Just Pointless

As a freshman college student, the hardest thing to do is manage time. Having so much free time is something that we weren't used to coming out of high school. During football season, we didn't have too much time to do homework due to practice. Now that the season is over, I have a ridiculous amount of free time. Instead of spending this time with homework or projects, I would rather catch up on sleep or go play basketball. I don't mind doing homework and usually I do spend a good amount of time on homework, but I would rather not do things that are pointless. Now that the semester is over, I can honestly say that these blogs that we do every weekend are absolutely pointless. The amount of time that we spend on the blogs could be invested into something else more productive. From what I notice after reading other blogs, a lot people haven't even been practicing good grammar or correct English. Also, people have been posting pointless subjects. I could understand if the blogs had a particular subject and was graded by how the student answer the question. Some the blogs that have been posted talk about their friends and the parties that they went to the night before. If I ask that the blogs change at all, I think that their should be grammar checks and each particular blog should be graded by itself. I also noticed that a lot of people didn't take the time to do the blogs. That really frustrated me because I worked hard on getting most of my blogs on time and noticing that other people weren't putting in the effort made me mad. Hopefully the way these blogs are checked changes and the have more meaning because right now these blogs are just pointless.

Sigh of Relief

On Friday, in my Freshman Experience class, we took the day off to work on choosing our schedule and classes for next semester. To be honest, I was really glad that we were not really doing any work because I'm tired of all the classwork and homework. Not to mention that we just finished an essay for the class. Anyway, while I was completing my list of classes that I was going to take, Professor Barry explained to us that this was a big step for all freshman. I really wasn't focusing on what she was saying because it seems like all professors have the same thing to say. Now that I'm sitting in my room thinking about what I want to do for the rest of my time in college, I think she was right. Choosing classes for our second semester of college was a huge step. So far I've seen a couple of people drop out and it was somewhat scary and motivating for me. I've also seen a lot of people skip classes which causes their grades to drastically fall down to D's and F's. Some of these people happen to be some of my close friends. I had to separate myself from some of my friends just because I didn't want their bad habits to rub off on me. Every week, I call my parents just to bet words of wisdom and encouragement from them, especially during or after a tough week of college. They always remind me that I worked too hard all of my life to be just an average guy or a failure, and I agree with them. So watching all of these people do bad in school kind of makes me proud of myself. I took the time to get up and go to every class, attempt every homework assignment, and even did extra credit work whenever the opportunity was given to me. I can actually say that I have worked hard for everything so far in college and what I get is what I deserve. So Professor Barry was absolutely correct, choosing classes for second semester of freshman year in college is a big step. If a college student can make it through the first year of college, they are blessed.

Krost Symposium

About three weeks ago, I was informed that TLU students have to go to the Texas Lutheran University Krost Symposium. The first thing that I thought was maybe I would skip it, nobody will notice. Then, my Freshman Experience professor said that it was mandatory for her class and all other Frex classes. That was frustrating information and I was mad because I felt like it was going to be a waste of time. A bunch of professors talked about how good and even how useful the information might be for us. I didn't believe them though because it seems like every professor says that when they want their students to attend something. Those three weeks passed and it was finally Thursday, November 3rd, 2011, the day of the Krost Symposium. I just finished taking an Elementary Functions test and it honestly drained all of my energy. As I was walking out, one of my friends reminded me of Krost and it ruined my day. We walked to Jackson auditorium and Krost had started already. The speaker was Daniel Solove, which was ironic for me because last week, I read one of his articles called The Future of Reputation. So fortunately for me, I knew a little bit of  his ideas and thoughts before I listened to his lecture. I listened to more of his ideas and I really learned a lot. He talked mostly about how the internet can destroy a person's reputation depending on what is said about them, or what they have done. People lose friends, jobs, and even lives because of the internet. One of the most important things that he talked about was the Rutgers student who committed suicide because of a video put up on the internet by his roommate of him having physical intercourse with another man. I am writing a paper about this college student and his presentation got into more details about him. I'm actually glad I went to the Krost Symposium and I never thought I would say that. I learned a lot from it.