Learning Profile

1. There are a ton of interesting themes in the text book, I haven’t really read that much but I know some stuff about them. The Engage theme is about setting your goals, or developing an academic passion for learning. It is also to motivate you and get you ready for life. The prioritize chapter was to help you with planning your time and to help reduce stress. The persist chapter is to help you managing your college resources, your money, and your debt. The reading chapter is to help you with reading skills and comprehensive skills. This chapter helped you with improving your speed and comprehensive skills. I like the learning chapter because it helped you with your learning style and using your dominant intelligence. The record theme mainly focused on cultivating your listening skills and developing good note taking abilities. The other focuses were why you should take notes and talked about how not everyone works or studies the same way. The remember theme was all about empowering you’re your memory and creating a study plan that fits your style. The other focuses were about how you should know instead of memorizing it all. The assess chapters main focuses were about developing successful test taking tactics that works best for you. The think chapter was about expanding your aptitude for critical thinking and problem solving. Another focus in this chapter was for you to develop a plan for critical thinking. The prosper chapter was probably my favorite because its main focus was what I needed to find out in my life. The main focus in this chapter was connecting with a career, which I really need to figure out right now. The other focuses were connecting with a culture and your character as a person.

2. My strengths as a learner are pretty simple because it’s kind of hard for me to be a good learner because I am kind of lazy. But, I do have some very strong strength as a learner. My strengths as a learner are that I have an open mind to learn about anything and everything. I like to learn about history type stuff and in most of my classes history is in a lot of them. My strengths are very small also. I don’t really have a problem with writing notes because I really like to write, I can honestly say that. I like to read also and that a strong point in learning I believe. Reading is fun to me, I don’t really do it on my own as much as I should but I don’t really have a problem with doing it. I have a different learning style as well, I like to see things and do activities. There are a few activities that come easily to me I like to do hands on things I find them more affective for my type of learning style. Some people would rather do other stuff but I enjoy activities more than anything.

3. Although I have some strength, I also have many weaknesses that I would like to grow and get better at. I think my main weakness is that I am not a good studier. Studying to me is really hard because I get preoccupied in doing something else like watching TV, or playing video games or getting on the computer and playing around. I am also not a good note taker; I don’t write the notes were I can effectively learn from them. Its hard for me to understand my notes sometimes. The toughest thing for me in this class was probably writing the posts on my blog. I am not a good typer and it takes me longer than other people. I wish I had the ability to study as much as other students its not very fun when everyone does good on test except for you, it feels like everyone does good on them. If I were to take this course again I would try and focus mainly on the studying part because that is by far my weakest ability as a student at Butler.

4. I have learned a lot of things in this class. I have learned now that I can develop better working habits so that I can be a better student. I can try and be a better studier and better student. I thought coming into this class that I was going to have to stand up and talk in front everybody and I absolutely hate that. I am not a good speaker. The most important skill that I learned was the skill of finding me a career in the near future because I really need to start thinking because I really have no idea what I am going to be or do when I grow up. Hopefully I will find out within the next semester.

5. There were a few activities that really focused on me as a student and that I really learned from and am going to change those activities in my life. The main thing I think was the video over the girl that died from binge drinking. I don’t really drink that much but I have friends that do and now I know how bad drinking really is. It really scares me because I have seen people be like that and didn’t really think anything of it but I now know to get help if I see someone like that. The topics that weren’t really affective on my life were the rubrics that we did to take role. I felt like they really didn’t matter besides the questions on the back, they were alright. The activity were we did the hand eye coordination with computer it really didn’t feel relevant to my life I guess.

6. The activities that should be dropped would probably be the ones with the eye tests, I felt like they weren’t really important, but to some people it may be important. I think that you should add more stuff on effects of drinking because that is a major problem with college students I believe. The video of the girl dying should be kept at all costs I felt it made the most impact in my life today and if it made an impact on me it could probably help other students out as well. I felt that you should really really put in the students head that drinking isn’t “cool” because we all know that’s why they do it.

7. I think the main thing that students shouldn’t do it wait the last minute to do there assignments because that’s what I have done and it’s really a pain in the butt. You should come into this course with an open mind and ready to learn anything the instructor says to you and take it to heart. I would tell them that this is really an important class because it helped me out a lot in finding my career of choice and to develop better habits as a student and a learner. The prosper chapter was the most effective for me because it will help you to figure out what your plans are in life and help you to prosper in life. You should always be prepared to learn in this class. Don’t take it for granite because you may think its an easy course to take.

8. My reflection on this class and the experiences I went through in getting through this class is great. I will change in my life the things that I have chose to do in the past like not helping my friends. I will try and be a better studier and become a better student. I have learned things in this class and would be doing something and I would think about this class. It really has helped me a lot I didn’t really notice it until I did this paper.

Butler Resources

Butler Resources. If a student is going through a hard time with school, friends, family, or girlfreind/boyfriend. There are many resources a student can find for help in some area. The Counselor at Butler Community College is located in the west dorms and her name is Linda Clarke, she teaches my psychology class thats how i know of her. She is a really good counselors she wont ignore you. She will listen to your problems and help you with them. Her email is lclarke@butlercc.edu, and if you need any kind of help you can contact her. Tonya Kerschner is also a good person to contact for any kind of help that you may need. Her office number is 322-3274. There are many websites that you can go to for help or someone to chat with and help with your problems. www.letstalkcounseling.com, http://www.counseling.uci.edu/.

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity. If you don't state where you get your information or plagiarize, you can get kicked out of school and may not be able to attend the school you cheated from. Plagiarism means unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. Plagiarism is of great concern to high school and alot college students because it an easier way to get out of an assignment if you don't get caught. Plagiarism is sometimes and most of the time obvious because some teachers can spot it when they first see the paper because they are used to the students writing abilities.
If you need more information on plagiarism here are some interesting websites to look at: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/plagiarism.html,http://plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/links.html. There are some websites that a teacher can go to search for a paper that may be plagiarized. In my opinion its not worth plagiarizing and losing your scholarship or getting kicked out of school.

Academic Plan

Academic Plan. I am going to Butler Community College mainly to play baseball, but since I am here I might a well graduate from Butler. I will probably get an associates degree because I will carry on a go to four year school after I graduate so I can get a better job and make more money. Right now at Butler I am undecided on my education because I am not sure what i want to do when i get older. Most likel, next semester I will try and take some buisness classes because I have heard from alot of people that you can do alot of stuff with a buisness degree. I am planning on trannsferring to another school after Butler maybe if i get the chance to play some more baseball, but if baseball doesnt work out I will still go some where else probably University of Central Oklahoma just because its closer to home. I am not really ready to move too far fro school unless I get a baseball scholorship. I will probably get a bachelors degree so I can get a good job and support my family when I have kids and stuff like that. I found some website that have a list of schools that offer good buisness programs. http://www.worldwidelearn.com/business-degree/business-degrees.htm, http://www.princetonreview.com/mba/.

Community Service

Homelessness. I have seen first hand and have helped homeless people. Its sad and upsetting that someone has to mengle around to find some kind of food to eat. I went on two mission trips that have delt with people that suffered from no food, no clothes or barely a place to sleep. Seeing homeless people is really tough it hurts to see people live like they are living out on the streets or not getting money. A lot of homeless people have psychological problems like schizophrenia or a diesease. When I saw these people first hand and tried to talk them it was tough to stay focused on what I was there to do, like help them and cook for them. We had a truck that was filled with toys, dishes, and appliances. When we would open the back of the truck to hand the people the items and stuff it was tough for them not to fight with each other. We would have to quit for a little while so they would all settle down. I guess, when you dont have anything and your wanting toys or something for your kids its tough to just act calm or polite. We had a lot of girls that were with us from my church and they would get so hurt from seeing the kids in old shirts and shorts, with no shoes or anything. They would have to go of and have some alone time to think about it all. We helped those people out alot and I am very glad I went on that mission trip because I learned so much from those people and mainly the kids. The expierence taught me not to be so greedy or materialistic because they werent at all they would be happy with a new shirt or even some socks.

Time Management

Time Management. Time Management is really hard if you are a full time student at Butler and you play a sport or some other extracurricular activity. Trying to manage class and missing school because of missing games. If you manage your time well you will be that much better at your studys. Going to class is tough when your trying to manage your time. I am doing pretty good managing my time, with practice and homework. Usually when I dont do my homework its because I am lazy not from time managing. Playing baseball and managing your time is not that hard right now because we arent in our season yet, but when spring time comes we will be gone sometimes for 5 days at a time. When that happens I hope to be a better student were I can do my homework on the bus or in the hotel that we would stay in. Managing your time is kind of easy when there is nothing to do but get on the computer or watch t.v.

Coping with Change

Coping with change can be for many things weather its for school, outside of school, or the sport you play from high school to college. For me, the change has mainly been for the sport, which is baseball. Its alot different for me because I am a pitcher and the hitters are alot stronger and more discipline at the plate not to swing at bad pitches. The other big thing is that the hitters can hit it opposite field and in high school that where I got most of my outs because all the hitters would try and pull everything. In the school part the biggest thing is the homework. In high school we had homework like every other day or something like that but in college its almost a everyday thing. Its hard when to stay up late and do your homework when you have to wake up at 5:00 to go to morning workouts. Outside of college its different too because you have all these people pressuring you to do something. Peer pressure is not that big of a change though for me because at my high school we had a lot of bad things mainly drugs, or alcohol. Change has been a shock for me because people that went to college have told me that you dont even have to go to class sometimes or there is rarely ever any homework. I was kind of looking forward too that but its not really true because we have to do our homework and our coaches check our classes and even if we miss a day we miss out on the homwork or the notes.