ePortfolio

The very first thing in class we learned in class was how to make a blog. Making a blog was completely new to me and a new experience for me. I am not very good with technology so creating this account was definitely a interesting process. I was thrown for a curve ball with still having open my blackboard account and lewis email, but when I was able to get accustomed to it, it became much easier. I was able to let out any concerns that I had throughout the semester with anything. One of the most memorable blogs that I wrote was the one about Colin Kaepernick. I still feel very strong about my views against Mr. Karpernick but it was also great going into class and hearing the opposite. I think the best think about your class, Dr. Kyburz, was how we could voice our own opinion. In most of my college classes if a student was to voice their own opinion, he/she would get backlash on their grade for saying what they did in class. Hearing others opinion's especially in class was crucial for me to hear because it opened up my mind to how others viewed different subjects. I almost think that is most important thing that I have learned in college thus far. Being open-minded to different people's opinion's and ways of thinking differently of how to solve situations have helped me open up my mind quite a bit. Especially in your class, when Bara the one class day said his opinion about Mr. Kaepernick. Although at the time I did not necessarily agree, I still listened to what he had to say. I think hearing others opinion's in your class not only helped me open up my mind, but also helped me with other classes. It made me realize that the reason why a problem is occurring may not be just the one I am thinking of but other reasons as well. We also were able to discuss how we feel about the presidential elections and why we support one candidate over the other. I thought it was interesting here Dr. Kyburz's thoughts about Hilary Clinton and how to see things in a different way. Hearing this from a supporter of another party was intriguing because I was able to take things from a different view point an experience in an educative manner how others think and how I could be wrong in certain scenarios. We went on to do a documentary project which was interesting to write about because it as my first time writing something like this. Although, I did struggle with this paper, I learned form my mistakes and moved on. Then we moved on to our micro theme. At first I thought writing a one page paper for a college writing class was going to be easy but in the end it was probably was one of the more difficult papers that I have written for the class. It made me review every sentence that I wrote and try to make it more applicable to the reader. The most difficult part was trying to compress the paper into one page. It really tested my writing abilities to be able to compress well developed sentences. Then we were able to create a multimodal project. The multimodal was the first time I dealt with making a movie. It took me many tries and videos, but I finally came out with something that I believe described the fear of flying very well to some of the common travelers. Then we were able to do a persuasive essay and the topic I picked was the same as my micro theme. It was interesting to find out more information concerning why travelers are afraid to take planes as their most efficient form of transportation. I would like to end with the link to the post that I posted about Colin Kapernick and how crucial that was to me discussing that topic in class.

http://patrickfmccloskey.blogspot.com/2016/10/blog-day-friday.html

 

The week before Finals

Finals week. Man. It sure has been a roller coaster this semester. I've had good days and bad days but, haven't we all. These last couple weeks have probably been the most stressful couple of weeks of my semester due to the fact that every single one of my teachers either has a project/paper/or speech due. In total I have a written examination for the FAA, 4 papers, 3 projects, and a speech to give. I have never had this much work due all at the same time in my life. Unlike my prior habits, I usually procrastinate things until the last minute. I started working on these projects about two weeks ago when I knew I was going to be swamped with work. I would like to talk about how stressed students get and why they sometimes commit suicide during this stressful week. Suicide is a very serious topic  that all faculty and students should be aware of and try to find early signs of it especially during the most stressful week of students lives. I found a statistic online saying that there are more than 1,000 suicides per year on college campus. We as students need to know that our lives do not depend on getting an A in that one paper for the class or project. So, take  a step back, take a breath, DON'T PROCRASTINATE, and get the work done.