8I. Major Expo

This week i attended the Major Expo Fair that SCSU was holding in the Student Center. Even though i have already declared a major, it was still good me for to attend anyways because i found more info about my major. I was also thinking about minoring in something and Southern had a great amount of things that i found very interesting that i may be considering to minor in. Even things that i never knew i had interest i and that was very surprising even for me.

Overall i was glad that i attended the fair and looking forward to spring semester class registrations.

8V. MASTERY

MASTERY

What is Mastery?

When I searched the word mastery on Google the definition they gave me was knowledge and skill that allows you to do, use, or understand something very well.

I find that when you’re in college you should be able to master the class that you have and when graduation comes you’ll be ready for employment. You master the requirements to be what you want to be.

Two words I found similar to the word Mastery are

Experiences- skill or knowledge that you get by doing something

Command-to deserve or be able to get or receive (something)

8B. Sonia Sotomayor

“Inhale the Bad Exhale the Good”

My Six word Memoir
Me personally I was never a huge fan of memoirs, and its still feel the same way after reading Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir. However Southern did a great job picking out her memoir to be a common read for all freshmen’s because they are aspects that many can relate for instance, she was the first in her family to go off to college, she was a diabetic, and she’s from a minority family. Everybody can at least relate to one of those things.

What can first-year college students learn from her book about applying for college is that college is the door of opportunities. You will never know what you are passionate about until you go off to college. Reason is because say a person is very interested in becoming a nurse, so they go off to college and major in nursing. But once they start taking classes in nursing they come to realize that they aren’t really passionate about it so they find some else that surprising they love and intend to major in it. That’s why college is the door of opportunities because you never know what you are really passionate about.

Here’s the cover of the book:

Overall her books talks about the adversity she had to face in order to become the woman that she is today and now becoming a role model to many people in the world especially for the minority culture because if she can do it you can do it to.

Here is a video of Sonia Sotomayor discussing her book and sharing her struggles, success and talking to actress Eva Longoria.

http://youtu.be/B4PY9KV5DwA

After reading this book it taught me very valuable lessons when it comes to me facing with college, and how I can transfer myself after college.

8A. Mastery of Blogging

During the course of my INQ class my professor has all her students writing blogs every week. Each week we have a topic that we must write about and make sure that we are answering all the question or requirements that she posts on her own blog. For this week, she wants us to find the two blogs that demonstrate mastery to blogging.

I personally feel that blog mastery to blogging is a blog named A Country Girl’s Perspective. Reason why I find this blog to master blogging is because she always seems to understand what the questions or requirements that our professor wants and looking for in a blog. I feel that all her blogs are A+. Not only does she answer the questions properly she also relates it to her own personal life and makes it more personal just like a blog should be. This is the reason why I find A Country Girl’s Perspective a great blog and a blog that masters the art of blogging.

Another blog that I feel that maters the art of blogging is a blog named The Rest is Still Unwritten.  Just with the title it makes it very mysterious in a way, and grabs the audience or readers attention right away. Also her blogging style is very awesome its very elegant that must the reader want to see more also in her writing as well. What makes the blog great is that she makes very personal which people love because it shows the reader the emotion and feelings this writer has for her blogs.

These two blogs demonstrate A or A+ work of mastering of blogging.

Here are the two links of the blogs so you can check them out and see how great bloggers they are

A Country Girls Perspective

http://turnupthecountry.blogspot.com/

The Rest is Still Unwritten

http://stepphhr7.blogspot.com/

midterm rough draft

http://youtu.be/AaCpYXEO0xc

7I. School Dance

For this weeks involvement I attended the Homecoming dance that SCSU was holding in the student center. And I could honestly say that it was probably one of the best SCHOOL functions I attended. The music was great which made everybody have a blast. Since I didn’t go to the first dance Southern did I felt sort of disappointed but I did make sure that I attend this dance. I hope in the near future Southern does another dance because it was very well done dance.   

7V. Failure

Failure

When I searched the term failure I found the definition I found was, the condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends.

I believe that failure leads to success and the desire to achieve and do better things. Without failure your life would most likely mean anything. You wouldn’t have anything worth fighting for.

Two words that can relate are Achieving and Desire.

Achievement - a thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill.

Desire - a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.

Failure leads to having Success.