Hey, all!
I just wanted to do a quick post to notify you all about the slight change to my blog page. I have created another blog specifically for my time in Ireland this summer! It's called "Reyna's In Ireland," if you couldn't guess that by the title of this post already.
Anyway, I will be posting on that blog all about getting ready to go and everything that comes with that long and strenuous process!
Passport
I will be applying for my passport soon because I have to get that done. I am preferably going to do it early next week because I just don't have the money right now. Passports cost $165 for the whole thing! It's a bit pricey if you ask me. However, they are good for 10 years, so I suppose it isn't too bad.
Scholarships
I am applying for as many scholarships as I can find for the summer. I applied for one last Friday that was basically a MEME creating contest for study abroad. The first place prize is $1,000. I hope I get at least 1st, 2nd, or 3rd because they are all money prizes, which would be awesome! There is another scholarship that I am working on right now; it is called the Gilman Scholarship. The Gilman is basically for only Pell Grant recipients, but it helps those individuals be able to study abroad, which I think is awesome. I would love it so much if I was able to receive that scholarship. However, a scholarship is not earned if there is no work done. Thus, I have been spending much of my "down time," which is very scarce, working on that application and the essays that it requires.
I also had to take out a loan because I wanted to make sure to have the money to go on this trip. Studying abroad is definitely easier to get financial aid for during the regular school year. Trying to go in the summer, I received only $50 in financial aid from the government. I suppose that was all that was left after everyone else received theirs. Oh well, I still get to go!
Don't forget to check out my new blog!! There is a link at the top of this page that says "Reyna's In Ireland." Click on that, and it will direct you to that page!
Thanks for checking in here!!
~R
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Update!!!
Applications
I have not posted on here in a long time.. Since sometimes last semester. Anyway, I had sent in my initial online application to Study Abroad in Ireland through the USAC program. Since then, I have also applied to the International Programs and Services here at Michigan Tech because I was supposed to do that first anyway. A few days ago, I received an email in regards to my application. It began a little like this:
"Congratulations! ..."
I didn't really even have to read the rest of the email to know that I had been approved for the trip. Then, about 5 hours later, I received another email in regards to the finalization of my application to the one I had talked about last semester, and it began something like:
"Congratulations! ..."
Now, I know I am going!
Paying for Ireland
Now, it is time to begin thinking about how I will be paying for this trip.... It will cost, overall, around $9,000, which is fairly expensive for myself, a poor college student.
BTW.. I have found that almost all college students are poor here.. Well, besides the ones from Asia that I have seen driving the newest Chargers and such.. CRAZY!
Anyway...
I turned in my Summer 2013 application for Financial Aid, which I have recently learned that summer aid is a first-come first-serve basis. I am hoping to at least get a little bit of aid. That would definitely be nice. However, I do also have a couple of back-up plans. I am going to be applying for a scholarship called the Gillman Scholarship. That scholarship mostly goes to students who want to study in high-demand areas of the world. However, my study abroad person here at Tech told me I have a chance still of getting it.. I just have to make myself marketable. There are two portions of the application. The first is an essay that talks about why I want to study abroad, and more specifically why I want to study abroad in Ireland. The second part of the application deals with another essay. However, this second essay is a proposal for a project. The follow-up project requires the recipient of the scholarship to come back to the United States and promote study abroad and cross-cultural awareness. I think I would be pretty good at that because of my major and being so submerged into another culture.
Other Shenanigans
Other than all of the hectic stuff that deals with applying and getting things around to study abroad in Ireland, I have also been up to some other things.
Classes
I have some pretty crazy and kind of cool classes this semester:
-Botany (The study of plants)
-Botany Lab
-World Cultures (It is basically a history class that requires weekly papers on movies that we watch on Fridays, which is pretty easy)
-The Copper Country (Mostly about the mining industry and how the area of Houghton/Hancock/Keweenaw became what it is today)
-History of American Architecture (I love this class)
-Beginning Bowling (Fun)
-Beginning Snowboarding (Not as much fun... I keep falling and hurting myself, and the t-bar tried to kill me..)
Volunteering
Unfortunately, I have not been able to go back to the Carnegie Museum to assist Elise with the Synagogue information. My schedule is too crazy to even fit in an hour to steal Chris's truck and drive to the Museum on Wednesdays. However, I have told her that I would be willing to do any research she might have that I could do over the weekend at the Library Archives and such.
Work
I've been trying to work as much as I can. I do not work on Mondays because of my classes, but I do work the rest of the week. I work 2,3,4 hours at a time during each of my shifts during the week. It is becoming difficult this semester to balance work and school. I do not seem to have much of a personal life except for sometimes on the weekends. I like to spend a little time with Chris on the weekends, but I don't always get a whole lot of time. However, I did rearrange his room this past weekend, which was Winter Carnival!
Winter Carnival!!!!
Winter Carnival was this past weekend!! I took some pictures that I have posted to my facebook page, which you can see if you are my friend. I will be posting more pictures soon as well! During Winter Carnival, there were a lot of things going on: broomball, the Snow Ball Dance, Statue building (month long/overnighters), music playing out of snow speakers, people visiting campus, children on campus (weird), etc. There was so much going on! OH!!! BTW... There was a 36 hour tetter-totter-a-thon as well. :) It was epic. They literally sat there tetter-tottering for 36 hours straight! It was a win! haha
Anyway, I went out onto campus about 3 days out of the five.. I didn't feel like freezing every single night. I figured that might make me sick. However, I did go to see Brian play his broomball game on Saturday, which got cancelled because the other team didn't show up. Kind of made me sad, but Chris, Larissa, and I stood there and watched them goof around on the ice of the rink. It was actually pretty entertaining.
I also held a movie night in Allison and I's room one night. I invited Larissa and Hannah over to watch Pitch Perfect because they had not seen it yet. Rachel, my RA(Resident Assistant), also ended up joining us because she heard a movie and walked in the room. I invited her to stay and watch, and she did. It was really funny to watch her reactions to all of the different parts of the movie because she thought it was supposed to be a children's movie. Yeah, not so much... haha I do know, however, that she loved Fat Amy's character.
BTW... Pitch Perfect is my new favorite movie. :) ...and the Mister bought it for me. <3 I love him. :) haha
Yeah...
So.. I just wrote a crap ton of stuff for you all to read.. Anyway, time for my American Architecture class and then meeting up with Miss Ashlee Hughes afterward because she is in town for the NMU vs. Michigan Tech Hockey game tonight. I didn't get any tickets to go to it, but that's okay because I would be tempted to sit in the Northern crowd with Ashlee while wearing Michigan Tech stuff. haha Probably not a good idea... ;)
Anyway, I've got to post this so that I can get into class now..
I hope you are having a great winter!
~R
P.S. Don't be shy! Post comments if you'd like! I will try to get on this blog more often.. I will be using it in Ireland too!! So.. Stay tuned this summer!! :D
I have not posted on here in a long time.. Since sometimes last semester. Anyway, I had sent in my initial online application to Study Abroad in Ireland through the USAC program. Since then, I have also applied to the International Programs and Services here at Michigan Tech because I was supposed to do that first anyway. A few days ago, I received an email in regards to my application. It began a little like this:
"Congratulations! ..."
I didn't really even have to read the rest of the email to know that I had been approved for the trip. Then, about 5 hours later, I received another email in regards to the finalization of my application to the one I had talked about last semester, and it began something like:
"Congratulations! ..."
Now, I know I am going!
Paying for Ireland
Now, it is time to begin thinking about how I will be paying for this trip.... It will cost, overall, around $9,000, which is fairly expensive for myself, a poor college student.
BTW.. I have found that almost all college students are poor here.. Well, besides the ones from Asia that I have seen driving the newest Chargers and such.. CRAZY!
Anyway...
I turned in my Summer 2013 application for Financial Aid, which I have recently learned that summer aid is a first-come first-serve basis. I am hoping to at least get a little bit of aid. That would definitely be nice. However, I do also have a couple of back-up plans. I am going to be applying for a scholarship called the Gillman Scholarship. That scholarship mostly goes to students who want to study in high-demand areas of the world. However, my study abroad person here at Tech told me I have a chance still of getting it.. I just have to make myself marketable. There are two portions of the application. The first is an essay that talks about why I want to study abroad, and more specifically why I want to study abroad in Ireland. The second part of the application deals with another essay. However, this second essay is a proposal for a project. The follow-up project requires the recipient of the scholarship to come back to the United States and promote study abroad and cross-cultural awareness. I think I would be pretty good at that because of my major and being so submerged into another culture.
Other Shenanigans
Other than all of the hectic stuff that deals with applying and getting things around to study abroad in Ireland, I have also been up to some other things.
Classes
I have some pretty crazy and kind of cool classes this semester:
-Botany (The study of plants)
-Botany Lab
-World Cultures (It is basically a history class that requires weekly papers on movies that we watch on Fridays, which is pretty easy)
-The Copper Country (Mostly about the mining industry and how the area of Houghton/Hancock/Keweenaw became what it is today)
-History of American Architecture (I love this class)
-Beginning Bowling (Fun)
-Beginning Snowboarding (Not as much fun... I keep falling and hurting myself, and the t-bar tried to kill me..)
Volunteering
Unfortunately, I have not been able to go back to the Carnegie Museum to assist Elise with the Synagogue information. My schedule is too crazy to even fit in an hour to steal Chris's truck and drive to the Museum on Wednesdays. However, I have told her that I would be willing to do any research she might have that I could do over the weekend at the Library Archives and such.
Work
I've been trying to work as much as I can. I do not work on Mondays because of my classes, but I do work the rest of the week. I work 2,3,4 hours at a time during each of my shifts during the week. It is becoming difficult this semester to balance work and school. I do not seem to have much of a personal life except for sometimes on the weekends. I like to spend a little time with Chris on the weekends, but I don't always get a whole lot of time. However, I did rearrange his room this past weekend, which was Winter Carnival!
Winter Carnival!!!!
Winter Carnival was this past weekend!! I took some pictures that I have posted to my facebook page, which you can see if you are my friend. I will be posting more pictures soon as well! During Winter Carnival, there were a lot of things going on: broomball, the Snow Ball Dance, Statue building (month long/overnighters), music playing out of snow speakers, people visiting campus, children on campus (weird), etc. There was so much going on! OH!!! BTW... There was a 36 hour tetter-totter-a-thon as well. :) It was epic. They literally sat there tetter-tottering for 36 hours straight! It was a win! haha
Anyway, I went out onto campus about 3 days out of the five.. I didn't feel like freezing every single night. I figured that might make me sick. However, I did go to see Brian play his broomball game on Saturday, which got cancelled because the other team didn't show up. Kind of made me sad, but Chris, Larissa, and I stood there and watched them goof around on the ice of the rink. It was actually pretty entertaining.
I also held a movie night in Allison and I's room one night. I invited Larissa and Hannah over to watch Pitch Perfect because they had not seen it yet. Rachel, my RA(Resident Assistant), also ended up joining us because she heard a movie and walked in the room. I invited her to stay and watch, and she did. It was really funny to watch her reactions to all of the different parts of the movie because she thought it was supposed to be a children's movie. Yeah, not so much... haha I do know, however, that she loved Fat Amy's character.
BTW... Pitch Perfect is my new favorite movie. :) ...and the Mister bought it for me. <3 I love him. :) haha
Yeah...
So.. I just wrote a crap ton of stuff for you all to read.. Anyway, time for my American Architecture class and then meeting up with Miss Ashlee Hughes afterward because she is in town for the NMU vs. Michigan Tech Hockey game tonight. I didn't get any tickets to go to it, but that's okay because I would be tempted to sit in the Northern crowd with Ashlee while wearing Michigan Tech stuff. haha Probably not a good idea... ;)
Anyway, I've got to post this so that I can get into class now..
I hope you are having a great winter!
~R
P.S. Don't be shy! Post comments if you'd like! I will try to get on this blog more often.. I will be using it in Ireland too!! So.. Stay tuned this summer!! :D
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
. . . Ireland?? Yes!
Should I go?
So... I have this opportunity. There is a summer program in Ireland, and it may be doable by myself. However, I will have to take out a loan and/or get a ton of scholarships to pay for it. This trip would be to study abroad in Ireland for about a month. I was introduced to this opportunity by the study abroad person, Darnishia Slade, here at Michigan Tech. She's pretty awesome! :D I'm really excited to even have this opportunity. What do you think I should do? Should I go to Ireland even if it means more possible debt for me in the long run if I cannot get enough scholarships?
The Cost:
The cost of a trip to Ireland in the summer for classes is around $9,000. This includes a lot of things though. The airfare, living, dining, school course costs, books, and more is included in this $9,000 fee.
Where I would go to study:
The university that I would be attending in Ireland is called:
The National University of Ireland, Galway
Things I would do:
Classes like: Irish Gaelic Language course, Irish history courses, lineage finder course, etc. There would also be a short field school in Dublin, Ireland where I would be given the opportunity to do some of the work that I was planning on doing after college.
Applied!!
I have officially applied to The National University of Ireland, Galway for the Summer 2013 semester.
I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Oooooopppsss... I forgot to post this, but here it is anyway! :D
After a week of Thanksgiving Break, I am still sitting here in Chris's truck think to myself that a week is just not enough time... I find myself thinking about all I have left to do this semester and all that I have to look forward to for Christmas break.
Only 3 it so more weeks to go before Christmas break, and I can't wait.
Being away from home is difficult, but it is also a good thing. Not being completely dependent on my parents has taught me a lot of things.
1. Manage your money.. There is always something that you may want but not necessarily able to afford.
2. Make good friends.. Having good friends is always a plus.
3. Stay in good wig your RA.. She or he may be more lenient about certain things.
4. If invited out, you don't always have to say "yes." It's okay to say no.
5. Everything you think is true is not always.
There are so many more things that I have learned over the past couple of months as well. I could sit here and list every single little thing, but I figured that would be a waste of both my time and yours.
So.... yeah..
Oh!! By the way, I completely forgot to post this post when I was writing it. That is why it is so late. I told you all about my Thanksgiving in the other post I just posted though! :D
Have a good night!
~R
Only 3 it so more weeks to go before Christmas break, and I can't wait.
Being away from home is difficult, but it is also a good thing. Not being completely dependent on my parents has taught me a lot of things.
1. Manage your money.. There is always something that you may want but not necessarily able to afford.
2. Make good friends.. Having good friends is always a plus.
3. Stay in good wig your RA.. She or he may be more lenient about certain things.
4. If invited out, you don't always have to say "yes." It's okay to say no.
5. Everything you think is true is not always.
There are so many more things that I have learned over the past couple of months as well. I could sit here and list every single little thing, but I figured that would be a waste of both my time and yours.
So.... yeah..
Oh!! By the way, I completely forgot to post this post when I was writing it. That is why it is so late. I told you all about my Thanksgiving in the other post I just posted though! :D
Have a good night!
~R
Wow, it's been a long time!!
Hey!!
I bet you thought you would never hear from me again..? Well, you were wrong. I haven't posted on here for a long time because, to be honest, I forgot about it. I forgot about this entire blog. Yes, I know, it is bad. However, I did get fairly distracted by school. There was so much going on here at Michigan Tech as well as in life in general.
My 18th Birthday!!!
I had my 18th birthday!! :D October 13th, 2012!! It was so much fun. My birthday was actually on Homecoming day for Michigan Tech. However, I did not go to the homecoming game. Instead, Chris and I drove all the way to Nora's cabin to meet up with my mother and Nora(my second mother). We then drove with them another hour and a half after the four hour drive across the Upper Peninsula. We were on our way to one of Mayville's away football games that just so happened to be close to the U.P.! I was so excited that day I just could not wait to leave. I even stole Chris's truck and drove to his house to pack and make a lunch for the both of us before hitting the road. The game was on the Friday before my birthday and it was just a wonderful present.
When we got to the game, I was able to see a lot of my friends! Alexandra, Siara, Mika, Stevie, Haley, and so many more.. The band was even there!! I got to see Mr. Adkins too!! :D However, I believe the person that was the happiest to see me was my mother. Before beginning college here at Michigan Tech, I had never been gone from home without her for more than a week. Two months was the long one here at Tech.
There are not many breaks between the beginning of the Fall Semester and the end of it. Only Thanksgiving.... It is a terrible long time before having a break..
Thanksgiving Break!
SO.... Thanksgiving Break came around and I was so ready for it to be here..
Chris and I left Tech on Saturday this time because he didn't want to leave Houghton at like 5:00pm.. I don't blame him, but I was so ready for a break from school and from the dorms. We had very good whether most of the way down. However, going over the Mackinac Bridge, I realized that it was really foggy out, and it continued to be foggy for most of the way South of the Bridge. That was okay though.
The drive from Houghton to Fostoria is about 8-9hours on a normal, good-weathered day. However, that was not the case this time. It took us about 10 hours total to get home because we were pulling a trailer and had to stop about 4 or 5 times for gas.. Chris was able to stop at the Indian Reservation gas station in Baraga though and get gas a bit cheaper. That was nice. Gas on the way down state cost him about $200 or so. IT'S CRAZY!! Just saying....
Anyway, when we finally got there, Jenee, Chris's mother was there. :) That was a nice surprise for him. I was excited, however, for the next day! A group of friends and I were going to see the last Twilight movie Breaking Dawn Part 2. IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!! :D Just saying.. I would definitely recommend that movie for everyone to see, even if they don't like the Twilight movies. I didn't know exactly what to expect, but the movie was definitely worth the money spent.
Thanksgiving Day
<-- I really don't know how that last paragraph was indented... Maybe I accidentally formatted it from one of the papers that I have been writing this past week or two.. Could be...
Paper Attack!!
Unfortunately, I have so many things to do this week!! :( They are not terribly difficult, but they do get on my nerves after having done so many things before them. The due dates are kicking my butt too..!
List of Assignments and Exams - Week 12/10-12/14:
So much work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My head is just going to explode by the end of this week..... O.o Seriously..
Anyway, it's getting a bit late... I may need to go to bed earlier than I did last night (1:30am) if I want to get any work on my paper or studying done tomorrow ...
Goodnight!
~R
I bet you thought you would never hear from me again..? Well, you were wrong. I haven't posted on here for a long time because, to be honest, I forgot about it. I forgot about this entire blog. Yes, I know, it is bad. However, I did get fairly distracted by school. There was so much going on here at Michigan Tech as well as in life in general.
My 18th Birthday!!!
I had my 18th birthday!! :D October 13th, 2012!! It was so much fun. My birthday was actually on Homecoming day for Michigan Tech. However, I did not go to the homecoming game. Instead, Chris and I drove all the way to Nora's cabin to meet up with my mother and Nora(my second mother). We then drove with them another hour and a half after the four hour drive across the Upper Peninsula. We were on our way to one of Mayville's away football games that just so happened to be close to the U.P.! I was so excited that day I just could not wait to leave. I even stole Chris's truck and drove to his house to pack and make a lunch for the both of us before hitting the road. The game was on the Friday before my birthday and it was just a wonderful present.
When we got to the game, I was able to see a lot of my friends! Alexandra, Siara, Mika, Stevie, Haley, and so many more.. The band was even there!! I got to see Mr. Adkins too!! :D However, I believe the person that was the happiest to see me was my mother. Before beginning college here at Michigan Tech, I had never been gone from home without her for more than a week. Two months was the long one here at Tech.
There are not many breaks between the beginning of the Fall Semester and the end of it. Only Thanksgiving.... It is a terrible long time before having a break..
Thanksgiving Break!
SO.... Thanksgiving Break came around and I was so ready for it to be here..
Chris and I left Tech on Saturday this time because he didn't want to leave Houghton at like 5:00pm.. I don't blame him, but I was so ready for a break from school and from the dorms. We had very good whether most of the way down. However, going over the Mackinac Bridge, I realized that it was really foggy out, and it continued to be foggy for most of the way South of the Bridge. That was okay though.
The drive from Houghton to Fostoria is about 8-9hours on a normal, good-weathered day. However, that was not the case this time. It took us about 10 hours total to get home because we were pulling a trailer and had to stop about 4 or 5 times for gas.. Chris was able to stop at the Indian Reservation gas station in Baraga though and get gas a bit cheaper. That was nice. Gas on the way down state cost him about $200 or so. IT'S CRAZY!! Just saying....
Anyway, when we finally got there, Jenee, Chris's mother was there. :) That was a nice surprise for him. I was excited, however, for the next day! A group of friends and I were going to see the last Twilight movie Breaking Dawn Part 2. IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!! :D Just saying.. I would definitely recommend that movie for everyone to see, even if they don't like the Twilight movies. I didn't know exactly what to expect, but the movie was definitely worth the money spent.
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day was kind of hectic. I got to make the Turkey and help mom make the rest of the dinner!! :D The turkey turned out magnificent, if I do say so myself. Then, we ate! I only had a plate of food though because I had not been eating as much as I used to before going to college mainly because I don't have time, but also because I have come to the conclusion that the food in the dorms is not the greatest. Anyway, I was also saving room for the other dinner that we had at Chris's Grandmother's house. Renee, Siara, Elaine, and a few other people were there for that dinner. It was fairly good, but I could not eat as much as I would have liked. I only ate about half of a plate there. It was still yummy though!!
<-- I really don't know how that last paragraph was indented... Maybe I accidentally formatted it from one of the papers that I have been writing this past week or two.. Could be...
Paper Attack!!
Unfortunately, I have so many things to do this week!! :( They are not terribly difficult, but they do get on my nerves after having done so many things before them. The due dates are kicking my butt too..!
List of Assignments and Exams - Week 12/10-12/14:
- World Peoples & Environments 10 page paper. (Done)
- Institutions 9 page paper. (Done)
- Prehistory & Archaeology 5 page paper. (Not done)
- Prehistory & Archaeology 2-3 page paper. (Not done)
- Exam IV - Statistics (Done)
- Exam III - Institutions (Not done)
- Final Exam - World Peoples & Environments (Not done)
- Final Exam - Statistics (Not done)
- Final Exam - Prehistory & Archaeology (Not done)
So much work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My head is just going to explode by the end of this week..... O.o Seriously..
Anyway, it's getting a bit late... I may need to go to bed earlier than I did last night (1:30am) if I want to get any work on my paper or studying done tomorrow ...
Goodnight!
~R
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Cold and Rainy Day
Statistics... Thanks for the help..
So, I sent an email to my Statistics teacher last night asking about the homework and what exactly he was expecting so that I did not do something completely wrong and then get a horrible grade. I never got an email back. However, today, when class began, he started to talk about getting an email last night.. To the whole class! He didn't say it was me though.. But still! He was talking about how everyone should be coming to class and paying attention and taking notes.. I just sat there and was like... "I do all of those things!!" It made me very upset. He told the whole class in a message that he sent out this morning that he will not help people on the homework because we should know what we're doing with the use of our notes and handouts that he goes over in class.. I don't think he realizes that maybe not everyone understands everything perfectly yet.. It is only the second week, and he is kind of vague about some things. He gives formulas, but doesn't explain how to use them.
It looks like I'm going to have to figure it all out myself.. I do, however, have awesome friends here that can help me out because they are second years and higher and have already taken statistics. That will be at least somewhat helpful.
World Peoples & Environments
I have my first assignment due in this class on Friday. I already sent the paper in for feedback and she told me to just finish it up and it should be good. The paper is supposed to be about Culture Shock. Even though some people have never been outside of the United States, we can still experience the feeling of alienation when visiting different places within the United States as well because of the drastic diversity of the nation with which we live in. We are, after all, the melting pot, and that does not only mean difference in ethnicity, but it means difference in culture as well.
Learning
I am certainly learning a lot here at Michigan Tech, and I am only in my second week of classes. I have learned a tremendous amount of information about archaeology, anthropology, and surprisingly, American Politics. I have an Institutions class that is based upon the institutions of the American government (economics, politics, etc.). There is a lot still that I do not know, but before I came here I could not have told you a lot about the different aspects of Anthropology as a whole because I didn't know all of the aspects yet. However, I do know some of them now. I know that Anthropology is a more generalized field of study, which incorporates psychology, archaeology, and many other subfields. The part of anthropology that interest me the most still is Forensic Anthropology. However, I will have to go to graduate school for that because they do not offer Forensic Anthropology here in a Graduate program. The Anthropology that I am studying here the most right now is Cultural Anthropology. It is pretty interesting overall. There are a lot of different cultures in the world. It is a very diverse world that we live in today. :)
Do I sound smart yet? Haha
Well, I should get started on my homework soon.. I have the rest of the day off, so I figure that I would get ahead on classwork.
"It's always easier to get ahead in classwork than to catch back up."
-Every teacher ever.
~R
So, I sent an email to my Statistics teacher last night asking about the homework and what exactly he was expecting so that I did not do something completely wrong and then get a horrible grade. I never got an email back. However, today, when class began, he started to talk about getting an email last night.. To the whole class! He didn't say it was me though.. But still! He was talking about how everyone should be coming to class and paying attention and taking notes.. I just sat there and was like... "I do all of those things!!" It made me very upset. He told the whole class in a message that he sent out this morning that he will not help people on the homework because we should know what we're doing with the use of our notes and handouts that he goes over in class.. I don't think he realizes that maybe not everyone understands everything perfectly yet.. It is only the second week, and he is kind of vague about some things. He gives formulas, but doesn't explain how to use them.
It looks like I'm going to have to figure it all out myself.. I do, however, have awesome friends here that can help me out because they are second years and higher and have already taken statistics. That will be at least somewhat helpful.
World Peoples & Environments
I have my first assignment due in this class on Friday. I already sent the paper in for feedback and she told me to just finish it up and it should be good. The paper is supposed to be about Culture Shock. Even though some people have never been outside of the United States, we can still experience the feeling of alienation when visiting different places within the United States as well because of the drastic diversity of the nation with which we live in. We are, after all, the melting pot, and that does not only mean difference in ethnicity, but it means difference in culture as well.
Learning
I am certainly learning a lot here at Michigan Tech, and I am only in my second week of classes. I have learned a tremendous amount of information about archaeology, anthropology, and surprisingly, American Politics. I have an Institutions class that is based upon the institutions of the American government (economics, politics, etc.). There is a lot still that I do not know, but before I came here I could not have told you a lot about the different aspects of Anthropology as a whole because I didn't know all of the aspects yet. However, I do know some of them now. I know that Anthropology is a more generalized field of study, which incorporates psychology, archaeology, and many other subfields. The part of anthropology that interest me the most still is Forensic Anthropology. However, I will have to go to graduate school for that because they do not offer Forensic Anthropology here in a Graduate program. The Anthropology that I am studying here the most right now is Cultural Anthropology. It is pretty interesting overall. There are a lot of different cultures in the world. It is a very diverse world that we live in today. :)
Do I sound smart yet? Haha
Well, I should get started on my homework soon.. I have the rest of the day off, so I figure that I would get ahead on classwork.
"It's always easier to get ahead in classwork than to catch back up."
-Every teacher ever.
~R
Roommate!
I finally have a roommate! Her name is Allison McLeod. She's a Mechanical Engineer. She's awesome. :) We had hot chocolate tonight. Haha. Anyway, I also got a care package from mom and dad today. :) it has tons of snack foods in it. I will post pictures soon. :)
College is fun so far. :) and... No. I have not been to any parties. Some other people have though.. I've heard some talk about some guys... They probably won't be here long....
I am making quite a few new friends and acquaintances. I love the campus.. sometimes, I just sit outside and watch as people rush by on their way to class.. I always find it refreshening to step back and take a look at the world from a different perspective than usual.
After all, I do want to be the person who walks through the puddles, not around them. It's important to be persistent and go for the gold. That's what got me where I am today.. a lot of people here just walked right through high school without a pause.. but me... I had to work hard to get here. And school means a lot to me. That's why me being here is what's best for me.
I'm really appreciative of all the support I have as well from my family and friends. It really boosts my confidence. :)
Well, I have class at 8am... I'll try to post more often.
Good night, world. :)
~R
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