College visit

Today I took a college visit to Findlay and I loved it. The small campus style environment is me. I liked that fact the student to teacher ratio in classes is 16 to 1. It also has one of the best occupational therapy programs around here. I actually had the opportunity to have a graduate of the occupational therapy program take me around. She was very energetic about the program. The thing that worries me about this program is that not many get in to the program. So I do not want to waste a lot of money because this school is private which makes it expensive not to get in the program. It is really hard to decide because I am not sure if I should stay at Rhodes and get my assistants. Rhodes also has a small student to teacher ratio. The hard thing is not knowing if I want to get my full occupational therapy or assistants then go on after a year of work. Another go thing about Rhodes is it is so much cheaper than most colleges. I want the college experience, but I do not want to have to pay so much and be in a lot of debt. I really enjoyed the overall experience though. I just need to apply to a lot of scholarships to help with this if I want to go there. It looks like I have a major choice. I just do not want to regret it and waste all the money and have to be in so much debt. Hopefully I can decide this really soon, and know what I want. 

This Summer and Things to Look Forward to

I CANNOT WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK!  I am so excited because this summer I went to Buckeye Girls State, and that experience made my high school years. Yes it was nerve-racking at first rooming with a stranger, and not knowing the people near you because you were separated for the others that went to your school. I was nervous the first day, but I let my personality show. After the second day I never wanted to leave. This girls had become a huge part of my life. I became close to about four girls, but two I became best friends with. We exchanged numbers and we frequently talk to each other. This girls live close to each in communities near Dayton so we have talked and we are getting together. I cannot wait it has been so long! It is like going 6 months with out seeing someone really important to you. I still find it hard to believe that in a week these girls and I became so close. I just hate that we have to be far apart because if we were not I know we would do everything together. I also cannot believe the impact that program had on me. I learned some much while I was there, and I not only learned about the government but some truly amazing stories from some really strong girls that overcame big obstacles in their lives. One girl wrote me the sweetest note on the third day, and I still have it. When ever I feel down I look at this note and it picks me right up. Those girls that I met are not people you will ever forget that taught me so much, and I am so lucky I met each and everyone of them. They are true inspirations to me, and I know that they are true friends even if I did not get to know them for very long; they just portray that character. I hope that this bond we all have will last a lifetime because I am so blessed I got to meet them all!

Career

So my paper for college goes great with my career. I want to study occupational therapy, and the topic I found that was a major problem was home health care. Most patients that receive this are home bound, but what about the dependability factor? This means that someone has to be able to drive well or have a family member take them. I absolutely loves my interview! I meet with a girl that does outpatient care in a build near our town hospital. The way she talked about her job made me want to just start doing it now. She even told me about all the environments she had the opportunity to work in. You could yell just by talking to her she loved it, and was happy with the career choice she made. She also had a great bubbly personality that made the interview and conversation just flow. I just loved the environment, the things she had to say,  and the over all idea of the job. Needless to say I can not wait until I am that young lady sitting there giving another young dreamer of this career the passion to do it! I just can not wait to see what my future as a occupational therapist has in store for me. I always dreamed about working with kids but I know that when it comes to that part of the therapy it is hard to get onto because everyone wants to work with kids. So I feel like working in a hospital or a nursing home might be better until a job in the kid aspect of it comes up. I do not mind either way because I know I will be doing what I love. I do not even mind that I may have to work weekends or holidays because to me it is all worth it if I can just make one person's day by helping them. I can not wait until I can finally do that!  It will be the best day of my life!

In class: Fun day in the class

Today we did something different, and I really enjoyed it! I am not a big gamer, but when it comes to random facts, and stuff over what we learned I am your girl! English is not my strong point, I will admit it, but it is more because of my writing skills. I am the type of person that can talk very properly, but not write it. This game was more of my thing than writing my papers. I read the chapters, but not in so much detail that I thought I would have to reflect upon it, but it was a nice challenge. I am really good at the paraphrase, summary, and quotes portion because last year in high school we had a whole class dedicated to writing a research paper, and in that class we went over the proper way to do those things so many things it just stuck with me. So when we started the game I knew that would be my strong, but I was was a little uneasy about the readings though. Lucky one of my members could recall a lot of the information on those readings. It was nice to do it this way I had not had a chance to talk to many of the people in the class, and this was a fun way to get to do that. I do have to say my group was really lucky by winning only by one point. I really enjoyed this class it add something different to this class.

Read response #8

I thought that this was a very interesting topic. I was not very informed on this issues. Well to be honest I had no idea what it was anyways ha. I really like how the author Burnett used so many examples to prove his point. For example Burberry says "while state forests in Montana made $13.3 million, Montana's 10 national forests lost $42 million." That static hits you hard because it is hard to believe that our nation is losing money on there forest while state ones are gaining. This all seems so unethical. If this topic is on the same side for both political groups why do they not just come up with a compromise and make it so we do mpt lose that money. Everyone even has it wrong most talk about how logging is bad but it is not the true loser of money maybe we should look at the top ones and find awat to cut it and help with is problem. I also liked the formatting of his paper it was cert precise. He stated the issues with a lot of facts to back it up which makes this very credible. Then he goes on to what needs to be done. That shows how my paper should be formatted, and also that I need to have a lot of good accurate, non-argumentive facts. He solution is not only ethical, but practical. It also helps out a lot of people in the long run. I really enjoyed this passage, and it will really help me with the writing of my paper.

Other class: Psychology

So I have this class at both high school and college, but I am writing about my college class. I really enjoy this class a lot. I especially like what we are learning now which is personalities. I sometimes find myself studying others to see what their characteristics are so I can find out their personality. I really do not want this class to end because of how enjoyable it is. Also I can relate to some of the situations that we discuss. Along with that I try to figure out some of the characteristics I have to find out my personality type. I really enjoy this chapter, but I have looked ahead to the others and thought I will like those too. I know this because we are learning about disorders. This maybe weird but I love learning about these kinds of things. I find it so interesting to learn how someone who is different than you can think. I had such a passion for this I wrote my papers for this class over a disorder that I really was interested in. The only good thing about this class ending is know that my next psychology class I have to take, which is abnormal psychology, goes more in depth in these disorders. Even though I am sad to see this class end I honestly can not wait to start my next one next year so I can learn more about the disorders that really spark my interest. Also know by this class ending that I am one step closer to my degree, and I can not wait.

Mis: Busy day

I find it so hard to force myself to sit in blog because I am always so busy. Today is one of the busiest days I have had this break. I was so ex ired to sit and relax, but I have not had a chance to so that. Being in high school it is important you socialize, and with the activities you participate in make it hard to relax. Today I have to get up super early because I am the assistant coach of my little brother's indoor soccer team, and his game was early. We lost, but the kids are really improve for this being their first time play indoor. I am just happy they are having fun. Even though I am big into winning I started to realize that these kids are young, and having fun should be there main priority. After his game my family decide to go out for breakfast since my older brothers are home. I was so happy because we went to Bob Evans, and I think they have the best hot chocolate. Then I went on a run, and I know it was 20 degrees. Other than the coldness outside it was great because I enjoy the feeling of your chest burn when it is cold out. After that I had to go to my friend's OSU game party, and it was fun. I was not able to stay long because my one brother is leaving for college, and I had to get ready for my plans tonight.  I am going out to eat with my boyfriend and his family, and then to hang out with his friends. I hate how much that I have had to do this break; not to mention but the finally touches on my college applications. It just seems that during my breaks are my busiest times. Hopefully as the year goes on I can have more breaks and relax. Until then I have to keep at my busy schedule, and try to make the best of my senior year.

Other class: Latin

This is my second trimester of Latin and so far it is easier. We received this big packet of translations. The different about this translation and the others are that they are separated into tiny paragraphs. Instead of huge sentences that equal one paragraph of these with complex words, and that takes a week to finish just the front side of the paper which is two side. We are also doing one of my other favorite things which is bioscientific words or better known as medical terminology. I love this part because I can retain this known better and in college I have to take a medical terminology class, so this will help a lot. I like medical terminology so much that I did classes during the summer with my grandpa. The other day however we got a plan of the next couple of weeks, and we have to take a test of those translations soon. The other thing that makes these easier is that it is mythology. This helps a lot because if you know so from your English class you can figure out what is going on so you do not have to spend that much time trying to figure out the meaning of the paragraph. The only bad thing is that a lot of the words are some that I have not seen before. Other than that this class is going better; other than the having a hard time focusing because Latin I is so loud. I hope this class finishes out well.

Misc

Last night I was suppose to be my 22 year old brother's driver. Well I dropped him off at his friends house at about 8:30. His friend's mom took him to the bowling alley. I went to the next town to hang out with my boyfriend and his friends. It was a nice time. It was my first time meeting them in a social environment. I was not really nervous. We just talked and watched tv. I arrived home at about 12 and my brother still had not texted me to come pick him up, and he wanted me to come get him at 1. So I texted him to see if he was ready and he was not. I laid there and read. Without knowing I fell asleep with my light on. My brother texted me 5 times, and I never woke up. At ten till 6 I woke up freaking out because I forgot him. I felt like a horrible sister. When I saw him that morning I apologized and he usually likes to tease me so I thought he would. But to my surprise he did not tease me, and he was so nice about it. It just goes to show you that when you think something might happen it may not. People do not always act like they way you think. It was nice to know that he will not always tease me. He usually calls me names like ugly and a slabapus. He always likes to egg on my little brother to tease me. So it was a nice change that he is not always teasing. It makes me happy to know he does not always want to be mean to me.

In Class 14: Parents Helping Son with Girlfriend

Like most guys my son, Ryan had made a stupid mistake with his girlfriend and she broke up with him. He is so devastated. He walks around the house moaning like a zombie. So his father and I decide to help him make up with his girlfriend. The first thing we had to do was figure out what he did to make her so upset that she would break up with him. He told us that he was at a party without her and informed her that this really attractive girl was hitting on him. We told him that is something you never say! Not even if a model is hitting on you; you never call another girl attractive. My husband and I devised a plan to win his girlfriend over. My husband said he need to just call her, and explain himself; after many failed attempts she was still ignoring him. Then I came up with my brilliant idea. Ryan should go to her house, and bring flowers. Then he will knock on the door and leave the flowers with a not explaining himself, and in that note if she calls him that means she really did care about him, if not then he needs to move on. He did this plan and a week went by, and still no call. He sat in his room waiting by the phone. I went up to my son to see how he was doing, and all he was doing was glazing at his phone every chance he got. I gave him a talk about how he need to move on it was clear that she was done with him. Then all of a sudden his phone rang, it was his girlfriend! She had called to say that she had not been home, she was on vacation, and that she loved his flowers and will surely take him back. his mood quickly changed. It goes to show you that sometimes your mother can be right when it comes to girls.

Other class: Psychology

So this was the first week of the new trimester at my school, and I was freaking out on if my my psychology class at high school and college would mess me up. I had to take this class at high school because it is the only one that fit in my schedule. It is weird because we learn the sam stuff that I have been learning in college just a little different. For example we just learned about the test of authority and how people react to that in college, and just Friday we learned about it in high school. There are a few differences though. In my high school class we do a lot of in school demonstrations, and in college we just sit and take notes. It is hard to see which one I will like better. The only good thing going for the high school class is that it is all peers my age, and also my best friend is my class. The one thing about high school is have so much homework in that class. I have home work every night, and in college I just had to write two papers by a certain date. The other different thing is that we have these weekly essay quizzes in my high school class, and they are kind of hard. I mean I am learning the same material in college, and I still find them hard.....I feel bad for the other kids in my class. I just hope that I ended up like this class. I think I will because I enjoy the in class demonstrations. It makes the point come across better, and the class more attentive.

In class 13

I thought those videos were different. I mean when I was little I was always told never to play with my food, and this proves you should. If it was not for this artist to break the rules and do something creative we would never have thought of this idea. This can help with my writings because even though we are told to focus on a certain topic of a paper like narrative does not mean we can not try to break the rules, and think of something creative. Sometimes we have to break the rules to make a masterpiece. So when it comes to my writings I feel I should think of more ways to make my papers creative. It also shows that you have to be a perfectionist, and focus on the little details too. If I focus on the little details I will make my over paper a well executed paper. The video was a true inspiration to my writing skills. It is one because it shows you sometimes have to break the rules, and focus on the details to write a great paper.

Reading Response 7: Hopkins

Even though I do not plan on becoming a teacher, I thought this passage was very insightful. The author was a first grade teacher, and she was a member of Teach for America (TFA). In her she talks about the struggle of TFA because she felt unprepared, and she did not have a deep understanding of her students or the community. She says that like most other teachers she left after three years. Hopkins however, did not write this to complain about the things that went wrong, but to say what they need to improve. A good point that I think she mentions is that they need to have incentive for the corps to teach more than four years. She backs this up by saying that 80 percent or more of the corps left their job about their third year. This shows the audience that there has to be something wrong with TFA if that many people leave. The Hopkins goes on to talk about the Teach Residency, and a point she brings up is to have them teach in more urban higher education schools. This is a good idea to me because they can take what they learn for that and bringing it back to the less high performance schools to help them. She also talks about funding, and that is always a big issue with schools, but she says how they should pay the TFA. In that Hopkins has good evidence to support her idea. Hopkins brings up a lot of good ideas with clear evidence to back it up, and that makes this paper a well executed paper on how to change the TFA. I also found it enjoyable and interesting to read about.

In Class 12

The videos we watched today I thought was very interesting. It shows us that mostly everything came from somewhere else. For example, Benjamin Franklin want to invite a better verison of the flame lamp. When he did this he accidentally came up with the light bulb. An other good point would be the Star Wars movies. The author had many examples of how this movie was based off a lot of other movies. It is like they took the ideas of movies, television shows, and even a book, and put all of them together to create this very popular movie. Also he says that the biggest movies in box offices are the ones that are sequels, remixes, or from books or comic books. I can say I do believe this is true because Harry Potter is such a hit as a movie. The reason it is a hit is because of the books, and most people even if they know it can not compare to the book will go and watch the movies still. Then he talks about how we take others' ideas, but yet when someone takes ours we get defensive. A good example of this would be Steve Jobs because he stole ideas off a company that invited the computer first. He just changes up somethings to make it more efficient, and lowered the price; because copies are usually cheaper than original due the fact that they do not need a development idea cost. Yet when android came up with something similar to what they had he threatened to sue them. This video helped to show me that most big inventions come from an idea from someone else, and that they are all just remixes.

Other Class 6

So our last trimester, and we start the new one tomorrow. I am really nervous because I am taking Latin II again. This class is so hard. My grandpa is a retired Latin teacher, and we use his lesson plans. That helps me to know that I have someone I can go to. The only reason this class is hard is because they stuck us with Latin I too. They did this because only 3 people are taking Latin II. I know how hard it is for our teacher to balance my class and the other, but I am learning nothing. We get 2 weeks to do all this work before a test. We sit in the back corner of the room and work on it while she teaches the others. It is hard to keep yourself motivated to work on something for over an hour everyday. That and the fact we do not review it for the test. I am freaking out because we just finished our exam, and I feel like I did bad on it because it was so hard. I hope this trimester goes better. It sound because we are doing bio scientific terminology, and I am good at that so it should help my grade. I just wish we would learn more in that class. The reason I took it was because I planned on going into the medical field. The only reason why I did not drop it is because I am doing well in there, and it is a weighted class so it helps my GPA. I loved Latin I, and I wish I could feel the same way about Latin II. I hope this goes better this trimester, and I do not fail the exam.

Misc: My Story

Ever since I can remember I played basketball. I have always been around it, my grandpa was a coach, and my mom was really good at basketball. I was destined to be a good basketball player because I put so much time and effort into the sport. When I was in fifth grade I started going to the high school open gyms; earlier than most of the high school students. I even got to play in some of their tournaments. When I was not playing at open gyms, I was working with my grandpa because I had big dreams for this sport. When I hit seventh grade I was excited to not only make the team, but be a starter. But I ended up not enjoying the game as much as I thought because of my coach. She was bad to me throughout junior high, because she had her favorites, and I was not one. I have never been one to quit so I sucked it up, and kept on playing and working hard to prove her wrong. Then when I hit high school I thought things would change I was the most dedicated on the team, and worked off season too. I ended up starting JV as a freshman, but that was soon about to change. things happened, and I started to be picked on again. I still was not going to quit, but I just did not think it was fun anymore. I went to talk to the coach about moving me to just be on the freshman because it was pointless to keep me on JV if I was not going to play. She thought that I was quitting, and said somethings that made me very upset. I reassured her I was not quitting, but when I told my family what happened they all said I need to quit, even my grandpa who was a coach and did not believe in quitting. So I quit my freshman year, and 2 upperclassman quit after me. It was the hard decision I have ever done. I thought maybe later I would regret it, but I do not. I play CYO basketball just because I could not stay off the court. Through this experience I changed, and became a stronger girl. I know that  in the end it was worth it.

Other class: Psychology

So at my high school I have to take a Psychology even though we take at college. I start that class Tuesday because my school changed to trimesters. Although I am taking it at college, I am still kind of nervous about the high school one. It is suppose to be one of the hardest classes offered at our school. Also, they learn different things at different times tthen our college professor. The teacher is really hard too. He is a nice guy, but when it comes to certain things he is not afraid to be mean. Then I have friends in that class now and they said that the test are hard because the teacher that taught it before was a hard teacher too. It probably does not help all his test came from a type writer and he never changed them so the students could read it. The only thing that I will like about this class is I get go see my best friend. She is also a smart girl also and it will be nice to actually have a class with her. Emily and I work well together so it will be nice to have someone I can depend on. I still do not think it will be fun to sit in the same class as I did before for an hour again, but I guess it is better than taking a class with only freshman. I mean I would have enjoyed cooking, but I like a hard class too. Hopefully it works out for me.

Misc: Volunteering

For the past year I have volunteered at my hospital in town, and I loved it. My duties when I work is to deliver food carts to each floor, and work a lot in the rehab center. The rehab center is my favorite. First, I can see Occupational Therapist in action. The best part of the rehab center is the fact that I can play games with all the patients. This is also makes me happy to see all their faces because they are happy to be out of their rooms and doing something. Another thing we can do is we can take the women to the "beaut parlor". They have a place in the rehab center where you can style hair, and do their make up. Even though we have all this stuff, some like to stay in their rooms. So I go room to room, and ask if they need anything and give them books. Also I had the job of delivering flowers, and see the people reactions when they receive them. My least favorite had to be dealing with some of the nurse. I would help them and they could be a little mean. I understand that they are busy, but I am there to help. I think it would make it more enjoyable if they were nice a little more. I love to be helpful to everyobe. For example, I would talking to the famlies and the patients as I would take them to their rooms. I just love being outgoing, and trying to make their day better after having to be in put in the hospital. I love volunteering, and can't wait to be in that kind of work environment.

Career

As I am getting closer and closer to my high school graduation, I find it harder to decide what I want to do. I am still not sure if I want to stay at Rhodes to get my OTA and the go on, or go straight to Findlay to get my OT. I know I can do either because I am a hard working, and I know it is what I want to do for the rest of my life. it is just hard because most people question why I want to stay at Rhodes because of how good my grades are. Those people just do not understand that Rhodes maybe the better choice in the long run. Since I am a post secondary student I had the chance to get some of my class out of the way, but I know they can transfer. Also it comes down to money; I have been thinking would I rather spend $40,000 a year or around $4,000 a year. To me it is obvious, but to others my age they judge my decision. So I am trying to way the pros and cons of each. So far Rhodes is winning, but that could change. It really helps that they have one of the best OTA programs around this area.  I guess in the end it is all up to me. My dream is to be an OT and I am going to accomplish it no matter what. But I still have a lot of decision to make on how I get there, but in the end I know it will be all worth it.

Other class: Latin

In high school we have the option to take Latin, and this is my second year taken it. My grandpa was a Latin teacher for 40 years. So I felt like I should take it. I also thought it would be a good idea because Latin helps you a lot in the medical field, and that is what I want to go into. This year is different than last year however. This class is more challenge because we had only 4 students taken Latin two, so my school joined Latin 1 and Latin 2. Everyone in Latin 2 is pretty much taking it as an independent study, and we don't go over the work we do. So I have to work extra hard to understand the lessons, and do well on the test. It is hard but I have a B+ and since it is an honors class it is weighted to an A+. We have exam this Thursday and Friday and I am really nervous because she told us it is really hard, but we know what is on it so we can figure it out. I use to really enjoy this class when we would go over everything and understood what was going on. It is hard for me to know of I am right or wrong if we never go over it before the test. I try to talk to my grandpa before the test if I have any questions, but it is still hard because I would like know it more than a day before the test. Also, I did not think it was going to be like independent study, so I was not prepared to have to work like this. Hopefully it all works out this week and next trimester.

Misc. 6: November

November in my eyes is one of the busiest months for everyone. This is the month that starts off the holidays. We start this month off by a presidential election, and then for there it seems like everything just starts to go by faster. November is when I think that most people would start going Christmas shopping, and trying to get everything ready for the holidays. This month to me makes all the rest of the months go by faster. This is also an important month in my family. It is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and my little brother has it. A goal of mine for this month is to constantly reflect on what I eat and drink throughout the day, and try to cut that out to see how it would be to live like him. Then we have Thanksgiving, and this is a good holiday for me because my older brothers who are in college come home, and I get to spend sometime with them. This is important to me because my oldest brother is graduating college, and will be moving away soon and we are so close that I want to spend as much time with him as I can. Next, I have my CYO games on Sundays. Even though I do not play high school basketball anymore, I still enjoy playing my church league because it is a lot of fun. Finally, we have Black Friday. I have never been shopping on Black Friday, so I do not understand why people enjoy it so much. I think it would be crazy with all the people, and trying to find what you want. Also, I do not know if I would think that would need everything I would get just because it was on sale. As you can see this is a super busy month.

Misc.

I have been thinking a lot lately about the president candidates and there platforms. I watch the debates and I tried to find the facts. I feel like it is hard to do though because I sometimes feel that they say certain things just to get a vote from us. I am taking government at high school and we are learning a lot about the Constitution, and we found that the branch with the most power is the Congress. As I thought more and more about it I thought that all the ideas that the presidents may not be able to pass the ideas that they have to change the country. The other thing that I notice is that what can you really get done in four years. I feel that they need to make goals that are more obtainable in the four years. Also while in government we have to do research on the platforms of each candidate, and I have found that some of their points are different then what they day in the debates. This makes me wonder if there is a trustworthy candidate that can get us out of the trouble we have been facing. I just hope that others are looking into this too, and finding out who is the best choice to help us. I also hope that they candidates look at us more than just a vote because in the Constitution the people are the ones that suppose to run the country. Also in my class we talk a lot about what the founding fathers would think of our government, and after research we found this is not what they wanted for the people of the United States. Soon all this thinking will be over and we will have the winner. Hopefully they can help the country, and we all stay informed with the decisions they make because it is out duty to.