“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” –Stephen Covey
1) Reflect upon what you read in Chapter 11 of Thriving in College. What does this quote mean to you or how can you apply it to your life?
~To me this quote means that you can't expect to be able to undestand other people if you don't first understand yourself. Once you are able to fully understand yourself and how you act and who you associate with poeople, you will be able to understand other people. Also other people will then understand you once you know who you are. How is someone supposed to know you if you don't even know yourself. So basically know and understand yourself before trying to understand others.
2) (Refer to page 380 of the text): Are you a “Crisis Tickler,” “Withholder,” “Irritator,” “Blamer,” or “Gunnysacker?” Explain.
~I am a withholder, because when someone makes me mad i withdraw myself from them, by talking to them less or being less nice to them. I do this initally, then i talk to them about it, becuase i hate being in fights with people and its better to confront them and talk about the problem rather that just ignore them and the problem.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
"Who are the people in your life that you tend to turn to for social support when you are experiencing stress or need personal encouragement?"
~In my life when i need social support or am experiencing stress I turn to many people, my mom, dad, sisters, my roomate, God, my best friends, and my grandparents. My mom, dad, and sisters are always there when i need them most. They give me advice to help me, even when i may not want to hear it. They are my biggest sources of support and advice and i can run to them with any problem, no matter how far away they are. My roomie is amazing when i have a bad day she can tell without me having to say a thing. She gives me a hug and talks to me to make everything better, i got lucky she is the best roomie ever. God means soo much to me. He always has a plan hes directing me towards. He makes me feel at peace always and can answer my problems and make me feel amazing. He is my everything i would be lost without my faith. My best friends know everything about me, yet they still love me. They give me the best advice when i need them to and are always there for me. I love them and am glad to have them in my life. My grandparents are old, but can give the best advice. They have lived the longest so they have the best advice. They love me to death and love helping me, they are amazing i love them. These people help me so much, without them i would have had difficulties getting through some tough times. I am very appreciative of them!
~In my life when i need social support or am experiencing stress I turn to many people, my mom, dad, sisters, my roomate, God, my best friends, and my grandparents. My mom, dad, and sisters are always there when i need them most. They give me advice to help me, even when i may not want to hear it. They are my biggest sources of support and advice and i can run to them with any problem, no matter how far away they are. My roomie is amazing when i have a bad day she can tell without me having to say a thing. She gives me a hug and talks to me to make everything better, i got lucky she is the best roomie ever. God means soo much to me. He always has a plan hes directing me towards. He makes me feel at peace always and can answer my problems and make me feel amazing. He is my everything i would be lost without my faith. My best friends know everything about me, yet they still love me. They give me the best advice when i need them to and are always there for me. I love them and am glad to have them in my life. My grandparents are old, but can give the best advice. They have lived the longest so they have the best advice. They love me to death and love helping me, they are amazing i love them. These people help me so much, without them i would have had difficulties getting through some tough times. I am very appreciative of them!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Blog 9
1) What are you most stressed-out with at the moment? Why? Is your body re-acting to this stress? Devise a plan to deal with it.
~I am most stressed about the fact that i did not get all of the classes i wanted. I am also most stressed about the fact that there are a lot of people trying to get into the radiography program, like me, and there are so few spots. Its very nerve racking the odds of actually getting into the program. So i have been stressing a lot about that, and the huge anatomy test we have. Which are always nerve racking until after we take it then i calm down but till then i am way nervous. My body is reacting by being tired, my stomachs always hurting, and i'm just like feeling the stress so i'm always worried. I plan to deal with it by taking the anatomy test, so that worry will be gone, by realizing that as long as i try my hardest, and do everything that i am supposed to , theres nothing more i can do about getting into the radiography program. I am going to deal with the stress about not getting all of my classes by talking to my advisor to see if there's a way to talk to the teacher to try and get into the class, and by checking it to see if people drop the class, and finally by checking local community colleges down home by mean to try and take that class during the summer.
2) FFN: Chapter 8 / This is a creative writing exercise! Read the following scenario and finish it based on your knowledge after reading Chapter 8. You are "Raul" and have just immigrated to the American West illegally from Mexico. You brought your wife and two young children with you on a frightening and expensive 4-day journey in the back of a beat-up truck to arrive in Texas. You can't find work there and Border Patrol is cracking down, so you decide to migrate north a bit where you have relatives in Colorado. You are hired on the spot by ConAgra to work in one of their "beef processing" plants. -Describe in sensory detail your place of employment. (What's it look like, what is going on, how do people act, what do you wear, what is your job? etc..)-How much $$$ do you earn?-How do your days go? What are your work hours and what do you do after work?-Where do you live, what do you live in, how is your quality of life?
~The place i work is full of machinary, and is a big building, there are many people here who look to be of the same ethnic background of me, they are doing there jobs quickly without seeming to think of how dangerous the job is. They are wearing normal clothes not anything different than they would in normal life and not anything that would protect them. Our job is to slice meat fast. We earn a dollar a day, which is crappy money considering how dangerous our job is. We work 12 hour shifts constantly and only cutting meat. After work i am tired so i go to bed since i have to get up early to be back to work. I live in a incredibly tiny house an hour from work that is run down and in poor shape. Our quality of life is poor since there is hardly any food or anything in our small house.
~I am most stressed about the fact that i did not get all of the classes i wanted. I am also most stressed about the fact that there are a lot of people trying to get into the radiography program, like me, and there are so few spots. Its very nerve racking the odds of actually getting into the program. So i have been stressing a lot about that, and the huge anatomy test we have. Which are always nerve racking until after we take it then i calm down but till then i am way nervous. My body is reacting by being tired, my stomachs always hurting, and i'm just like feeling the stress so i'm always worried. I plan to deal with it by taking the anatomy test, so that worry will be gone, by realizing that as long as i try my hardest, and do everything that i am supposed to , theres nothing more i can do about getting into the radiography program. I am going to deal with the stress about not getting all of my classes by talking to my advisor to see if there's a way to talk to the teacher to try and get into the class, and by checking it to see if people drop the class, and finally by checking local community colleges down home by mean to try and take that class during the summer.
2) FFN: Chapter 8 / This is a creative writing exercise! Read the following scenario and finish it based on your knowledge after reading Chapter 8. You are "Raul" and have just immigrated to the American West illegally from Mexico. You brought your wife and two young children with you on a frightening and expensive 4-day journey in the back of a beat-up truck to arrive in Texas. You can't find work there and Border Patrol is cracking down, so you decide to migrate north a bit where you have relatives in Colorado. You are hired on the spot by ConAgra to work in one of their "beef processing" plants. -Describe in sensory detail your place of employment. (What's it look like, what is going on, how do people act, what do you wear, what is your job? etc..)-How much $$$ do you earn?-How do your days go? What are your work hours and what do you do after work?-Where do you live, what do you live in, how is your quality of life?
~The place i work is full of machinary, and is a big building, there are many people here who look to be of the same ethnic background of me, they are doing there jobs quickly without seeming to think of how dangerous the job is. They are wearing normal clothes not anything different than they would in normal life and not anything that would protect them. Our job is to slice meat fast. We earn a dollar a day, which is crappy money considering how dangerous our job is. We work 12 hour shifts constantly and only cutting meat. After work i am tired so i go to bed since i have to get up early to be back to work. I live in a incredibly tiny house an hour from work that is run down and in poor shape. Our quality of life is poor since there is hardly any food or anything in our small house.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Blog 8
Response to Brittanys Reflection questions:
How sure do you feel about your future? Does it look good?
~I am unsure about the future. I mean the most i can do is just try my hardest in my classes right now and the rest of the years of college. It is kind of hard to be fully sure of the future. As of right now everything is going according to plan so things are looking good. I mean its like you never really can be for sure of what the future holds. You just have to be willing and open and prepared for change.
Have your career plans change now that you have a better understanding of the requirements?
~ My career plans have changed in that i plan to specifically study MRI technology rather than just readiography in general. Its not becuase i have a better understanding of the requirements but because of the fact that i want to do it as a result of my mom.
How sure do you feel about your future? Does it look good?
~I am unsure about the future. I mean the most i can do is just try my hardest in my classes right now and the rest of the years of college. It is kind of hard to be fully sure of the future. As of right now everything is going according to plan so things are looking good. I mean its like you never really can be for sure of what the future holds. You just have to be willing and open and prepared for change.
Have your career plans change now that you have a better understanding of the requirements?
~ My career plans have changed in that i plan to specifically study MRI technology rather than just readiography in general. Its not becuase i have a better understanding of the requirements but because of the fact that i want to do it as a result of my mom.
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