Famous Last Words: completing week 2

This week went a lot better than last week. Having an idea of what each week entails has helped me to balance out when I can work on each assignment. I really enjoyed the readings for this week. This topic is so interesting and diverse that each person really has such a broad category to choose from. My other classes have not been super busy this week and I feel like I have gotten into a good rhythm with work and school and having a social life. In my social psychology class we talked about Carol Dweck! We learned more about her views and how some people have a fixed mindset while others have a growth mindset. It was interesting to hear about her in a class where her work specifically applied to the social aspect of psychology. I was able to relate a lot of stuff I have learned in Mythology and Folklore to my social psychology class. This week people have started talking about Relay for Life here at OU. There was a stand on the South Oval this week with the exec members handing out information about the event and getting people to start thinking about signing up…I have participated in Relay for Life since freshman year and it is so fun and for such a great cause. I am going to Las Vegas this weekend to celebrate my friend’s birthday so I am trying to get a lot of my work done for next week before I leave. I know it will be hectic getting back from vacation and having to jump back into school so I am hoping to get ahead before then. I am hoping that I can get two weeks worth of this class finished by next Sunday so that I have time to study for some quizzes and a test in my other classes.

Relay for Life Flickr

Famous Last Words: Checking Off Week 1

This week went pretty well considering it was the first week of school, which can always be a little hectic. I enjoyed all of the readings from this week and was able to get them all completed considering they were relatively short. One girl in my assignment blog group, Miriam, had some really good writing. She put in a lot of detail and thought into each of her writings. I am currently in two other online classes as well as two other in class classes. This made the first week a little more difficult than usual because I had to really get motivated and encourage myself to get ahead as I can in all of my classes. I am hoping that as the weeks go on, I will get all my different schedules and due dates and assignments down so that all my classes will not be as jumbled. Sadly, I have only been on campus twice and it was for a fairly short amount of time due to my schedule containing mostly online classes. It was the first week of three-year old pre-school and first grade for the children I babysit so that was pretty exciting for everyone. Next week my goals is to get ahead as much as I can. I am going out of town for labor day weekend and will be gone Friday through Monday. Because of this, I really need to be on top of things and try to get the majority of my assignments finished by Tuesday or Wednesday. Im planning on working two hours a day to make sure I have time to complete everything. I also need to do this while balancing my other classes and not getting behind on the readings. I work every day this coming week so I am planning on using that time as my study break time so that as soon as I am finished I can go right back to knocking out all of my week 2 assignments for all of my classes!

 

Personal picture of Jenna and Layla's first day of first grade. 

Personal picture of Ben and Sam's first day of 3 year old Preschool.