Academic Dishonesty

Integrity is doing the right thing when no one know but you. People are faced with decisions everyday. You just need to know which good decisions you need to make. The article that i just read was about integrity. It basically told me what college students are faced with every day. Students just want to make the better grade, so they can pass there classes,so if everyone cheats once in a while to do that then it's okay, right? It's not okay because if you cheat once then you'll keep doing because you see the benefits of it. Once you get use t using cheating as a study method then you might just start using that method out side of school. By this time you don't have any integrity left. Cheating is just the not the answer. You don't want to go through life and never really accomplish something for yourself. It's just not a way to live. You are shaping yourself right now for who you want to be. Doing the right thing says a lot about your character. If you don't make good decisions now then your eventually going to fail in life.

What I've Learned

I have learned quite a bit from this class. Since I had to take this course, I didn't think I would have any fun let alone actually learn something. Throughout the past eight weeks I've learned how to change my learning habits like not procrastinating on my homework and studying for tests. The biggest theme that I've learned from would have been just knowing how to achieve my goals in the best way possible. I really liked how to take in information by just listening and how better myself in the classroom.
The best strength as a learner i have would be my ability to retain information really well. Some activities come easily to me are, when we have to read a paragraph and then write a summary of it. That's really easy to me. I could help out a new student in the sense of what not to do. I can tell them that college can be easy just don't slack off. I would also tell them they need to make sure they read the material that is given to them because that will help them in that course later on when it comes to tests.
I know one of my main weaknesses in learning would be that I am the biggest procrastinator. I always wait to the last minute to do anything. I always get my homework done i just stress out about it more because it's usually due the next day. My study habits are okay. It's just that when I study I basically memorize the information. If we have a final i might remember some of the information but most of it's lost. During this course i have learned to study a more sufficient way. I wish I had a better schedule of when i need to get certain stuff done. Some of my peers have that and i wish i did to. The activity that takes up most of time would be just reading the material. It always takes way to long, so then i get bored with it and stop reading. I defiantly need to be able to read faster and still retain the information and i need to just be able to give myself enough time get my assignments done.
I can read a lot faster because of the activities that we did in class. I can retain information better than before. I know how to juggle my job and my school so I don't get over whelmed. The most that i realized was I needed to have better study skills for college because the ones I had then weren't up to par. The most important skill i have learned would have been retaining everything i have learned in the this classroom and then putting it to good use out in the real world. I didn't think this course would be of much importance to me but now I'm glad i had to take this course.
All of the assignments that we had to do were extremely relevant. The community service paragraph made me realize our community needs a lot of work. The entire course book helped me in the classroom as well as in life. I can multitask now which is something i couldn't do before. I really liked the test we took to what kind of person we were. That was a lot of fun. Also the video we watched about Samantha was very meaningful and heart felt. I really didn't think doing the rubric was anything special i know we have to do for class but I didn't learn anything from it.
I think most of everything was covered that we need to learn. My instructor did a great job. Maybe something that should be added is every so often have the computer lab open so we can work on our writing assignments. What should stay is reading the book because it helped me in a lot of ways by just bettering myself in general. I will take what i have learned in this class and use them later on in life. I think this course should go over what we read in class so everyone can retain the information a little better. My work was evaluated fine. I had no problems with it what so ever. Basically just teaching how you've been teaching because it has helped me out tremendously.
I would have liked to know a little bit more about this course before I had to take it. To flourish in this course isn't hard. To keep your sanity in this course would be just come to class, do the homework and discuss what you've learned in class. Just basically know what skills in the learning process that your good at and the ones your bad at. So, you can work on them and do better in your other classes.
I know from taking this course i will have a better life, because i know now how to separate the the different aspects of my life like school and work. I will not procrastinate anymore because it just gives me to many things to worry about. Going through this course has helped me with my peers and how to flourish in college life. I'm glad I took this course mainly because I know to interact better with my instructors. How to learn better in the class room is one of my best learned skills. We should defiantly keep this course because it will help out future college students just like it helped out me.

This I Believe

On a day to day basis I go to school all week and then go to work, because i believe working hard will get me where i want to go in life. I go to school over full time so i can graduate college earlier. School is where i need to be right now. Once I'm done with butler i want to be able to go to WSU for a business degree. I want to own my own restaurant one of these days. I go to work also full time so i can pay for my bills and save money for college because it can be expensive. I go to class all day on Mondays then I go to work. Once that's done I go home and study. I do this all week. I'm always tired I barely have any time to myself. I hardly see my friends or get to spend time with my family. I'm usually stressed out and sometimes I doubt myself but then I just think where i want to end up when I'm older and i know everything will work it's self out. It's a lot of work to do, but i know it will all be worth it once I have that degree. Most people couldn't handle full time school and a full time job, but I'm not most people. I was brought up to always work hard no matter what. I know good things will come of it. This is my life and my believe will always be the same. No one can change that. It has worked out for me my entire life, so no one can tell me any different.

Academic Plan

I plan on getting a Associates in Applied Science for Business Office Management. The Required courses for general education are English Comp 1, Business Communications and A math requirement. Some Lab Science Requirements are word processing, Spreadsheet, and database. I need One Social/Behavior Science, one fine arts credit and P.E. I need Elementary typing, Accounting, Human Resources Management, Advanced Computer Applications, business ethics, Records Management, Personal Development , Business English,Presentation Graphics desktop Publishing. Now all of these are required for me to take. I want to leave butler and get into WSU so i can get a four year degree in business from there. Business is something i recently got into. I want to own my own resturant so getting a business degree would help me out greatly. I'm not the biggest fan of Business and some of it seems kinda of boring but it I'll get through it because it get me where i want to go.Business English for me might be hard for me to take because I'm not the best in regular English, so Business English would be a major task for me to accomplish. I would be really interested to take Presentation Graphic because that wouldn't be as boring as the rest. It reminds me of Art class and that was always fun. My Academic support would come from my family, advisors, and definitely my peers.

Butler Resources

In my case study, there was a a 18 year old girl named Jessica. She was dating this guy and he left to go out of state for college. She was devastated, they had been together for a couple of years. Everything wasn't going her way. She was completely depressed. On top of that her parents were getting a divorce. Things were just getting worst for poor Jessica. A few weeks after all the drama started she was feeling nauseous in the morning and couldn't eat anything. Since everything made her sick like the smell of perfume or the cafeteria food. She went to the library to study. In one of the books she was looking through had an article about pregnancy. All of her fears that she thought were nothing came true. She was very worried and scared. Now Jessica is a very complicated situation. She has a lot of choices to choose from to deal with what shes going through. She can go to the counselor on campus and talk to that person about she should do. She could also use the library has a source of information to use, because the library has books and the Internet about pregnancy. Theirs also a place in eldorado that's like planned parenthood where Jessica can get what she need from professionals who know what there talking about.

Time Management

I have many commitments to my family, work, to my friends. For my family I have my choirs to do on time and I need to spend time with them when I can. To my work i need to be there on time and be a team player and i need to spend time with me friends weather its just hanging out at home or going out to the movies or shopping. When I don't get something done on time I feel bad. I'm too much of a procratinator. I can get homework, projects and studying done when i need to i just need to mangage my time better. When I don't meet my goals on time everything suffers, my grades and getting everything else on track. When i mangage my time well, which hardly ever happens. I feel great. I love that feeling when I've got everything done when it needs to get done. I don't have to worry about it anymore. The steps i would use to ensure me time is better mangaged would be to write on my calender when things are due. I would make time in my busy schedule to get these goals accomplished. Right now i managed my time the same as if i was in high school. Which i need to change. I really procrastinated in high school because i knew i could graduate with out really any effort. Now in college i need to change that because I don't want to fall behind. I am trying to change so i do feel a beg difference how i now accomplish what needs to get done. Right now i try and get me assignments done ahead of time. I think as times goes on i will have matured in how i handle my academic schedule.

Coping with Change

The biggest change that i have experienced in my life so far would be starting college. It's a lot to deal with when your use to the comfortable surroundings of your home and your high school. It's a new experience, going from a small town where you know everyone, to a city where you don't know a soul. I wasn't sure what to expect, who i was going to meet, what teachers I'll get. It's a completely mind blowing experience to go through. My main fear is not fitting in. before college when i was in high school. I never worried about that because I grew up with everyone, so that wasn't even an issue. freshmen in college cope with a lot of changes i don't know how everyone gets through it. I think that's the main thing is getting through this big life altering situation. Now that i have started school and dealt with all of my problems. I don't know why i was so worried. I fit in, I've made new friends and my teachers aren't that bad. College life is just another goal to accomplish, for where i want to go in life. I know i will have many more changes t deal with but i won't stress out anymore. I'll just take them as they come.