differences

Whos better off? Who would be more comfortable? Everyone has differences. Everyone has problems that they are facing. Who are we to judge them. Who are we to set ourselves apart from a certain group because of color or culture? The conversation in my converse 101 class tuesday was about differences. The class was told to split up into one of the three situations you would be least comfortable being. The three situations were living in your car with your two kids, being well educated and well off but being gay in the closet, or being the only white kid at an all black college. I decided that i would least rather be in the group that had to be homeless and live in the car with their two kids. I good parent would never put their kids in that situation. A good parent would provide for their children. I feel like being a well off, high educated, happy gay kid in the closet wouldn't be a hard life at all. I believe that being gay is a choice people bring upon themselves. If you are living a happy life except your afraid of telling people your decision about your sexuality then you shouldn't have chosen that sexuality. Also, being the only white kid at an all black college would really be weird for me. I would feel out of place . I wouldn't care about the school being al black. I would be nervous about being the only one that would have a different culture. All the situations were something that i wouldn't want to have to deal with but if i had to choose the worst i would choose the homeless situation.

influences

I have been influenced by several different people during my life. I have been influenced by family,friends, and aquaintances. My most influenction experience was about nine years ago. I was nine years old and it was a Wednesday night. I was with my dad at Gateway Baptist Church. I remember it so clearly. The preacher was talking about hell and how the world would come to an end one day. He talked of how the saved would assend to heaven and the unsaved to go to hell. He said if we didn’t repent and ask God to come into our hearts that we would be like the other unsaved and perish in hell. These words scared me as a child. It was then that I decided to get saved. My dad lead me down to the altar when I asked God to come into my heart. Ever since the nineth of May in 1999 I have been a changed person. I am a strongly devoted Christian and I am very proud of what I believe in. I stand up for what I believe in and base my everyday life on it. If anyone has any questions im also very comfortable with answering them.

note taking

Note taking can be accomplished many different ways. Tuesday, during my converse 101 class, we had a lecture about taking notes. Some main points I took away from the lesson were controversal. Yet, Most of the points were very useful.One point was that if you have a boring lecture that you should at least show your teacher that your interested. By showing interest in the lesson and by thinking of a purpose for it , the lesson might not be as boring. I also learned that if I start taking notes on just main points instead of writing down every detail, I will be more organised and stop wasting my time. I learned that I should leave space around the left margin of the paper so that if I have to come back to that subject , I would have more room to take notes. I am a visual learner. My teacher showed us several illustrations of how to creatively take notes. For example, we were given hand outs about how to draw cool outlines for our notes. We were told to listen to what the professor is saying and write everything down that he/she puts on the board. We were taught that if the teacher’s voice is loader/raised then they will more than likely be saying something very important. I took a lot away from this lesson. It will be very useful to me.

time management

According to dictionary.com the definition of time is the "duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration." Dictionary.com defines managment as "the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control. "
Time management, in my opinion, is when you are organized enough to plan out your days ahead of time. I also think time management can also be when you plan according to what you need to accomplish. In converse 101 we were assigned an assignment to fill out a schedule of what we are doing throughout the week. I completed my assignment. I realised that i spend a great deal of my time sleeping and procrastinating. I am by far the best procrastinating i know. Since realising this i have dedicated my mind frame to stop procrastinating and just finish my work. I've learned that if i stop wasting time, then i could just finish my work and have the rest of the day to have fun. Another assignment we had was to organized the things we need to accomplish this week. We had to put them in order from most important to more important and important to urgent. After making this list i did my assignments in that order. I found that doing this makes work less stressful and easier to finish. I will more than likely continue using this method of time mangament.