UOG--->GCC

As I way my way through my college semesters, I realized that college is not the place to fool around at. I recently came to a conclusion that I am going to be going to Guam Community College next semester to continue to finish my general requires. When I was a freshman in college, all I wanted to do was party every single night, go to lunch with my friends and skip my classes. Those actions led me to not focusing on my studies and eventually ended up failing about 1-2 of my classes. It took me one year to realize that, enough is enough and I need to focus on my studies more. So, can you just imagine how behind I feel at the moment? 

-I really want to finish college because I seriously sometimes don't enjoy being at school. So I decided that I am going to continue my studies at the Guam community college and maybe even finish with my associates degree. I still am going to be going to UOG next semester but, I am going to be only taking one class. I am excited to be at GCC because everybody there is so nice and really helpful. When I went there do my paperwork, I got all the help I needed and so much more. I just wish I don't feel so left behind at UOG but, I need to do what I need to do to be out of college as soon as possible. 

Group Project/Assignments

Today, I wanted to talk about group projects and assignments. I wanted to vent about my most recent experience. So, for one of my classes, we we're placed in groups of 3 or 4 people. Each student in the class had a main objective and that was to work together for the upcoming powerpoint presentation. With today's technology, it is not difficult to communicate with others. Technology today, makes us communicate without having to be physically there. So, there should not be a problem with communication. My group mates were the ones that do not talk much in our class. I wasn't worried at first because I thought they would get the assignment done. 

-We had an agreement that we will not divide the powerpoint because we trusted each other to add or fix up whatever one puts on the powerpoint. As a college student, it is ones responsibility to get work done no matter what it takes. Like I mentioned earlier, communication should not be difficult in today's generation. I was upset that nobody in my group talked on the whatsapp group that I created. The weekend has already passed and nobody has said anything. Now, I was a bit worried because the deadline was already tomorrow and we had no progress. I forgot to mention that, we made a google doc for this assignment and nobody touched it! Here is the most upsetting thing, I ended up doing everything with this group project, I researched, edited and added graphics... I had no HELP from any of my group mates whatsoever. I was so upset that, the next day I didn't care if they went to class or not.. I was so up to presenting the assignment all on my own since I was the one who did everything. The thing that made me more upset, was when one of my group mates asked me, "which slides do you want me to present" as if this person  contributed to the assignment. If YOU were on my shoes, would you have told the professor that you did everything and let your group mates receive a low grade OR refuse to present the assignment with you???? This is college, not middle school. (just saying) 

Venting

Recently I've come to notice that some of the lectures that this one specific gives is NOT very effective to my classmates and I. I realized that this professor just gives random assignments and random take home tests that does not really relate to what we were talking about in class. Sometimes I feel like we're just doing a certain to just get a grade, which I really don't mind because I need those extra points. But, I did pay to attend this certain class to LEARN something. Another factor that I do not like is that ALL of us (students) are not sure what we are getting for the class because this instructor does not update moodle or tell us or current grade. What is the point of this online moodle if it won't be updated? 

-Every time class is in session and lecture is being given, none of us listen because we all think that the lectures are useless and the fact that all the lecture slides are on moodle. I just don't see the purpose of doing an assignment that doe snot relate to what were currently learning at the moment an effective thing? Are we really going to use what we learned on that specific assignment in our future endeavors? 

Light the way for Individuals with Disabilities

Sunday October 16 was the light the way for individuals with disabilities sunset 5k. My ED215 class and I volunteered to help out for this 5k. We we're voluntold but, it was honestly a great experience. The 5k was along Chamorro Village area and stopped I believe at the big latte stone area. My group and I we're stationed to pass out water. It was a fun experience because we got to see many children and many individuals running the 5k. There were also many supports and families running the 5k. I did not like the fact that it was sprinkling during the run. I hope nobody feels sick tomorrow morning.
-This 5k was a success because many runners showed up even though today was a rainy and windy weather. Since our ED215 class a volunteering, I also did not like the fact that we had to be there so early. We we're required to meet up at Chamorro Village at 2pm and the run does not start until 5pm. We were all tired but I was just glad that there was food provided for us. The 5k had chips, hotdogs, chili, bananas, apples and many more. Although my group and I did not run we got to burn a few calories by walking to our very far water station area!!!!!!! 0.o IT WAS SO INTENSE. So happy all the runners got a shirt so did us volunteers. It was a fun experience, but for sure the next one I will be running!!! HAHAH 

Powerpoint Presentations

As I started college, I was so afraid of presenting in front of my class. I would not volunteer to go first, but since my last name starts with the letter "C", I was always one of the first people to present my powerpoint. I was so afraid that I would freeze in front of my peers and will not continue on with my presentation. This is about my fifth year in college and I still do feel uncomfortable presenting in front of everybody. But, I took this class last semester "CO210" and that particular class really DID help me with my public speaking. On our first presentation we had to tell the whole class about our MOST memorable moment/memory. I did mine about going to Disney Land and how excited I felt when I got there. Since that class and being comfortable in my own voice and my own ability to speak in front of everybody made me better at speaking in front of the class.

-Today in  class, we did our group presentation about our game rubric. My group was a little worried about today's presentation because we did not know how we will do or if we were going to sound stupid (which I highly doubt). We did a brief re-run before class and our first practice we did sorta well, but I know we could do better. But, to be honest I was not really worried because I know my group had this inside the bag. :) But, it does not hurt to practice right? I thought my group and I did a pretty good job for only practicing twice before class time. (we even went first, I guess we wanted to get this presentation over with. Everybody's game choices we're awesome! One had, coding? I honestly did not know what that was till this class period. LOL. I'm so glad that I'm not afraid of speaking in front of my peers because as a future teacher, you are supposed to feel comfortable with presenting in front of not just your students, but also your fellow colleagues. I'm so happy that college is making me retain how to become a better public speaker. (: 

200 little baggies !!!!!

Today in my ED215 class, we had to make little baggies for the special Olympics game this coming Saturday. I'm so glad everybody in my class donated something for the children. Even though this was a voluntold thing, it is always nice to do a good deed. My classmates and myself brought, healthy fruit names, little cracks, candy to stickers and pencils and erasers. I wish I was able to go this weekend, but unfortunately I have to work and be an adult. I hate adulting so much, but it's okay I guess. 

-I believe that we made more than 200 little baggies for the children. It was an honor putting those bags together because it was for a good cost. Everybody in my class had a good time putting them together. It was also bonding with my classmates. :) --------> This a better visual of how the bags looked liked and what was inside of them

Educational Games!!!!

So today in class, we had a task to look for educational games online. I was pretty excited because I've NEVER searched up educational games before. As I was browsing through the internet, I came across a game that was for typing. It's basically to test your basic typing skills and it also shows you how fast you typed that certain paragraph. I wanted to play the game myself because I learned how to type in middle school. I assumed that I would not get errors, but on my first round I made about 74 errors which was so insane because I thought I was a pretty good typer. LOL.
-The game became kind of addicting because I wanted to get a perfect score (no errors). Since we were placed into groups of 3, my educational games obviously did not get chosen. Mine was just all typing, but it was pretty fun because I now know that I still need work on my typing. (At least I know how to type right?) haha. Also, I game across this game (not educational) called "Marble Lines" you basically have to match the colors til they reach the end of the whole. That was one of my childhood games ever. NOW that game is very addicting, I played it when I got home!!! :0

OH MY GOODNESS

As I walked into my class, I totally forgot that we had an exam today. I was not really worried about this exam because it was an open book exam. I love open book exams because it gives us students an advantage if we did not study. Professor starts her daily agenda with the class. She automatically starts to pass out the exam's and says; "Okay class, you only have an hour to complete the whole exam. So by 12:00 pm you guys better be finish. This is also to practice your praxis exam with the multiple choice." The current time right now is 11:00 am. Every's hearts seriously stopped because there was about 40 questions on this test. 
-Every one was literally rushing to find ALL the answers on our textbook. 15 minutes has passed and I find myself only on #8. I was struggling because first, I did not read any of the chapters on this exam and I was getting pressured of the time. It was now 30 minutes into the exam... I WAS STILL NOT ON THE NEXT CHAPTER! I see my other classmates were also having a hard time because the answers were just so hard to find. Literally one question took me about 5-8 minutes to answer. IT IS NOT 12:00 pm. Professor is right on the dot of the clock, she says, "OKAY EVERYONE I'M GOING TO STOP YOU GUYS HERE. I SEE THAT NOBODY HAS FINISHED THE EXAM. YOU ALL CAN TAKE IT HOME TO FINISH"!!!!!!!" My mouth has dropped instantly, everyone was so relieved because we all thought she was going to collect our exams!!!!! NOW I CAN FINISH IT AT HOME!!!! Oh my goodness, literally had an anxiety for an hour. haha.