6V

Persistence

Google definition of persistence is, “firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.”

I also searched using the “Free Online Dictionary” (Link: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/persistent) and I found the following as the definition:

1. Refusing to give up or let go; persevering obstinately.

2. Insistently repetitive or continuous: a persistent ringing of the telephone.

3. Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time; enduring: persistent rumors; a persistent infection.

This week in class we talked about the Grit Test, which relates and corresponds to action and mindset. I scored a 5 on my grit test, which means I am very gritty in everything I do.  For example, I am persistent in regard to reaching my goals in my school coursework in order to be successful in my future career.  During high school, I was a member of the Lady Eagles Swimming and Diving Team for Wethersfield High School.  We practiced daily for two hours in the evening as well as participating in swim meets across the state of Connecticut.  In swimming, I have learned that practice makes a swimmer stronger and quicker in a race and it takes persistence and determination to improve.  When a swimmer improves, their swim times decrease because the athlete is swimming faster.  It takes a lot of work to swim laps faster and faster and plenty of persistence. 

6I

I Work Out!

#7. Go to the fitness center. Find out their hours of operation, the cost for students to join, one class you might be interested in taking and the day/time, and how many exercise machines they have. Have someone take a photo of you exercising to post on your blog.

On Monday, September 30, 2013, my friends and I went to Southern Connecticut State University’s fitness center on campus.  We attended a Zumba class from 7:15 until 8:15 at night.  Zumba is an exercise class held in the Student Center which has loud and energetic music to dance for exercise for an hour.  Southern holds Zumba classes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights on campus for students with a gym membership.  When rushing Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority, one of the rush events was to attend a Zumba class and all the girls worked out together as a bonding experience.  It was a fun time and I really enjoyed it very much, so I joined the gym. It is sixty dollars for one semester or one hundred twenty dollars for the year.

The Southern Connecticut State University gym membership includes free Zumba, yoga, and cycling classes provided for the students anytime by various instructors.  They have many exercise machines including weight lifting and elliptical machines.   The hours of operation are Monday-Thursday 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., Friday 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.  Going to the gym has become a routine for me and I like going with friends as well.

5I

Career Services

This past Monday, September 23, 2013, I stopped by the Career Services desk in the Wintergreen building.  The Wintergreen building is where you get HootLoot and UPass, which are the two necessary cards on campus.  HootLoot is the student ID for Southern students and the UPass is a card for the bus pass for free, that brings you downtown or the mall.  Career Services helps students decide their major and help them write their resumes. The staff is very friendly and want freshman and new students to meet with them to discuss majors and individual needs.  It was a helpful one-on-one meeting with a career counselor about my Communication Major.  I walked out with a Career Services Handbook, which will help me stay on track with career planning activicites such as choosing a major, internships for my major and job research in the future.  Meeting with people to talk about my major and what the Communication department requirements are to graduate was very helpful to me. 

How would I get a job at the Career Services Department at Southern?

How many students visit this department every week?

5V

Agency Means...

When searched on Google, the word “agency” and the definition was, “a business or organization established to provide a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties.  Such as an "an advertising agency".”  I also searched using the “Free Online Dictionary” (Link: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/agency) and I found the following as the definition:

1. The condition of being in action; operation.

2. The means or mode of acting; instrumentality.

3. A business or service authorized to act for others: an employment agency.

4. An administrative division of a government or international body.

I can relate to this week’s vocabulary word because when I earn a Bachelor’s Communication from Southern, I want to work for an advertisement agency.

I look forward to working for an agency so that I can be instrumental in getting a product or service complete.  I will be doing business on behalf of a customer and look forward to having a relationship with them.  I will help them by accomplishing their goals and requests.  This vocabulary word also relates to this weeks readings.  It is related to power, initiative  power, and action.

5B

Where Did The Time Go?

Over the course of an entire week from Thursday, September 19, 2013, through Wednesday, September 29, 2013, my Inquiry class had an assignment to track down the hours of the day and create a chart of the activities done during each hour.  The time study chart enabled me to see my habits over a span of time and what I do throughout the day.  It showed me how I spend my time here at Southern and what I need to keep doing, and what to do differently.  Every week I spend fifteen hours in class and this week I spent thirty-eight hours on homework.  A student should spend about six hours on homework and studying outside of the classroom so I am spending the appropriate amount of time on my assignments.  Homework and sleeping take up a lot of my time because I need to ensure that I earn good grades at school.  I tend to do my homework and assignments as soon as they are assigned because I set times to do it in advance so I can have social time on the weekend.  I spent Monday night attending a sorority event and Friday night I attended the Southern Connecticut State University Football Game.  I like spending time with family and friends on the weekends.

I will continue to manage my time in a more beneficial way to maximize my productivity.  I learned a good lesson from the Time Study assignment because it showed me the bigger picture of a typical week here for me at Southern.  This assignment helped me apply a schedule to the rest of the semester and my college years because now I know how I spend my time and what to do differently.   After examining the chart, I realized I do spend a lot of time on homework and I also have balanced social time.  I believe that this assignment can be beneficial to any person in life, not just a student because it can help someone to spend their time more constructively.