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Pictures of Dorms -The many pictures and poster of this room suggest the person living in this dorm likes to be reminded of family and friends back home. The made bed and neatly folded clothes and blanket and the neatly organized desk show this person is a neat person. The purples and pinks in the bedding most likely represent that this is a girl's room.

-This picture has tons of decorations, lots and pink, and many posters, and flowers. My guess would be that this is a girl's room as well.

-This picture is plain, the bed is messily made, and there is a single poster hanging on the wall. I would guess that this is a boys room who does not care much about neatness. By the looks of the poster, he likes music.

5 Diary Entries (CLUE assignment)
 * Sleep || 11 hours ||
 * TV || 4 hours ||
 * Homework || 3 hours ||
 * Eatting || 2 hours ||
 * Friends || 3 hours ||
 * Other || 1 hour ||


 * Sleep || 8 hours ||
 * Homework || 5 hours ||
 * Gym || 2 hours ||
 * Eatting || 1 hour ||
 * Work || 4 hours ||
 * Class || 4 hours ||


 * Sleep || 6 hours ||
 * TV || 6 hours ||
 * Homework || 3 hours ||
 * Class || 7 hours ||
 * Eatting || 2 hours ||


 * Sleep || 9 hours ||
 * Homework || 2 hours ||
 * Eatting || 3 hours ||
 * Work || 5 hours ||
 * Class || 5 hours ||


 * Sleep || 13 hours ||
 * Homework || 1 hour ||
 * TV || 5 hours ||
 * Eatting || 3 hours ||
 * Friends || 2 hours ||

Reading Responese:

My Freshman Year By: Rebekah Nathan

I thought the idea behind what Rebekah Nathan was trying to accomplish by becoming a freshman at a university was very interesting. She really put herself out there, stepped out of her comfort zone, and became a part of something most women her age would never. While reading the first few pages of the reading, I noticed that a lot of the activities and things that were happening at Rebekah's new school go on here at Bloomsburg University. Things such as the "summer Previews" which was required for all freshman to attend to become familiar with the school, activities students could get involved with such as hiking or white water rafting, movie nights with "free popcorn", and how the RA's tried so hard to get everyone involved in all the activities offered; these are all things that we have at Bloomsburg that I was apart of as a new freshman.

The author took what she expierienced overseas and compared it with what she expierienced as a college freshman. Things such as Rebekah becoming a part of touch football and volleyball in order to make connections with people and become friends was the same as her using Ping-Pong overseas to communicate in a different way other than speaking.

I also noticed that our assignment CLUE in class asks us similar questions that Rebekah wrote about in her book. Her observations written in the last paragraph on page 15 include things such as " 'mini studies' including activity diaries completed by students about the use of their time, a five-month monitoring study of who (based on gender and perceived ethnicity) eats with whom in the student dining areas". These are things that we were also asked the observe among the students at Bloomsburg University.

Rebekah used every resource and area she could to gather information in order to learn more about college life and what college students did, how they spoke, how they spent their weekends, how they studied and prepared for tests, how they interacted with each other and much more.

I thought this reading was very interesting. I liked what Rebekah was trying to accomplish. I thought she was very brave to put herself out there in order to get her research done. I enjoyed this reading very much.

CLUE: investigate a public space Roongo's Cafe

-Many people go to Roongos with friends to eat and talk with one another.

-Some go alone in order to grab a bite to eat and get work done.

-Many like Roongo's because of the big windows, the sunlight, and the sceneary.

-Roongo's also has a wide variety of food and snacks that is not offered at the Scronton Commons.

"Unlike Me"

1st person: favorite movie- pineapple express favorite band/singer- bring me the horizon favorite food- pasta favorite thing to do in your free time- play guitar, listen to music favorite subject- lunch favroite animal- alligator favorite store- hot topic are you in any clubs/sports/etc?- no why did you choose bloomsburg?- far away from home what is your favorite place to eat on campus?- commons did you come from a city or town?- city what is your major? undecided what year are you?- sophomore

2nd person: favorite movie- clueless favorite band/singer- lady gaga favorite food- chicken parmesan favorite thing to do in your free time- shop favorite subject- english favorite animal- dolphin favorite store- forever21, sephora are you in any clubs/sports/etc?- intramural field hockey why did you choose bloomsburg?- pretty campus what is yout favorite place to eat on campus?- husky lounge or roongos did you come from a city or town?- town what is your major?- nursing what year are you?- freshman

CLUE assignment (draft)



(FINAL) (video)

reading response her E.D. Hirsch: I thought the short reading was very interesting. I did not completely agree with what E.D. Hirsch had to say about what children should be learning in schools. Educartion is not all about literature, history, and facts. I believe things such as life skills is more important, especially depending on your major and what you want to be when you grow up. EAR assignment: Genre= a brochure for incoming freshman

characteristics step one: step two:  (for parents)
 * 1) [[image:http://www.davecurlee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/broker-sales-brochure-06-2005-edit.jpg width="219" height="226"]]
 * 2) [[image:http://www.vfmc.net/picture_library/Brochure%20Cover.JPG width="126" height="221"]]
 * 3) [[image:http://www.rightlookcreative.com/images/brochures/brochures-tri-image-2.jpg width="312" height="216"]]
 * information about how freshman can have a great first year at Bloomsburg
 * colorful and has pictures to catch the readers eye
 * information from student's points of view
 * other things to take advantage of on campus other than just acedemics

step three: (for potential employer)



reading response: - "That piece of paper no longer means very much, and employers know that." "Everybody's got it, so its watered down." I completely agree with this statement said by Nemko. The amount of students attending college is very high, and all of those students are after one thing, a degree. The number of students who attend college after highschool is amazing considering how much tuition costs and how much debt students are left with after receiving their degree. When you have a ton of kids going to college, receiving a degree, and then going out into the "real world" to find a job, many people will not get one. It seems as though that debt will never get paid off. That is deffinetly something I worry about for the future. In order to get a job today, you need a lot more then just a basic degree. Competition for jobs is crazy, and only the best will receive them.
 * The Job Market: Is a College Degree Worth Less?**


 * Should More People Skip College?**
 * -**I feel that this piece contradicts the first one. In the beginning it states that going to college and getting a degree is not all that important for getting a job, I disagree with that. I feel like when applying for a job, employers are going to want those who have gone through schooling and who have a degree to fall back on.

-I could not get this article to open.
 * Plan B: Skip College**

EAR- final -for parents

- for potential employers

[|education]

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">TELL: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">step 1 <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">What do you believe is the purpose of a college education? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">-For me, a college education is another huge step closer to what I want to do with my life. Without a collerge education, I would not be able to get a job as a teacher, forcing me to be lost. I came to college in hopes of learning everything I could and needed about being an elementary teacher. Also, on a more personal level, my parents are divorced, my dad went through college and now has 2 masters, is a CEO of human resources for 30 different hospitals in Florida, and is very successful. My mom on the other hand, only completed 2 years of college and struggles. My mom is an amazing person, but seeing how only going to college for 2 years has affected her, and how going all the way through college has made my dad so successful makes me want to strive to recieve that college degree. This is also why I put security as one of the words in my groups wordle. To me, getting that college degree means hopfully having a steady career and insuring success and security in my future.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">What does it mean to be educated? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">-To be educated does not have to mean you are super smart and know everything about everything and have a brain full of knowledge. To be educated can have its own definition for different people. For me, being educated means learning everything I can about my profession and what is needed to be successful as a teacher and a person.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">What experience have you had with education that led you to this belief? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">-All through highschool I always had decent grades, A's and B's. Never a failure, but never head of my class. The classes I did the best in were the ones that had to do with students going into education, and being a parent, child development, etc. I did so well in these classes because that is what I am interested in. I do not need to know how to formulate an experiment, or find the square root of 3947809, or know about every war in history to be successful in my career of choice. But because that is what I was forced to learn in highschool, I had to do it. Now that I am in college, I have the oppurtunity to expand my knowledge of the things I need <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">and want to learn about.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">step 2: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**past**- <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">


 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">present **<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">- Being in college made me realize how much my highschool teachers held my hand throughout my four years at Abington. Highschool did not prepare me at all for college. During my first semester at Bloomsburg (in the summer) I realized that in order to do good in college I was going to have to step up my game and work my butt off 10x harder than I ever did in highschool. I realized all this my first day of classes. I was only taking 3 classes over the summer and walking into my first class I was confident. I had gotten there early, took my seat in the front of the classroom and was excited to see what was in store for me. As class started the first thing my professor said was, "Get ready to quit." I had no idea what he was talking about and I was scared. Right after that statement he started into what was expected of us during the course of the 6 week class. I was completely overwhelemd after my first hour and 40 minute class I thought that it couldn't get much worse than that, until I walked into my second class and got even more work. I knew that nothing I had done in highschoolo prepared me for all this.


 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">future **<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">- [[file:future (step 2 of TELL).docx]]

TELL FINAL-

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Reading responses: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Life is a Spirtual Struggle -I loved this reading because it showed how this man compared the struggles of his everyday career to the fighting he did in the gym. Just like in the gym, his job took strength, courage, and perserverance. People should treat everything they do in life as a fight, a fight until the end to keep going and pushing yourself to do your best. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Admittance to a Better Life -This reading shows how education can change a person's life around for the better. Someone who came from nothing can put everything they have in them towards education and become something amazing. Stories like this one happen all the time. It doesn't matter who you are, where you grew up, or how much money your family had, change for the better is possible. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">This I Believe -This reading talks about the topic that comes up a lot during class, what does is mean to be educated? I liked this article a lot because it proves the point that to be educated doesn't always mean to have book smarts, but to know everything there is to know about what you are passionate about. I wasn't always an A+ student in highshool, and I know I am not going to be in college either, but to me, my education is what I am going to learn and expand my knowledge about my major and what I am passionate about, not what textbooks tell me I need to know.