Yet another businessman.
Steve Pierce.
Is that the right name.
I hope so.
this one did not strike me as interesting. I did learn some things like:
-know everything about the company you apply for beforehand
-"If you want to impress me, beat me to work"
-Censor your social media presence.
-Shake people's hands at career fairs and interviews.
-The answer is always no unless you ask,
Good information for interviewing and such. But other than that I got very few notes on this speaker.
So sue me. He was uninteresting.
I meant to write about this in the previous post but I forgot. Oh silly me.
The election was a few weeks ago. November 6th right?
I am proud to say that I had a hand in the election. I got to vote for the FIRST freaking time!! That was exciting. And I know many people had many VERY strong opinions on the election for both sides. I had to deal with it. Trust me. But all in all I have decided that even if you don't like the president, respect him. He did something right to get where he is. Even if you don't agree with what Obama stands for, you should respect him. Whichever candidate had won would have gotten my respect no matter what.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Don't say your goodbyes.
I feel these song lyrics follow my thought process during this speaker.
Mr. Audwin Pierre Mcgee.
I intended to title this one "Live in Your Childhood"
But the other one fit better in my opinion.
Anyways, here goes.
In my 'kid' years I dreamed of Harry Potter. I know I can't live in the wizarding world and go to Hogwarts. I waited on my letter...heck, who am I kidding, I am still waiting.
But, I am old enough and strong enough to know that my letter is not coming so I look deeper into my childhood and I can see a vague outline of what brings me joy. This speaker really helped me because I am struggling with deciding my major. I am switching from Journalism to....something. I don't even know yet. It is really difficult to decide what I want to do with the rest of my life in one singular decision. Yes, I know I am a freshman and my decision today will not completely change my future, I have time to change my mind again later. But what if this is my final decision. I want to change into something I will truly love so I don't change again and again and again. I don't want to be 'that person'. I have always been very flighty when it comes to my 'future'. What do i want to do? Who do I want to be? I simply DO NOT KNOW. Lots of things are helping my make my decision. From my boss to my best friend. But for now I will search my childhood memories and find what makes me happy. And I will do something with that. I don't want to be the person who only does something because it will make me successful and rich. All of that does NOT matter to me. Maybe I am too free-spirited. Oh well. This post title is to remind me not to say my 'goodbyes' to my child hood. Many things in my childhood have made me who I am.
Mr. Audwin Pierre Mcgee.
I intended to title this one "Live in Your Childhood"
But the other one fit better in my opinion.
Anyways, here goes.
In my 'kid' years I dreamed of Harry Potter. I know I can't live in the wizarding world and go to Hogwarts. I waited on my letter...heck, who am I kidding, I am still waiting.
But, I am old enough and strong enough to know that my letter is not coming so I look deeper into my childhood and I can see a vague outline of what brings me joy. This speaker really helped me because I am struggling with deciding my major. I am switching from Journalism to....something. I don't even know yet. It is really difficult to decide what I want to do with the rest of my life in one singular decision. Yes, I know I am a freshman and my decision today will not completely change my future, I have time to change my mind again later. But what if this is my final decision. I want to change into something I will truly love so I don't change again and again and again. I don't want to be 'that person'. I have always been very flighty when it comes to my 'future'. What do i want to do? Who do I want to be? I simply DO NOT KNOW. Lots of things are helping my make my decision. From my boss to my best friend. But for now I will search my childhood memories and find what makes me happy. And I will do something with that. I don't want to be the person who only does something because it will make me successful and rich. All of that does NOT matter to me. Maybe I am too free-spirited. Oh well. This post title is to remind me not to say my 'goodbyes' to my child hood. Many things in my childhood have made me who I am.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Will you still hold me when you see what I have done?
Study Abroad!!!
I have been wanting to do this for a month or more now. These speakers only made me want to do it more.
While I am not a big fan of China, the China presentation was glorious. I would love to visit but not take classes while I was there.
I would love to visit Spain. It would be the most awesome dream come true. I would not have the guts to go by myself however. I could go with a UNA group. That would be fun!
Costa Rica was the one that hit home most for me. I have heard whispers of people saying it was their least favorite but it was my most favorite. I intend to study abroad in Costa Rica one summer and Puerto Rico the next. I would love that. I think being immersed into the Spanish culture would be simply amazing.
That's really all I have to say on that subject.
Look pretty pictures!!!!
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I have been wanting to do this for a month or more now. These speakers only made me want to do it more.
While I am not a big fan of China, the China presentation was glorious. I would love to visit but not take classes while I was there.
I would love to visit Spain. It would be the most awesome dream come true. I would not have the guts to go by myself however. I could go with a UNA group. That would be fun!
Costa Rica was the one that hit home most for me. I have heard whispers of people saying it was their least favorite but it was my most favorite. I intend to study abroad in Costa Rica one summer and Puerto Rico the next. I would love that. I think being immersed into the Spanish culture would be simply amazing.
That's really all I have to say on that subject.
Look pretty pictures!!!!
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This is what happens when I am bored. I draw a Pac-Man and Navi.
BTW the words at the bottom are part of the legend of the Tri-Force.
I kinda feel like it don't make sense.
(Yes I know that my post title is not grammatically correct. It is from a song. Bear with me and move on.)
Ms. Libby Watts Jordan, UNA Board of Trustees & Director of Cultural Tourism, Florence-Lauderdale Tourism Bureau
Gosh, Isn't that a title.
And our only woman speaker!! Lord.
Well this was from about a month ago. I know, I completely suck at keeping this blog up-to-date. I just have to be in the mood to blog. And lately I haven't been. More on that late. For now let me tell you my thoughts about Ms. Jordan.
The jist of her presentation was that you should be true to yourself and do what you believe is right. There are gray areas in the ethical/unethical ad legal/illegal spectrum. Not so much bout the legal/illegal. But many legal decisions are unethical. I recently read a book (it wasn't that good so I wont tell you the title) and in this book a young girl made some bad decisions and they led to her wrecking a car which cause the death of her best friend. But the instances leading up to the wreck were wholly NOT her fault but she went to jail and atoned for the wrong doing anyways. In my opinion this is an example of when a legal decision was unethical. Many other thing could have been done in order for her to pay her due that she did not deserve.
That was a lengthy explanation and I am sorry. But what I loved about this book is that the young girl in the novel she stood up for what she believed in (that she single-handedly caused her friend's death) even if it meant spending years in a prison cell. Now I am NOT telling you to go do something stupid and just plead guilty to it. I am saying that even through all the counsel not to plead guilty she still did what she thought was right and I believe we do not see enough of that in day to day society. Most people will do anything to save their own butt even if it is completely and utterly wrong. I do not agree with this standard of living. I believe that when someone is making a decision they need to think about the people they will be affecting by this decision and really REALLY think about what is ethical. Most people I see now-a-days do not have a good base of ethics and I blame that on their parents. I grew up being taught what was right and wrong and I still hold to that today.
Enough of my rant.
I hate math. I just sat here for 2 1/2 hours trudging through a GIANT pile of math problems because I waited till the last minute. Don't procrastinate. Or one day you will sit in your bed for hours doing math and writing the 4 blogs you are behind on. I deserve to fail this class. Meh.
Bye lovely!
-C
Ms. Libby Watts Jordan, UNA Board of Trustees & Director of Cultural Tourism, Florence-Lauderdale Tourism Bureau
Gosh, Isn't that a title.
And our only woman speaker!! Lord.
Well this was from about a month ago. I know, I completely suck at keeping this blog up-to-date. I just have to be in the mood to blog. And lately I haven't been. More on that late. For now let me tell you my thoughts about Ms. Jordan.
The jist of her presentation was that you should be true to yourself and do what you believe is right. There are gray areas in the ethical/unethical ad legal/illegal spectrum. Not so much bout the legal/illegal. But many legal decisions are unethical. I recently read a book (it wasn't that good so I wont tell you the title) and in this book a young girl made some bad decisions and they led to her wrecking a car which cause the death of her best friend. But the instances leading up to the wreck were wholly NOT her fault but she went to jail and atoned for the wrong doing anyways. In my opinion this is an example of when a legal decision was unethical. Many other thing could have been done in order for her to pay her due that she did not deserve.
That was a lengthy explanation and I am sorry. But what I loved about this book is that the young girl in the novel she stood up for what she believed in (that she single-handedly caused her friend's death) even if it meant spending years in a prison cell. Now I am NOT telling you to go do something stupid and just plead guilty to it. I am saying that even through all the counsel not to plead guilty she still did what she thought was right and I believe we do not see enough of that in day to day society. Most people will do anything to save their own butt even if it is completely and utterly wrong. I do not agree with this standard of living. I believe that when someone is making a decision they need to think about the people they will be affecting by this decision and really REALLY think about what is ethical. Most people I see now-a-days do not have a good base of ethics and I blame that on their parents. I grew up being taught what was right and wrong and I still hold to that today.
Enough of my rant.
I hate math. I just sat here for 2 1/2 hours trudging through a GIANT pile of math problems because I waited till the last minute. Don't procrastinate. Or one day you will sit in your bed for hours doing math and writing the 4 blogs you are behind on. I deserve to fail this class. Meh.
Bye lovely!
-C
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