Blog 10:

In blog 10 we were asked to reflect on our first blog post. Our first blog post was about how we thought the course would go. Well I expected the course to go how it went. The amount of work you put in is the amount of work that is credited. If I am being honest I kind of slacked off in this class. I was being lazy and didn’t feel like doing the assignments. I would also say my mental health was part of the problem too. I wasn’t as focused as I should’ve been. I know I can do better than what I have done in this class. I am better than that my mindset was just not where it originally was in the beginning. One thing I learned was if you do the work you will succeed in school and life as well. This course taught me so many life lessons and lessons about myself. 

Blog 9:

In blog 9 we were asked to discuss the top 3 things we have learned so far in this course. My first one would be module 9 which was liking, love, and other close relationships. I never really understand why we form such close relationships with people. Some of those relationships will be the best ones you will ever have and some are meant to teach you life lessons. I learned some useful information that I will use in the near future. Next would module the self. Learning about the self was very interesting to me. I never really knew much about myself until looking over this module. The self portrays you as who you are as a person. Like why you are like you are. Lastly the module aggression really gave me some insight on what it actually means to be aggressive. Being aggressive is not a healthy lifestyle. It means you can’t control your actions and end up hurting the people you love. You take out all of your built up anger on people and then they start to get uncomfortable when being around you. 

Blog 8:

This week’s blog post is about how men and women upset each other. Men and women both experience jealousy and this is one of the reasons they get upset. For example, if someone is flirting with your girlfriend/boyfriend and they flirt back. Obviously the other partner is going to be jealous and get mad. Sometimes these things are done to be spiteful to your partner which in my opinion is unnecessary and rude. Another way men and women tend to upset each other is after they’ve broken up. They tend to post things directing them at one another. They say things like they’ve “moved on to someone better”, “his/her loss”, “an upgrade”, and etc. Their intentions are to show their ex that they’re better off or that they don’t need them, but at the end of the day it still upsets them. You should handle things like an adult that you are. Men and women are always going to do things to upset one another whether it was intentionally or not. 

Blog 7:

This week’s blog post is about self regulation and emotional intelligence. Self regulation is controlling one’s thoughts, emotions, and behavior pursuing long term goals. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to use, understand, and manage your own emotions. To me emotional intelligence means being able to understand my thoughts and feelings as well as managing them. For example, with everything going on with covid-19 I have tried not to let my thoughts and emotions stress me out. I have been thinking positively and keeping my head up as well as doing other things to get my mind off it. I have been relaxing every once in a while to get myself back into a positive mind set about things. If I do need to improve my emotional intelligence then I will try my best to stay positive all the time no matter the situation or circumstances given.

Blog 4:

This weeks Blog post is about our first exam. Personally I thought the exam was pretty easy. I took about a week to get my notes together and study for it. I don’t usually like taking notes because I never look at them again. I think taking notes is a waste of time, but I decided to try something new. When taking exam 1 I felt as though my notes went along with the test questions. The study method I used was flashcards because that seems to help me the most when studying. I read over the book as well to see if I missed anything in my notes. If the other exams are going to be like the first one then I think I will be alright.

Blog 2:

This week’s blog post is a reflection of what kind of student I am. I am the type of student that procrastinates on everything and the freaks out later. I procrastinate until the very last second and then I tend to get overwhelmed because I end up running out of time. I took the GSE scale and I ended up getting a 3. This was because when answering most of the questions I said they were moderately true or exactly true. I could relate to the majority of the questions considering I’ve been in similar situations before. My current level of confidence as a student confuses me. I tend to do everything at the last minute, but I still manage to get everything I need to get done before it’s due. I have never been the type of student that is an overachiever simply because I usually forget about my homework and things like that. Every semester I have said that I would get better at my time management skills, but I have yet to do so. One day I do believe I will be able to manage my time better because I can’t keep doing things at the last minute. I am also one of the few students that takes notes. I have never been one to take notes because I know I will never look at them. When I came to college I had to start taking notes because I got lost easily and didn’t completely understand the material all the way.

Blog 1:

As I was reading the course syllabus, I think the objectives for this course will be beneficial to me going forward even beyond this course. I am not quite sure what career path i’d like to take yet, but hopefully I can gain something from this course to help me figure it out. This course will help me to understand others as well as their attitudes and behaviors towards society. It is beneficial to our society to understand everyone individually instead of different categories or groups. 

My expectations for this course is to gain more knowledge about this course. I want to come out of this course knowing all the information I can, so that I can understand why people act the way they do in our society. The strategies I intend to implement are to read and take notes and then try to apply it to things going on in today’s society. I think these strategies will help me to grasp a better understanding of the concepts in this course and also keep me struggling. 

I chose this image because I didn’t want to judge this course without taking it and seeing what it was all about for myself.

Boland, Tommy. “Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover.” WordPress.com, 2015, tommyboland.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/bookbyitscover.jpg.