Difference of high school and college

8/30/2017

High school seemed like it was just yesterday, and now I'm starting a new a life at the university.  One thing I don't miss about high school is the drama.  There was just so much of it, even when you were just trying to get away from it.  That was one of the main difference, no more drama in college.  It could just because everyone doesn't really know each other or that we act more like adults.  Another thing I like about college is that most of my professor's actually care about helping their students and make sure they learn about the subject. I remember in high school one of my teachers would be late multiple times to class and we would be waiting outside the door for ten minutes.  Another high school teacher of mine would sometimes be on the phone for almost the whole class period, while everyone would just talk to each other and hang out.  And that class was an A.P. class, which I find it really sad how the regular history class learned more than us.  I don't know how to quiet phrase this but I felt like there was more of an personal relationship with the teacher in high school, of getting to know who they are and that they were a friend.  It is not the same in college.  I think it's because we only have a professor for one semester instead of having them for a whole year. The best part of college is that I don't feel like anyone is judging you on how you look or pretty much anything. Either way, I love being in college. It's a thousand times better than high school.

Procrastination

10/23/2017

Procrastination

Procrastination, you can either love it or it can be a nightmare.  I don't try to procrastinate but last week I pushed all my math homework, English essay (This I believe essay), Group Communication papers to the weekend so I could study for my calculus one exam.  I know that doesn't sound like a good idea to procrastinate and put off everything but in Calculus, the exams are worth a lot of points.  Right now, I have a C in the class and our professor told the class that if we do better on this exam, he will get rid of the other exam grade and switch it with the new grade of the second exam.  Hopefully all the studying I did will pay off for a better grade and now for my weekend, I have to suffer and work on the pile of homework.  Would I recommend to procrastinate? Well, I believe that it is ok to procrastinate if it will be beneficial for you to do so, just like how I spent my time studying for my exam instead of working on homework. However, if you are just procrastinating to play games and watch TV, then I would not recommend to procrastinate. I would tell you to get your butt off the couch and start working and after you are done with everything, then you can relax and watch Netflix. To be honest, I just find procrastination to be stressful and I find myself just worrying if I'm going to finish it by today or that I am going to bed at four a.m.  

Picking Classes

10/16/2017

Picking classes

At the freshman orientation, our group leader would help us pick classes but I felt like it wasn't that great except for barely understanding how to pick the classes online and finding out what classes there were.  Our group leader didn't explain what classes we needed for our general ed, except that she said that all the information was inside the booklet that we received in the beginning of the day.  I signed up for like eighteen units but I had no clue if they counted for my general ed.  However, a majority of the classes I picked were wait listed.  It was when I got home, I had to look up what classes I needed for my general ed and for my major.  I have twelve units but all my classes were wait listed by one or two people and it was until a day before school stated that I got all my classes.  I was really happy but I wish that I could have gotten my classes sooner because I didn't buy any of my books. Luckily I didn't need any of my textbooks for the first two weeks, except for my calculus class but he a lot of the class didn't have the textbook either.  So we would all take a picture of the page from his textbook.  I like all my classes and my professors except for my calculus lab professor.  He acts like he's better than everyone else, and no one in the class likes to ask him for help because then he gets annoyed with you for asking for help and he looks at the clock for the last five minutes just so he can leave.  It's sad that he doesn't really care about his job but besides that I like all my other professors and classes.  

Spending money on food

10/18/2017

Spending money on food

Well I don't have a job to pay for food so my mom tells me that she will give me money to go get food at school or fast food.  But I feel like that would be a waste of money and that it will become really expensive, really fast.  To buy a meal at the school with a drink costs from six to ten dollars and fast food costs pretty much the same as the school.  If I only got lunch at school for a whole week, that would cost thirty to fifty dollars. I will admit, I don't like to spend money when I don't have too.  So when I go  grocery shopping with my mom, I get some food I can take to school so I don't have to make my mom buy me food at the school. For instance,at Costco we got the pizza pocket box with 14 of them for ten dollars.  At Walmart, we got twelve instant lunch top Ramen for five dollars.  I also make myself peanut butter sandwich at home for school.  All of that would last me for a few weeks or longer. Usually a lot of people would be fine taking money from there parents but it makes me feel irresponsible.  Right now, I'm going to apply for a job at Stanislaus to be a tutor for K-12.  At least then, I can make a little money and help pay my car bill instead of my mom always paying for it.

Textbooks

                     

Textbooks

                    It's crazy how in high school textbooks are free and until you are in college paying over five-hundred dollars for five textbooks.  This semester I  have twelve units, three classes and one lab.  I got very lucky and paid under hundred dollars for for all my books.  In my english class, I didn't have to get a textbook but a book for us to read, which only costed ten dollars on amazon.  It was called This I Believe Two.  For my Group Communication class, I rented the textbook on amazon for twenty dollars.  We also had to buy a novel called  The Glass Castle, which was another ten dollars.  In my calculus one class, my teacher recommended the textbook with calculus one through three if you are planning to become a math  major or that your major requires multiple calculus classes.  The library at the school did not have the textbook for calculus one through three until October.  So I tried to look on chegg but I wasn't able to find the right textbook.  Then I was looking on amazon for twenty minutes and I finally found it.  The best part about it was that I bought the calculus one through three textbook for thirty five dollars.  This will also save me money for two other semesters since I am a math  major and for the calculus lab we didn't have to buy any textbook.  Many freshman's have told me that they have spent two-hundred dollars for just one textbook.  Even some of my friends have spent eight-hundred dollars for all of their textbooks and a access code.