Pre-college, the word stress didn't mean much to me nor it existed in my life. It was something that I hadn't dealt with before because homework and tests weren't much of a concern to me back then since most of them I could pass with my eyes closed.
However, after a semester in college, I can officially say that stress is something that I'm well-aware of and very experienced in dealing with the concept of it. In the first semester, I joined football and it was not too long after that I realized that the teachers at Gallaudet didn't really give any crap if I joined a sport or not, their assignments still had to be completed on time with no excuses. That, in effect, added to my stress which pretty much didn't exist before... the deadlines really got to my head a little bit because even during the game I kept on reminding myself that I had to do those assignments after the game.
After a while, I began to make adjustments in order to lessen my stress. I began to do my homework assignments on the road on my laptop so that I could finish them before arriving to another team's state. With that adjustment, life began to get easier and stress began to go away.
The stress factor doubled in size when the homecoming week/end came because so much fun was there to be had and homework remained. Once again, the teachers didn't care much about the week, only about their assignments being done on time. There, I blew some assignments but I learned that the fun can wait and assignments can't, with that, finishing the assignments first will eliminate the stress part and then the fun part will only become more fun with no stress.
Lesson learned: eliminate stress first before anything else.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
FYE #8 (Bison)
The idea of a television show that is run by your friends with original ideas sounds really terrific right? That's what we have right here at Gallaudet University and I'm loving it. The television show here is called Bison TV. It includes almost everything, ranging from urgent news to weekly updates on campus.
It has a show that mimics the idea of SportsCenter on ESPN. That's one of my favorite parts on the show because it includes what I love... sports! It has two reporters that will talk about all sports currently in season on campus, for instance, it's all about men and women basketball now. It also has prediction pre-game on scores and who will win.
My favorite show ever is called the 'Chuckle in Weird Way' *CIWW* show. It mimics the idea of original Punk'D version starred by Ashton Kutcher. I love seeing people get pranked because it's all fresh and original and the pranked person's reaction is completely original and not scripted. I love their ideas of how to get people pranked, unfortunately they attempted to CIWW me on their last show. I knew it was coming and I disappeared and they couldn't CIWW me... Whew! It's only fun when you are a fan and not the one getting pranked!
It also has the news part that includes everything that's happening on Gallaudet campus. For instance, if DPS wants to get something out to the Gallaudet student base, they can do it through the messages of this part of the show. Also, this part would announce the upcoming events so the Gallaudet students will have a inkling on what's going on out there.
I hope this show will never stop because it's truly fun to watch!
It has a show that mimics the idea of SportsCenter on ESPN. That's one of my favorite parts on the show because it includes what I love... sports! It has two reporters that will talk about all sports currently in season on campus, for instance, it's all about men and women basketball now. It also has prediction pre-game on scores and who will win.
My favorite show ever is called the 'Chuckle in Weird Way' *CIWW* show. It mimics the idea of original Punk'D version starred by Ashton Kutcher. I love seeing people get pranked because it's all fresh and original and the pranked person's reaction is completely original and not scripted. I love their ideas of how to get people pranked, unfortunately they attempted to CIWW me on their last show. I knew it was coming and I disappeared and they couldn't CIWW me... Whew! It's only fun when you are a fan and not the one getting pranked!
It also has the news part that includes everything that's happening on Gallaudet campus. For instance, if DPS wants to get something out to the Gallaudet student base, they can do it through the messages of this part of the show. Also, this part would announce the upcoming events so the Gallaudet students will have a inkling on what's going on out there.
I hope this show will never stop because it's truly fun to watch!
FYE #7
The experience of being a Gallaudet University student has made me more skilled in areas that I didn't know existed before. I'll cover one area for this First Year Experience blog, and that's the experience of vlogging. I have to confess that before entering Gallaudet University, I had absolutely no experience in getting in front of a camera and then signing out my thoughts and opinions.
That all changed here because some classes practically require vlogs and make it a big part of your grade. My first attempt at a vlog was a weak one because I failed miserably. I didn't even know how to record... I actually signed then realized I signed for absolutely no purpose. Being a new student, I was gullible enough to sign in an open area in the SAC computer lab when I could have signed in a closed room with some privacy. My first few vlogs were terrible and awkward but as time progressed, I could see that I had developed some skill in the art of vlogging. Today, vlogging is one of my strengths because I'm fluent in ASL and I would rather to sign instead of write since ASL is my first language.
Before enrolling here, I would have laughed at the idea of choosing vlogs after essays. Being a student here has opened my eyes to different possibilities and I'm grateful for that.
That all changed here because some classes practically require vlogs and make it a big part of your grade. My first attempt at a vlog was a weak one because I failed miserably. I didn't even know how to record... I actually signed then realized I signed for absolutely no purpose. Being a new student, I was gullible enough to sign in an open area in the SAC computer lab when I could have signed in a closed room with some privacy. My first few vlogs were terrible and awkward but as time progressed, I could see that I had developed some skill in the art of vlogging. Today, vlogging is one of my strengths because I'm fluent in ASL and I would rather to sign instead of write since ASL is my first language.
Before enrolling here, I would have laughed at the idea of choosing vlogs after essays. Being a student here has opened my eyes to different possibilities and I'm grateful for that.
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