very clearly did not like me. We have all had one of these teachers. I do not recommend this professor. Not one bit.
Class: Intermediate Algebra
Professor: Marcus Anderson
Credits: 4
Final Grade: A
I was NEVER a good math student. I was very average- VERY average. Okay, maybe slightly below average. But the professors at KCC have a spectacular system. I have now gotten through beginning and intermediate algebra with high As. This professor is willing to do ANYTHING to get you to pass. He puts his lectures on YouTube and is willing to answer any question you may have. This professor also claims to have the highest success rates among the math professors at KCC. Whether that's true or not, I'm not sure. However, I wouldn't doubt it. I would recommend this professor over any other math professor at KCC. I am very excited to take statistics with him over the Summer!!
Monday, March 10, 2014
Overveiw of Semester Two
So Fall (2013) semester ended with a bang. I was really shooting for a 3.9 but I guess I had to settle for a 3.882. My goal is to improve. A 3.9 would be nice, but as long as it is over a 3.882, I will be happy. And I am talking cumulative- not just for the semester. So! Spring semester 2014...
Communications- This class is a direct required transfer class for Penn State. Huge bonus!! It is really a fun class. I would recommend Andrews to anyone who wants to laugh. This is also my honors class... but it really isn't any harder. I just have to prepare one extra speech. No biggie. I currently have 139% in this class. Not too worried about this grade.
Intermediate Algebra- This class doesn't really transfer. It is just a general math credit, however, taking this class prepares me to take the required maths at Penn. I have to take college algebra and elementary statistics for psychology at Penn and I can't do that unless I am already efficient in Algebra. So it is working pretty well. Andrews is an excellent teacher. Oh my gosh. I wish he could just teach me all the math. I have been really lucky with math teachers at KCC. My grade isn't what I want it to be. It is only 94%. I need to get my ass in gear and stay up after I get home from Rite Aid and work on homework. I would love to take his Summer statistics class to prepare me for Penn, but that is only if $500 magically appears. Such a bummer.
Modern American History- I love history. I love it. A lot. This is my other honors class. It transfers to Penn. Woo! This is probably- No. This is my favorite class this semester. It is challenging. It is fun. I retain a lot of the lectures. It is just those darn exams that kill me. I believe my grade is around a 90%. But I am improving. I have noticed my favorite classes are the ones I get my worst grade in. Like last semester, my favorite class was psychology and I only got a 89%. Still stings because that class put me from highest honors to high honors. But it was the class I learned the most from. ANYWAYS- history. I love it. If you have to take a history class at KCC, take it with Wright. She has such a passion and she is so interesting.
English II- Required to graduate from Penn! Woohoo! But it is such a taxing class. I would not recommend this professor if you like to be organized. Or if you want an easy class with a low work load. Some days I feel like I am in a 300 level online class because he doesn't instruct. He just tells us what is due then we learn how to do in online through Moodle. We turn everything in online, too. To turn in a paper you have to turn in an extensive annotated bib, a detailed source analysis, a statement of research, an outline, another outline, a rough draft, a semi-final draft, then a final draft... It gets a bit ridiculous. AND you don't get much choice in topic. I know when I get in higher level classes it will be like that, but come on. It is freshmen English. I complain, but I do appreciate these skills because I feel it will make me a better writer. Oh. The professor is Davis, by the way. I have about a 96% in this class.
Modern Literature- Uggghhhhhhhhhhhhh. Dumb. I have a 92% because the professor is... A hassle. She is very unorganized. It is too damn easy. I don't feel challenged at all because she is so... Ugh. No one in my class likes the class. It only transfers as an elective. AND there is a really rude, sexist, racist older (like 40) guy in my class that is too damn handsy. I moved to the other side of the class because he was so sexist. So this class, I am going to keep the grade up, but it is so hard when a class feels like a chore.
So in the Summer I am definitely taking sociology. I HAVE to take it. I should take developmental psych but I have reservations about the professor. I would LOVE to take history because I own the book, but it isn't needed and I don't want to waste money. I should take statistics, but you know that from above.
Communications- This class is a direct required transfer class for Penn State. Huge bonus!! It is really a fun class. I would recommend Andrews to anyone who wants to laugh. This is also my honors class... but it really isn't any harder. I just have to prepare one extra speech. No biggie. I currently have 139% in this class. Not too worried about this grade.
Intermediate Algebra- This class doesn't really transfer. It is just a general math credit, however, taking this class prepares me to take the required maths at Penn. I have to take college algebra and elementary statistics for psychology at Penn and I can't do that unless I am already efficient in Algebra. So it is working pretty well. Andrews is an excellent teacher. Oh my gosh. I wish he could just teach me all the math. I have been really lucky with math teachers at KCC. My grade isn't what I want it to be. It is only 94%. I need to get my ass in gear and stay up after I get home from Rite Aid and work on homework. I would love to take his Summer statistics class to prepare me for Penn, but that is only if $500 magically appears. Such a bummer.
Modern American History- I love history. I love it. A lot. This is my other honors class. It transfers to Penn. Woo! This is probably- No. This is my favorite class this semester. It is challenging. It is fun. I retain a lot of the lectures. It is just those darn exams that kill me. I believe my grade is around a 90%. But I am improving. I have noticed my favorite classes are the ones I get my worst grade in. Like last semester, my favorite class was psychology and I only got a 89%. Still stings because that class put me from highest honors to high honors. But it was the class I learned the most from. ANYWAYS- history. I love it. If you have to take a history class at KCC, take it with Wright. She has such a passion and she is so interesting.
English II- Required to graduate from Penn! Woohoo! But it is such a taxing class. I would not recommend this professor if you like to be organized. Or if you want an easy class with a low work load. Some days I feel like I am in a 300 level online class because he doesn't instruct. He just tells us what is due then we learn how to do in online through Moodle. We turn everything in online, too. To turn in a paper you have to turn in an extensive annotated bib, a detailed source analysis, a statement of research, an outline, another outline, a rough draft, a semi-final draft, then a final draft... It gets a bit ridiculous. AND you don't get much choice in topic. I know when I get in higher level classes it will be like that, but come on. It is freshmen English. I complain, but I do appreciate these skills because I feel it will make me a better writer. Oh. The professor is Davis, by the way. I have about a 96% in this class.
Modern Literature- Uggghhhhhhhhhhhhh. Dumb. I have a 92% because the professor is... A hassle. She is very unorganized. It is too damn easy. I don't feel challenged at all because she is so... Ugh. No one in my class likes the class. It only transfers as an elective. AND there is a really rude, sexist, racist older (like 40) guy in my class that is too damn handsy. I moved to the other side of the class because he was so sexist. So this class, I am going to keep the grade up, but it is so hard when a class feels like a chore.
So in the Summer I am definitely taking sociology. I HAVE to take it. I should take developmental psych but I have reservations about the professor. I would LOVE to take history because I own the book, but it isn't needed and I don't want to waste money. I should take statistics, but you know that from above.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
That Moment When Others Truly Discover Your Passion Pt. 2
Today, I made an appointment with an academic advisor. I still cannot remember why I did it. So two hours later I go in and he asks me what I want to do. I tell him I want to be an academic advisor at a university. He is shocked. I tell him my whole plan and he asks me to hold on a minute and leaves the room. About a minute goes by and he brings four other advisors in the room with him and tells me to repeat everything I just said. So I tell them my story and plan. For the next 45 minutes all these advisors are giving me advice, pointers, words of wisdom, tips, secrets, and basically fighting over me. They wanted me to chose them to help me transition over to PSU. unfortunately, I didn't really nee anyone's help with transferring from KCC. So I thanked them all for their advice and an appointment that was scheduled for ten minutes lasted an hour. I appreciated everything I got from them and I am for sure going to use a lot of the advice!
Early this morning I asked my psychology professor from last semester about the Summer developmental psych professor (a class I need to take) and he said it depends on where I am going and what I want to do. So I told him Penn State and Education/Advising/Psych minor. He freaked out. He didn't even answer my question, but we scheduled a meeting for Thursday morning... He said he has never known anyone from KCC to transfer to Penn State and he wants to help me. So I don't know what I am going to get out of this meeting, but I am really excited because this man is INTELLIGENT. He taught at WMU for a long time too. Really great professor.
ON TOP OF ALL THIS, I got officially accepted into KCC's honors society. Induction ceremony next Thursday! Very excited... if I don't have to work.
Today was just a great ego boost. Amazing. Loved it.
Early this morning I asked my psychology professor from last semester about the Summer developmental psych professor (a class I need to take) and he said it depends on where I am going and what I want to do. So I told him Penn State and Education/Advising/Psych minor. He freaked out. He didn't even answer my question, but we scheduled a meeting for Thursday morning... He said he has never known anyone from KCC to transfer to Penn State and he wants to help me. So I don't know what I am going to get out of this meeting, but I am really excited because this man is INTELLIGENT. He taught at WMU for a long time too. Really great professor.
ON TOP OF ALL THIS, I got officially accepted into KCC's honors society. Induction ceremony next Thursday! Very excited... if I don't have to work.
Today was just a great ego boost. Amazing. Loved it.
That Moment When Others Truly Discover Your Passion Pt. 1
Alright. So a lot of my close friends and family know this already, but I am totally scary when someone puts me in front of a person who either isn't sure what to do with their life, doesn't know how to get started in school, what classes to take, how to get a degree, what universities are right for them, the list goes on and on. I will sit down with someone for hours and make someone really think.
EVERYONE- okay not everyone, but A LOT of people have told me they don't see me teaching kids. They don' see me teaching elementary, middle school, or high school. And I can understand how they see that. To me it just made sense. I want to help people. I want to make a difference in people's lives. I want to do that without being involved in the medical field. I love social studies. So teaching social studies just made the most sense in my head- not so much in anyone else's.
Last Summer, I sat down with two of my best friends from high school, who also go to KCC, separately and helped them develop plans. During Winter break, I helped one of them make a plan to graduate with a degree and we brainstormed ideas on what he could do with the degree. Last month, I was sitting in a car riding home after helping a high school junior think about college, the importance of ACTs, and a bunch of other common knowledge, but also universities, future planning, made him a comparison chart, and had him take career quizzes, and other fun stuff. The student's mother turned to me and said "Why are you going for education when you were BORN to do what you just did with my son?" Okay. Maybe not EXACTLY those words, but pretty darn close. And I sat there. And I thought. And I thought some more. And I went online. Then I put it aside. Last week, a girl came up to me at KCC and said "Help me, PLEASE." So I sat down with her and she now has a serious plan. The motivation I saw in her eyes was an amazing feeling for me. I did that. And a few days later a new plan was developed.
Most everyone on the planet knows this already, but just for the fun of saying it again, I am going to The Pennsylvania State University in the Fall of 2014. Original Plan: Go. Get my secondary education social studies degree. Go teach secondary education. New Plan: Go. Major in secondary education social studies. Minor in communications. Get my bachelors. Go back. Get a masters degree in higher education with a minor in psychology (NOTE: Psychology and communications may be switched around). Graduate with masters. Have a job lined up in an advising office or as a professor (dream would be both) and go to said job. Study, slowly, for doctorate in leadership in education. Graduate with doctorate. Be department head. Live my dream of advising and also be a professor, hopefully in History, because I love history.
I know a lot of you are thinking that I am crazy. There is no way I could ever possibly do that. If you are thinking that, then you haven't been around me when either A. I am helping a student, B. I am talking about helping a student, or C. talking about history. Words cannot explain the feeling I got when "what about becoming an academic advisor?" entered my brain. It was seriously just so... eye opening. I am more driven than I have ever been before. I am more passionate than I have ever been before.
EVERYONE- okay not everyone, but A LOT of people have told me they don't see me teaching kids. They don' see me teaching elementary, middle school, or high school. And I can understand how they see that. To me it just made sense. I want to help people. I want to make a difference in people's lives. I want to do that without being involved in the medical field. I love social studies. So teaching social studies just made the most sense in my head- not so much in anyone else's.
Last Summer, I sat down with two of my best friends from high school, who also go to KCC, separately and helped them develop plans. During Winter break, I helped one of them make a plan to graduate with a degree and we brainstormed ideas on what he could do with the degree. Last month, I was sitting in a car riding home after helping a high school junior think about college, the importance of ACTs, and a bunch of other common knowledge, but also universities, future planning, made him a comparison chart, and had him take career quizzes, and other fun stuff. The student's mother turned to me and said "Why are you going for education when you were BORN to do what you just did with my son?" Okay. Maybe not EXACTLY those words, but pretty darn close. And I sat there. And I thought. And I thought some more. And I went online. Then I put it aside. Last week, a girl came up to me at KCC and said "Help me, PLEASE." So I sat down with her and she now has a serious plan. The motivation I saw in her eyes was an amazing feeling for me. I did that. And a few days later a new plan was developed.
Most everyone on the planet knows this already, but just for the fun of saying it again, I am going to The Pennsylvania State University in the Fall of 2014. Original Plan: Go. Get my secondary education social studies degree. Go teach secondary education. New Plan: Go. Major in secondary education social studies. Minor in communications. Get my bachelors. Go back. Get a masters degree in higher education with a minor in psychology (NOTE: Psychology and communications may be switched around). Graduate with masters. Have a job lined up in an advising office or as a professor (dream would be both) and go to said job. Study, slowly, for doctorate in leadership in education. Graduate with doctorate. Be department head. Live my dream of advising and also be a professor, hopefully in History, because I love history.
I know a lot of you are thinking that I am crazy. There is no way I could ever possibly do that. If you are thinking that, then you haven't been around me when either A. I am helping a student, B. I am talking about helping a student, or C. talking about history. Words cannot explain the feeling I got when "what about becoming an academic advisor?" entered my brain. It was seriously just so... eye opening. I am more driven than I have ever been before. I am more passionate than I have ever been before.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Fall 2013 Classes Update
So this semester I took 17 credits: Freshmen English, Beginning Algebra, Intro to Psych, Accounting, and Government. It is time to break them down.
Accounting: I took this class because I really want to do a Summer (2014) paid internship. I have no idea how yet, but I am looking into it soon. I love accounting. IT IS FUN. Although, I am not the biggest fan of the professor. Papke is very... animated? He is a bit older too. He is nice and all. He took the time to learn all our names and that's cool. Not many professors do that. But he doesn't care about putting the date... or putting the cents... or anything... it gets frustrating. Also I sit next to an older woman who misses a lot of class and she is always trying to talk to me about her kids during class. We have had assigned seats the whole class so I can't get away from it. And she always asks me the answers and she looks at my tests. So annoying. I am pulling above 100% in that class. I think it's like 113% now. Not too shabby
Freshmen English: This class is only once a week and three hours long. It isn't awful. It is actually really easy. I sit next to this kid and he is really nice. We kinda goof around during "free time" and it gets pretty funny. We have about three homework assignments a week. Usually includes writing a paper and two readings. The professor is young and she is pretty funny. I am getting about 95% in this class. She said she never gives 100% so I guess this is sort of acceptable. I am really shooting for a 4.0 this semester.
Government: This class. Oh my gosh. I essentially took this class (AP Government) my sophomore year of high school with Mr. Y. It was so much better in high school. This professor is so unorganized an spends 1/3 of the class talking to this old guy up in front about things that are hardly related to class. Every class the professor asks us what we have and haven't gone over. I mean, it's cool when a professor asks where we left off... but to ask us what we haven't gone over yet, then test us on things we haven't talked about? This is so frustrating. I have 100% in the class right now. So that's cool, but gee wiz, I would prefer if he actually taught. I am lucky I already took this class, otherwise I don't think I would be doing so well. Thanks Mr. Y.
Psychology: This was one of the classes I was more worried about. I have never taken a psychology class before (unlike the other 73% of my class) and so I have no background. I have yet to determine if I still need to worry. My first exam is on Oct. 17th. This exam is worth 1/3 of my grade. Why do professors do this??? I like the professor though. He is a smart ass, but the funny kind of smart ass. We have three tests and each is 1/3 of my grade. Not happy about that, but at least I am having fun in the class. I have to take developmental psychology and I asked him who he recommends and I guess that impressed him... He was like "Oh! That is smart of you to ask." Then he told me who I should select based on my learning styles and who he thinks I would benefit from most. That was really cool of him.
Algebra: Okay. I have never been good at math. Ever. Seriously. No. I am not just saying that. I have really, truly, honestly, ever been good at math. SO, saying that, I am currently pulling upper 90 percentile in this class. This person is the first professor or teacher that has really taught me how to math. I have to take another algebra class after this one and I am hoping that he is teaching it. If he is teaching Math 121 next semester, I am basing my schedule around that class. No matter what, I am taking that class. We have had three tests so far. On the first one I got 97%. The second one, 99%. Third, 100%. I get math because of this professor.
So yeah. That's how I am doing in school. I am aiming for a 4.0, but I am okay with accepting a 3.75... anything less than that is unacceptable though. I am intelligent and if I do my best, I can get a 3.75... at the least though. I could totally get a 4.0. And I will.
Accounting: I took this class because I really want to do a Summer (2014) paid internship. I have no idea how yet, but I am looking into it soon. I love accounting. IT IS FUN. Although, I am not the biggest fan of the professor. Papke is very... animated? He is a bit older too. He is nice and all. He took the time to learn all our names and that's cool. Not many professors do that. But he doesn't care about putting the date... or putting the cents... or anything... it gets frustrating. Also I sit next to an older woman who misses a lot of class and she is always trying to talk to me about her kids during class. We have had assigned seats the whole class so I can't get away from it. And she always asks me the answers and she looks at my tests. So annoying. I am pulling above 100% in that class. I think it's like 113% now. Not too shabby
Freshmen English: This class is only once a week and three hours long. It isn't awful. It is actually really easy. I sit next to this kid and he is really nice. We kinda goof around during "free time" and it gets pretty funny. We have about three homework assignments a week. Usually includes writing a paper and two readings. The professor is young and she is pretty funny. I am getting about 95% in this class. She said she never gives 100% so I guess this is sort of acceptable. I am really shooting for a 4.0 this semester.
Government: This class. Oh my gosh. I essentially took this class (AP Government) my sophomore year of high school with Mr. Y. It was so much better in high school. This professor is so unorganized an spends 1/3 of the class talking to this old guy up in front about things that are hardly related to class. Every class the professor asks us what we have and haven't gone over. I mean, it's cool when a professor asks where we left off... but to ask us what we haven't gone over yet, then test us on things we haven't talked about? This is so frustrating. I have 100% in the class right now. So that's cool, but gee wiz, I would prefer if he actually taught. I am lucky I already took this class, otherwise I don't think I would be doing so well. Thanks Mr. Y.
Psychology: This was one of the classes I was more worried about. I have never taken a psychology class before (unlike the other 73% of my class) and so I have no background. I have yet to determine if I still need to worry. My first exam is on Oct. 17th. This exam is worth 1/3 of my grade. Why do professors do this??? I like the professor though. He is a smart ass, but the funny kind of smart ass. We have three tests and each is 1/3 of my grade. Not happy about that, but at least I am having fun in the class. I have to take developmental psychology and I asked him who he recommends and I guess that impressed him... He was like "Oh! That is smart of you to ask." Then he told me who I should select based on my learning styles and who he thinks I would benefit from most. That was really cool of him.
Algebra: Okay. I have never been good at math. Ever. Seriously. No. I am not just saying that. I have really, truly, honestly, ever been good at math. SO, saying that, I am currently pulling upper 90 percentile in this class. This person is the first professor or teacher that has really taught me how to math. I have to take another algebra class after this one and I am hoping that he is teaching it. If he is teaching Math 121 next semester, I am basing my schedule around that class. No matter what, I am taking that class. We have had three tests so far. On the first one I got 97%. The second one, 99%. Third, 100%. I get math because of this professor.
So yeah. That's how I am doing in school. I am aiming for a 4.0, but I am okay with accepting a 3.75... anything less than that is unacceptable though. I am intelligent and if I do my best, I can get a 3.75... at the least though. I could totally get a 4.0. And I will.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
KCC Orientation!
9:00 am Room 206. I sat there nervous as hell. I mean, it's the beginning of my life! Well, not totally. That was 19 years ago. But it is the start to my future career. So there is a purple packet in front of me and I went through all of it. It contained the basic stuff: financial aid info, school map, course catalog, student life info, a free T-shirt, etc. I read through it because I was accidentally 25 minutes early and there was a total of 4 people in the room. When it started we got a really quick talk then went on a tour. I had only been to KCC one time before and that was to take the ACT. It was nice to actually SEE the campus. It's really nice! Everything is so close together and there is no giant hill that I have to climb.
So after the tour there was a 2 hour lecture then get any questions answered by advisers. I turned in a financial aid paper, signed up for an appointment with an adviser, decided to take the COMPASS test on Thursday at 10, and got really pumped! There was no reason to be nervous. Just like LB said.
I still have some things to do before I am officially of Bruin status. I need to take that test, turn in my ACT scores, go to my appointment, register from classes, and pick a payment plan. Then that's that. I'm a KCC Bruin.
For those of you who don't know, I really want to be a teacher. An elementary teacher! What I'm trying to decide is whether or not I want to do the 2 year program or the 2 1/2 year program (5 or 4 classes a semester) just because the ECE classes are all 3+ hours long each. It is very hard for me to focus on the same thing for that long. I learned that from my 3 1/2 hour sociology class. But LB thinks the only reason I couldn't stand that class was because it was an "experimental class" where they put 4 professors (with very different views on subjects) in the class to teach us. It was just so confusing. So yeah, maybe. But this is 4 3 hour classes. Crazy. We shall see. I am not going to make any decisions until I talk to my adviser.
So excited that life is happening.
So after the tour there was a 2 hour lecture then get any questions answered by advisers. I turned in a financial aid paper, signed up for an appointment with an adviser, decided to take the COMPASS test on Thursday at 10, and got really pumped! There was no reason to be nervous. Just like LB said.
I still have some things to do before I am officially of Bruin status. I need to take that test, turn in my ACT scores, go to my appointment, register from classes, and pick a payment plan. Then that's that. I'm a KCC Bruin.
For those of you who don't know, I really want to be a teacher. An elementary teacher! What I'm trying to decide is whether or not I want to do the 2 year program or the 2 1/2 year program (5 or 4 classes a semester) just because the ECE classes are all 3+ hours long each. It is very hard for me to focus on the same thing for that long. I learned that from my 3 1/2 hour sociology class. But LB thinks the only reason I couldn't stand that class was because it was an "experimental class" where they put 4 professors (with very different views on subjects) in the class to teach us. It was just so confusing. So yeah, maybe. But this is 4 3 hour classes. Crazy. We shall see. I am not going to make any decisions until I talk to my adviser.
So excited that life is happening.
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