Learning Profile

An overall summary of the common themes I read in the text. The text was there for us to help better us. To help us fit into the world of college, but personally I didn't need to read the text. I was given this course the SECOND part of the semester, which in my opinion was stupid. I'm not saying the course was stupid, but having it the second 8 weeks when I've been pretty much orientated the first 8 weeks was quite dumb. The text though was interesting to read from time to time and should definately continue to use it, but in doing so then the book needs to be written in a way that catches a college students eye.
My strengths as a learner are many, but one in particular stands out and that is pay attention. You won't get far in the world without paying attention because everything is made up of directions and tests. How to get to a party, grocery list, watching for the mailman, etc. Life is made up of things we need to pay attention to. Things that come easy to me in activities is when we're able to talk to people. I have a way of talking to someone I don't even know and making them feel comfortable. For example, the community service activitiy was something where we all had to interact with one another and for some people that can be uncomfortable, but I was there to make people laugh and feel comfortable talking about the events. If you're new to this class then the best advice I can give you is to, again, PAY ATTENTION.
I don't necessisarly have weaknesses, but I do have one weakness that's my kryptonite and that is socializing. I can't help but talk to people and it's always hurt me in school. I've learned to control it for the most part though, but it's definately a weakness. Probably the biggest task I've done in this class would be this blog right here. I'm trying my best not to sound redundant.
In all honesty I didn't learn much from what I've already known when I entered the class. I didn't see the reason why this course was needed at the second 8 weeks of the semester and I know I've already stated this, but what is the point? The only thing I found enjoyable in the classes were the class activities we had and when we got to talk to one another. Another one of my favorite assignments we did was the career tests. I found that rather interesting to see how much money you can make with certain jobs. For instance, I realized that I could make probably the most money if I was a illustrator, which would be a job I love, but the only problem would be having deadlines that quick.
Personally, I thought that student connect wasn't really a good class. To me it seemed really unnecessary. I didn’t really learn anything new. The only good that came out of the class was to help us think about things that we normally wouldn’t have thought about. If you were to keep anything in this class I think that it should be the Academic Plan. Especially when we had to get on the Discover program and take the tests to help us figure out what kinds of careers we could be good at. Again, I also thought that the Community Service thing should be kept. College students tend to get wrapped up in things that are happening to them and people close to them. With the Community Service group discussion we talked about the problems that are happening with in our community and around the world. I definitely thought that if you are going to do the Butler Resources then you should change it in a way that makes students think a little more.
I don't really need to tell future students of the class anything because it's such an easy course. Basically you come in, listen to the teacher, do any assignment she has for the class, write a blog, and then you're done. So I really don't think new students to Student Connect need to be worried because it's a very simple class. You do need to be there for all the classes though because you never know what you're going to do and you could actually miss something important. Like the career test, the Presentation, or the community service activitity. Although I will say that you'll have more homework in this class than any of your other courses.
Honestly, things in my life really haven't changed that much. I have gotten better at writing things down that I need to remember so that it won’t be as easy for me to use the excuse of forgetting. I'm still going to interact in the same way with people as I did before this class. Trying to change us into better learners isn't something we should be doing. Let us figure it out, get us ready for the real world. Let us make the mistakes and learn from them because thats the best way to learn anything. We shouldn't try and change ourselves into something we don't want to be. You'll always hear, "If I did this or did that" and what better way of living then thinking about alternate situations in which you could have done. Being creative. This course had it's ups and downs, mostly downs, but to try and better someone can be somewhat of an insult. It's like using the phrase "sort of". It's just a filler. It doesn't really mean anything, but for certain things it sort of means everything. Like after, "I love you" or, "You're going to live" or, "It's a boy!" What I'm trying to say is that this course made me feel like I needed to be better. I felt like this course was saying, "You're good at learning, sort of."