Just sayin'

Professor Murphy assumes that Jackie and I never do work in his class. How rude. Of course she and I have our moments where we are talking to each other and one of us tells a joke and our laughter gets the best of us, but we are girls it is what we do! We do talk a little more than we should while in class but we both end up turning in our assignments when needed to. I feel we bring excitement into the class since it is a night class. Everyone is basically yawning and falling asleep, our laughter and jokes is what keeps the class going. When Jackie is not here, like today, I feel so bored and as if I have no encouragement to get any work done and just want to go home. Students should have friends in every class for their own personal person to go to when we need some help with an assignment, or have any other questions on anything. Jackie is my backbone. Mr. Murphy has personally told another friend of mine that he believes I am a good student so I must be doing something right. Just saying Mr. Murphy! 

Customer Service

I have had my fair share of really bad and rude customers since I previously worked at Little Caesar’s and am now working at Applebee’s. At my old job, people would get crazy with me because our pizzas were not always “hot and ready” as advertised. But what people did not understand, was that if a person gives us no heads up or even a phone call that they wanted to order 20 pizzas and just walks in and takes all that we had ready, now we were left with none. We then had to hustle to get pizzas ready to sell so people could buy them immediately instead of waiting. All of them were savages. I now am a waitress so I handle customer service a bit differently now. I personally have my own tables and make my own money. Some guests do give me attitude when their food or drinks are taking too long, or if they do not like the taste of them and just want everything for free. My managers often listen to them because we have only been open for about 3 months. It does at times get on my nerves how much people take advantage of us and just get stuff for free and do not bother tipping us for all of our hard work of being on our feet all day dealing with everything. 

The Notebook

One of my favorite movies is called The Notebook. It is this sweet romantic movie that brings me to tears every time I watch it. It touches my heart because it makes me believe that true love really does exist. This elderly woman has Alzheimer’s disease and lives in an elderly home. This man visits her every day and reads her this love story from back in the day. Allie and Noah are the names of the main characters and the love story is based off of them. Allie was a rich young girl visiting only for the summer and Noah was a poor town guy who fell in the love with her the moment he saw her. After they separated and Allie went back to school, they both eventually met other people and fell in love. Meanwhile, the older woman was trying to remember what happens next. And it turns out that the older couple was actually Noah and Allie. To make a long story short, after ending their relationships with the others they fell back in love and got married and had kids. Unfortunately, once Allie remembered it was her and Noah, she freaked out and forgot all about it. They both ended up in the hospital together and died holding each other in their sleep. 

Jersey Shore

I am currently watching Jersey Shore on MTV. I remember this show was so popular my freshman year of high school. My friends and I were so into the show every week when it premiered and couldn't wait to talk about it with each other when we went back to school. I guess I just like reality tv too much and get a bit too into it as if I were them in their shoes and that is weird to me. The show was about some outgoing and crazy people who loved partying and getting drunk and just basically made a show about it. They got paid for being themselves but some episodes were too much sometimes and could obviously tell that it was kind of fixed for a crazy episode and it ended up not being that great. The women in that show would act really inappropriate most of time and always end up in arguments with one another which is sad to see how they represented women at the time. The guys were pretty gross always messing around with every girl which showed me that both genders can be pigs. Hopefully all of the stars of the show have changed and done something better with their lives. 

English strengths and weaknesses

I believe my strengths in English are writing essays and any other writing assignments. Anytime my teacher assigns a writing project I feel as if I could write non-stop for hours and hours if I am interested with the topic. No offense, but sometimes I get assigned some boring subjects where I am dragging my hand to continue writing just to finish. I believe that I am so open minded which helps me write assignments. When given a situation for a topic, I try to not take one side of the argument and see from both point of views which helps me write better.

Music

I enjoy listening to music every day. It is a stress reliever from coming home from work and school and just laying down listening to some relaxing music. Every song made has to have a message, so at times when I am having a bad day, I have a force of habit to look into finding a song that could brighten up my mood. A fast, up-beat song usually does the trick for me. Music also helps me get into the mood of finishing my homework and doing my chores. If it is too quite while I am trying to do my homework, I get easily bored and get distracted and start to doze off and completely forget about everything. When I am playing music, I enjoy singing along with it when doing homework. Not to mention, it keeps me focused on what I am doing so I won’t get distracted. Surprisingly, I enjoy listening to rap when doing homework. To me, rap always comes in an important message that not all people could understand. It could bring up love, life struggles, world crises, etc. I try my best to listen closely what the rapper is trying to get across towards their audience. 

Social Media

I feel as if social media has taken over our generations’ lives. Many people seem to think they cannot live without it. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. are just a few apps that are used every day by people who could possibly become helpless without logging into them for a whole day. I believe that people turn to those websites as they become bored and feel the need to talk to somebody or look at something interesting. People often think they will only be on the website for about five minutes, but as entertainment and news online become more fascinating, those five minutes could become a half hour. These social media accounts of mine definitely distract me from my homework because I have that thought of only looking at them for five minutes but then get so behind and lose track of time. I always try to convince myself to delete all of my social media accounts and try to focus more on school and my job like I should be, but I feel like keeping these accounts is what keeps me connected to my friends and family and keeps me in the loop as to what is happening with everyone. Maybe one day, I will actually have the guts to go with my instinct and let go of my accounts. 

College Money Issues

I always knew beginning college was going to cost money, and a lot of it. It was something I always heard while growing up. I tried my best in school to be able to help myself pay for college by getting scholarships but that isn't always going to cover everything. Honestly, I am so grateful that my financial aid money helps me out so much! It was an annoying process to go through with the office with needed documents and constant phone calls for them, but I am glad that this helps my mom and I so much. The only downside from receiving financial aid money, is how long you have to wait to be able to get the money. For instance, all COD students are currently in their third week for the spring semester, and are barely receiving the financial aid money. It would have been very helpful to have received the money before the semester began or towards the beginning when the professors announce what textbooks and materials are needed for their class. It tremendously stressed me out and now owe a couple of IOU’s. College textbook prices are what get to me the most. Why must books that are supposed to educate us be so expensive? It isn’t our fault that we just want to expand our education. Renting books are a bit easier but are still too pricy, mostly because I am very cheap. All in all, I am blessed to be helped out with what I receive. Beggars cannot be choosers. 

Learning from Mistakes

This semester completes my first year of college. I have to say, it has been a roller coaster so far. I thought it was going to be similar to high school where you can get away with pretty much anything. If you missed a class, you could easily get caught up and convince your teacher to turn in late assignments without docking off points. When in college, if you miss a class, your whole life is now off track. It is now your responsibility to get caught up and turn in those late assignments, minus however many points your professor decides to dock from you. I really miss that from high school. Now that I look at it, it was wrong of the teachers to allow the students to get away with late assignments. It personally made me unprepared for college because of how I got in the force of habit of turning in late assignments and getting full credit for them, so when I tried the same technique for college, my professor looked at me with such a confused face and laughed. I wish my high school teachers would have gotten into that technique of treating their students the way they were treated in college so that way I wouldn't have gone through that embarrassing moment with my professor. At least now, I can learn from my mistakes.