week of 29-5

In class be watched/listened to the last of the autobiographies which were interesting. Not much else really happened in class, but thats ok.

We are planning to go to the boat tour on monday for our final class! It's been a lot of fun being in this class. I can't believe this semester is over, but I'm glad.

So I must say that I do not have a gree thumb, but I am great at growing dirt... as you can see below.

So much to do and so little time. Back to writing my Computer Science project. I am making a text based user interfaced RPG for the computer. Hope it's awesome!

See you all Monday, if not sooner!

week of 22-29

Today we had amazing food and awesome conversation. It was quite funny to see all the different "junk" foods that were brought, but totally understandable since we're in college.

I am really glad that there is a break, Finally!

I had a great break. My friend and I went to IMAX to see Harry Potter, and we hung out a lot. I also beat Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, which was awesome! Sunday I went to a Renaissance Fair North of Houston. We got up at 6 am, after going to sleep at 3 am the night before! It had amazing shows and epic shops of all different kinds.

Amtgard Update: We hadn't intended to meet for this week, however we saw the King at Ren. Fair and he gave us all an experience point for showing up!

Colin Beavan

Today we went to go see Colin Beavan because he is the writer and the inspiration for this years theme of sustainability. I am excited even though I have a political science exam the next day but it is okay. When I go there everyone is there and I am sure they came by force because there were too many people not paying attention. It was really heard to hear him and what he had to say since there were so many people talking. I got out of it that it is really hard for a person to be sustainable throughout and to not cut cold turkey but to do it gradually.

Make Up for the second day of class 9-13

This is the second day of class and after being at Texas State it seems that I have gotten used to the campus. It is now time to start buckling down since my first tests are really close and I want to do good in my classes. Today we were talking about education and what people think it is for like for example, it could be something to help you learn different things or for getting you ready for your career. We established that we need a diploma to be successful in society and for a better lifestyle. I am convinced that getting that diploma is just the beginning of our lives because we need to take those steps to get good career.

Make up Blog for 8-30

Today is the first day of class and I am beginning to think that this class will be stress free. We decorated name tags so Mrs. Lopez and the rest of the class can remember our names. We went over the syllabus and the requirements for the class. We went on the Texas State website and even though i have been on it she went over some stuff I did not now was there. I am ready for this year to begin and to work on some of the experimental activities that she mentioned.

November 29, 2010

Today was pretty much our last day of class because next week we go on the boat tour. This class has been a good experience and really brought us together especially during the group project. We got to listen to the rest of the people who had not done their autobiography in class which was nice. It is always great to see other people and where they come from and stuff.
Well I guess i will meet you guys at the boat dock on Monday!

Last Class...sort of

Today was really simple because we just saw some presentations that were very creative and then had to do evaluations. I have not been on the boat tour yet, so I am looking forward to that since I I trained there for scuba last friday before we got off for break. I had a relaxing thanksgiving and it was great seeing my best friend, val. She's still crazy so I know I haven't missed too much. Finals are almost here...ahhhh! This semester has gone soo fast. See everyone next class!

our last class

today was our last official class and we watched the final biography presentations and then we also talked about the experimental activities and when all of those are due. at the end of call we took a survey on the teacher and anything that we liked/disliked and anything that we would change. its crazy to think that the semister is almost over and CHRISTMAS BREAK IS ALMOST HERE!!!! O MY GOODNESS!!! thats exciting!!!

the lunch!

on november 22 we had a lunch and were supposed to bring fresh foods that were grown locally. well that didnt actually happen but it was nice to just chill out in class and just get to know others better; and the food was good! we also talked about questions that anyone had, and that was helpful because i got good information on appartments and dorms for next year. i think that i wil ltry to be an RA next year and that will be super fun! haha, yay!

Class that was cancelled!!

so i know that im really late writing this but im trying to catch up and i think this is the only one that im missing! so some of the things that i did during no impact week were: going to the farmers market, turning of all unnecessary lights, reduced driving and increased walking. it felt fulfilling because i felt as though i made a good impact on the environment. and then thre things that i got from the book, no impact man, was: the great damage that we a creating by driving cars, flying planes, and riding trains. also that there are more environmental friendly ways to get food, such as nit using plastic bags but rather the reusable bags. and finally i learned that the farmers market is a really cool place and i now know where my fruits and veggies are coming from.

Indoor Picnic

Hey everyone I really enjoyed the indoor picnic. I thought our discussion was interesting as always although I can't say I was giving my undivided attention when my face was stuffed with cookies. lol My dear ole friend here is doing quite badly and I think it'll take more than CPR to revive it. Seeing as everyones is doing the same I hope this will give the next US seminar class a chance to learn from us and to do something that would be a bit more successful. Hope Everyone had a Great Thanksgiving and got some great deals on Black Friday.

November 1st Class

Today was a little different becuase we did not go to class in the College of Education building today. We all went to career services on the fifth floor of the LBJ building. I did not realize you had to ride the elevator to get to the fifth floor and there are no stair I could find, so that was confusing. The autobiography presentations went well, but there are still a few people that need to speak, but it is not a big deal. It is already November, but it is still really hot! I also recycled my garbage today, so that was pretty cool. I am ready for next class

October 18 Class

Today we started presenting Autobiography presentations and it was cool to find out more about the people I live with and attend school with. Seems like most of us can relate to eachother through being involved in highschool. I present mine next week so hopefully I can do well on that! Other than that we finally decided on using Mint for our group project planting. I am not the best gardener, so hopefully I can make it grow. Other than that I still cannot believe how fast these weeks are going by and it is getting closer to halloween!

October 11 Class

Todays class was relaxing becuase we just discussed no impact week and just talked more about what we can do as group to become more sustainable. This enabled us to start discussing more about our group project and we finally came up with an idea. We are going to paint our own pots and grow a certain plant (has not been established yet). Hopefully we come up with that soon and get on a good foot to starting our group project! This year seems to be going by very fast and there is a lot we need to do.

11/29 class

Today's class was relaxing! We finished up presentations for the people that havn't done it. We talked about our plants and how mostly everyone mint is not growing :( even though we have been watering it and taking care of it like crazy! I can't wait for our glass bottom boat tour! it should be fun...I have never done it! I am looking foward to the christmas holidays!!!! Thanksgiving break wasn't long enough!

Mint Plant

I've been watering my mint plant since I first got it, but it doesn't seem to want to grow. I did have the little seed pop up onto the surface of the soil, but I pushed it back down, thinking it wasn't right for the seed to be on top of the soil, but i was wrong. Cheyenne said her's did that and then it started growing. Nothing has shown up again. I guess I don't have a green thumb.

October 25 make-up blog

On October 25, we went to Boko's living room for the first autobiography presentations. Everybody did a wonderful job and I really like hearing about them all. It was also my first time in Boko's Living room, I had no idea that you could sleep in there. I was little surprised.

October 18 make-up blog

On October 18, the whole classed discussed what our class project would be. Everybody had great ideas, but we decided on the individual mint plants. And good job to Cheyenne for stepping up and being a leader. And to Ariel for getting all the supplies.

October 11 make-up blog

On October 11, we didn't have class that week, but we were suppose to write about sustainability. I've been recycling since I've been here, I have a flashlight that doesn't have batteries, you just wind it up and it works, and I've been turning off the lights when I'm not using them. Ever since I've been learning about sustainability, I've been doing so much more to help the environment.

-Jessie

October 4 make-up blog

On October 4, our class went to the Career Center. It was a very helpful presentation. I found out that they could help me with my major. And they have all kinds of books on professional jobs and books with test in them to see what kind of job would best suit you and the job you would like.

-Jessie

September 27 make-up blog

On September 27, I learned about the Academic Honor Code and the best ways to study. Everyone should respect the Honor Code. In real life, you can't cheat your way out of situations, so why cheat now? I also learned study skills. The best way for me to study is in my room, by myself or with a group that is serious about studying for a test.

-Jessie

September 13 make-up blog

On September 13, we talked about the purpose of getting an education and the importance. Getting an eduction means getting a better job and a higher payment of money. Going to an University brings life-long learning that will be useful in the future and you learn responsibility.

November 22, Picnic/ mint plant

The picnic we had November 22 was really nice. I enjoyed all the food that everybody brought. It was my first time having Gumby's pizza, I really liked it. The picnic was a good idea, especially having it right before the break. It let everybody relax and enjoy themselves. Also, here are my mint plant pictures. :)

November 29

I hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. Today, it was nice hearing the rest everybody's autobiography. They were all very interesting. And I can't wait till the glass-bottom boat ride. I think it will be a lot of fun.

-Jessie

Last Class

I enjoyed class today. It was nice and relaxing. I'm really looking forward to the Boat Ride. I've been on it like 5 times and I like it every time. In my last post, I was excited that my plant had sprouted, but now that sprout is looking rather wilty. :/ Maybe it'll be better over Christmas Break. I can't wait for break. I know we just got one, but I'm really excited for Christmas.

-Meghan

Last Day of Class

This was a nice last day of class! I'm looking forward to the boat ride, I haven't been on it yet. A lot of my friends have and they said it was pretty cool. I'm so glad classes are finally wrapping up! I can't wait for Christmas Break! It's exciting that we get about a whole month off. I keep rubbing it in my brother's face(:
(He's a junior in high school, and he only gets two weeks off.)

I liked the people's presentations who went today in class. It was a nice relaxing class...too bad more of my classes aren't like that! I have a speech tonight...so hopefully that goes well.

Chelsea Lovercamp

class and my plant's "progress"

so class today was cool. i'm glad we finally finished all of the autobiographies and kind of wrapped up class. the glass boat tour sounds really exciting and i'm glad i get to experience with all of my awesome classmates. i need to catch up on my blogging and experiential activities because i don't know exactly where i stand on those. plant growing has been an epic fail. i did everything right... i think and nothing has sprouted. oh well. i guess we'll have to wait and see.

"Last Day In The Classroom" Class (11/29)

So class today was pretty chill. We just finished up the last few Autobiography Presentations then we discussed how next week would go. Then we filled out an evaluation for the overall class and Ms. Lopez. That was alright but I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty sick of filling all of those out for every class :| o'well the semester is almost over!! these next 2 weeks are going to be pretty tough...just study study study. So I hope I can get through everything and still have a positive attitude at the end. Oh and not be completely drained and frantic. See everyone next week for the last time at our boat ride!!

=)
Cheyenne

Oh, uhhh, I just found a lady bug in my hair...so I think that's good luck, right? I hope so.

October 4 blog

This is one of the blogs I forgot to do. I remember during class this day I was a little dissapointed because one of the common experience speakers could not make it to her presentation, so that was unfortunate. We started discussing our group project and what exactly we were going to do for it and I think it is leaning more toward gardening or something along the lines of that. Should be interesting.

Class

Today is class we started discussing the glass bottom boat tour. It is crazy to think we are fixing to go on in because this year has gone by so fast. We also completed our surveys for class to find out how much we liked it. My plant is still not growing. I am watering it, but I guess I am just not the gardener type. Thanksgiving was definately a break well needed, but now I am ready for Christmas break because we will have such a long time off. Once again I cannot believe how fast school has gone by.

thankful for thanksgiving :)

So last week was our contribution lunch and it was yummy! there was so much to eat and it all smelled amazing. but the real treat came when i went home on tuesday. my mom made meatloaf, which was my first homecooked meal in nearly 2 months. thursday's thanksgiving lunch was too die for. i'm thankful for my family, my wonderful boyfriend, my friends and everyone else that might have had impacted my life and made me who i am.

My plant has not sprouted yet :( but i'm going to upload some pictures after class because my computer is running so slow. I just hope it didnt die cuz i'm really scared! so just keepin my fingers crossed it'll grow soon :)

see yall in class

ashley kathleen :)

Course wrap-up post (?)

Overall, this course has been an interesting experience. I do admit that there have been days during which I would have preferred taking a long nap or playing videogames (a hobby which has significantly decrease in frequency since the semester began). However, it is a relief in comparison to several of my other classes that do not allow room for my brain to rest and enjoy learning life lessons.

One of my favorite memories in the class are realizing how easy and nice it can be to make new friends or at least learn about people. Additionally, I am thankful for our autobiography presentations being in Boko's lounge because it helped exhibit how relaxing that section of LBJ can be. Finally, I wish to create a fresh paragraph for the final favorite memory of the class. This post, whether or not it is my final one, should go out with a BANG!

THE FOOD! The stupendously scrumptious, terrifically taste bud-pleasing feast was so fantastic, I felt enlightened. It effortlessly reminded me that the "stoner pie" from Gumby's pizza is of it's own unique class. That pizza unofficially relates to the Highlander series of movies in that "there can only be one." Everyone came together in creating this gigantic meal. I knew this not only through the technical fact that the entire class was supposed to contribute something, but also because most if not all of the students put at least some of their hearts into preparing the food. The food at this banquet of the gods makes me want to salute the American flag not just for what it is intended to symbolize, but for also its symbolism of possibly the only country in which someone would combine bacon, pepperoni, french fries, and mozzarella sticks onto one absolutely unforgettable pizza pie. Just as I would die for my country if truly necessary, I would almost also die for this pizza... or rather, because of a heart attack from eating it.

Thank you and have a nice day. :) 'Nuff said.

P.S. This is how eating the stoner pie almost makes me feel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-x9gPZrIUI

Mint Plant Progress

I took my mint plant home for the Thanksgiving holiday, hoping to keep it alive...

I seem to have been kidding myself.

I found myself spending one night at my grandfather's new property, not remembering that I did not at least water my plant before leaving home. To make matters worse, I forgot of my plant's existence when until that following Sunday!

I think it is safe to say that my mint plant is probably a goner.

The Before Thanksgiving Meeting

Honestly, my mind was on about a million other things last class as Thanksgiving break was almost there. Now, of course, it's over. But it was a blast!

I thought it was surprising how much food everyone brought, and all of it was delicious! Also I wasn't aware of the housing restriction, and though I find it a bit silly and wasn't planning on living in a house next year anyways, it's nice to know.

Now to discuss my plant:

I didn't respond quickly enough to get the group plant, nor was I at either group session (I picked up a friend from the airport the first time and had a creative writing club meeting the second). And I was going to bring it into class, but sadly on its way back from my house yesterday in the car it fell and spilled. It made a huge disgusting mess and was fairly unsalvagable (considering the pot broke). So I've come to terms with the fact that I probably won't be getting credit for the group project.

And that's fine! You win some, you lose some.

Thanksgiving Update

WEll first id like to blog about my poor mint plant that got left behind over hte break and im prety sure there is no coming back ):
(I also participated inthe first group meeting about t0he project, and was present during the meeting in Laurel hall when we planted the mint (: )
This Thanksgiving was great I enjoyed every second of faamily time and food time haha
I missed my friends and boyfriend so im glad to be back !!!!

11/22

Sooo my plant STILL isn't growing :( I dont know what im doing wrong.. I even took it home over thanksgiving break and watered it everyday and actually put it outside and still nothing.. This is beginning to seem useless :/ However, the picnic think was super fun last week! I cant believe how close we are to the end of this semester! YAY! This class has brought me new friends and it was nice learning about what everyone was thankful for! Also, the food was DELICIOUS!!! Other people should be jealous! Hope everyone had a good break! :)

Im starting to think im a jinx.

My stupid mint plant still has yet to grow, but I did plant some seeds in a pot and left it in my house back in austin last week. I asked my mom to water it for me and it sprouted within two days. TWO DAYS. Ive had this mint plant for a while and it has yet to even look like its alive. But enough of my ranting about my failed mint plant. I really enjoyed the picnik we had last week. I had never had stoner pie before but it was pretty good. I also enjoyed hearing what everyone was thankful for. I hope everyone had a wonderul and safe Thanksgiving!

Blog about the Collin Beavan talk-- I saw on my grade book that I did not have a blog about the common experience event, and I could have sworn that I posted about it on my blog for that week but I guess we had to have a separate one? So I will blog about it here.

The speak was really not anything near what I was expecting-- The mics did not work and he was not very engaging at all. Mostly he just repeated what he said in the book- which we had already read so it was not very interesting for me. Comparatively when I saw the No impact man documentary they showed-- at the one in Round Rock- he was much more interesting of a person. I did stay after for the q&a, but most the question where not that interesting to hear about. Some girl asked about the toilet paper situation and that just made him mad.

Week of September 27th

This day we had talked about strategies for learning-- I think this was the day the girl from Sack came and talked to us. It was good because we got to learn about all the things they had to offer such as the writing center. She gave us tips for studying and how to make the most of our time so that was useful information to have. She told us where in the Libary to go study and gave us a list of numbers for all the places that can help us with school work.

Week of September 20th

I am going back and re blogging for the days I missed, That day in class we talked about readings we had done in our university experience book. I remember discussing the traditions of texas state and thinking it was cool we had our own flower and the history of the victor star on jackson was also neat.

I have been trying to water my plant as much as needed, I water it every few days keeping the soil moist. I don't know what to do with it over break really, so I hope it doesn't die if I leave it here. Class was cool the other day, we got to eat and everyone brought really good food. The conversation about housing next year was important to me, I need to figure out where I am going to live because I was planning on moving into a house with some friends, but the town is dumb and does not allow that. D:

My Mint Plant

My mint plant has been something I was looking forward to have grown in my dorm room but it has still not grown any. When I got my pot, painted it, put the soil and the seeds in it i was super excited about the possible plant inside my room. I have watered and also have given it sunlight so it can grow but still nothing but i will not give up and keep doing what i am doing so maybe there will be some growth.

November 22, 2010

In class today we had our own little picnic, where each of us would bring something to eat. It was a great way to have the class do something together and let us talk about what we are thankful for. I was thankful for my family and friends back home and also for the friends I have met here at Texas State. Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break and I am so glad that I will be going home.

makeup10/25

this was the first day of the autobiography presentations. i got to know a lot more about my classmates. There are a lot of interesting people in our class that i would love to get to know better, i found out more about people and where they are from! i had never been in Boko's Living Room before this it seemed like a really nice place to relax and get some rest!! i could really use some sleep so maybe sometime i will go chill in there with all the other people!

makeup (1st class) 8/30

the first day of class we made name plates so Mrs. Lopez could get to know us. she told us about the experiential activities we have to do. I am glad this class is on a monday so we can start the week out great! Mrs. Lopez told us about how Colin Beaven will be ccoming to speak to us about his book that we read over the summer. I thought it would be really interesting to see how his life has changed a year later after writing it.

makeup (2nd class) 9/13

https://tracs.txstate.edu/portal/site/b87fa7d2-09df-4b26-b9ee-4db568b3add7/page/e1ee7da0-e7e2-4c5a-b422-59f9c5bed745

i posted it on TRACS blog after the 9/13 class.

Lunch/plant progress

todays class was really good we ate a lot of non-healthy food! everyone brought something for lunch. we discussed what we were thankful for during hi/low's. i am thankful for meeting so many great people my first semester of college! i cant wait to go home this week for thanksgiving...i miss all of my family and friends a lot! it will be a much needed break!

my plant is not growing at all! I hope it will soon cause i really want some fresh mint!

Class Lunch 11/22 ; My plant progress

Class Lunch

So today we had our wonderful lunch in the classroom. It was fun just eating horribly greasy yet delicious food and talking about what we are thankful for. :) I hope this week at home feels longer than just 5 days...I'm more than ready for this break and I can't wait to catch up on sleep. I can't wait to see all of my family and eat lots and lots of home cooked food. I'm so sick of Jone's. I hope everyone has a safe drive (or flight) home and back.
★
Cheyenne

Plant Progress

^If you look super close in the center there's a tiny little sprout. But you probably can't see it^
that'ssssss my plant.

WOOOOOO

I had fun in today's class! eating and what not. It would've been nicer if we had done it as planned though. Anyway my plant has a little ball coming out of it FTW!!! I didn't know that I had to talk to it though; now i know!
here are some pictures of mine and maggie's plants!


Lol okay its backwards but mine is the bigger one and maggie's is the small one


Mine :D

Update on my Plant

Well if you noticed in melissa's blog, she posted pictures of our plants that have still not grown much, but I have hope! I talk to my plant everyday. Sometimes in spanish...I just want it to hear encouraging things. I named it Riley, well actually this girl in my hall did, but I liked the name. I hope it'll grow sometime soon and I think I'm going to take it home during break so it gets water. More updates to come!

-CV

Picnic

The picnic today was fun! It was nice having a class where we just talked and ate! All the food people brought was really good. Not very healthy, but hey it's not going to kill us! (:

I've been watering my plant everyday still. I am really hoping it sprouts soon! I hope I did not some how accidently kill it. I am going to bring it home with me over Thanksgiving Break so it wont die while I am gone.

Chelsea Lovercamp

The US 1100 Meal

Today's class was a nice change of activity, for we devoured several "Stoner Pies," in addition to all of the food that my classmates and I brought. I cannot find much to say about class today. It was nice to hear what my classmates are excited about and thankful for. I hope that everyone going somewhere for the holidays has a safe trip there and back.

PICNIC...sort of

I really enjoyed our little class picnic today, although it wasn't much of a picnic really because 1) we were inside and 2) we were sitting in chairs. Any how, Im really glad we kind of wrapped up our time together doing something fun that everyone could get involved in.

I hope you all enjoyed my strawberry cupcakes :)

Here are some picture of mine and Christi's plants, Randi and Riley. Currently it just looks like dirt in a pot, but we like to talk to them so hopefully they'll sprout soon.

August 30 blog

Hi Mrs. Lopez,

In class that week, we talked about what the common experience was going to include for the semester and we went over the syllabus. What the activities meant, the glass-bottom boat ride, our class project and our autobiographies.

-Jessie Allovio

The week of 15-22

So many things going on, images swirling, swords twirling, formulas dancing, chaos. This was my week. I have a hard time knowing what day it is from one to the next in my chaotic blur. Doing homework through tomorrow, or is it today; maybe yesterday?

For class we were supposed to bring food of some kind to share as a collective group. Keith and I decided to go to the HEB Plus in Kyle. We decided on bringing cheeses and little sausages. I chose to bring the cheese and crackers. For these I chose extra sharp chedder (because they didnt have smoked chedder) and veggie crackers. It was good.

As for a quick Amtgard update: We had a goblin battle for our shire against a group of goblins which should have been easy to kill but sadly our Shire was over run by goblins, we all died. (For those who think I'm talking about a board game I'm actually talking about a role-playing sport called Amtgard, and the people who were goblins litterally out numbered us and we all lost all our lives).

Food

This counts as one of my blog posts due last week:

It is funny how such a simple project can suddenly reveal some complexity. I signed up to bring an appetizer for our class' "picnic." One simple question came to mind: "What should I cook?"

I was promptly bombarded with billions of bite-sized options, lightly tugging at my pants' leg and screaming, "PICK ME PICK ME!"

After an expedition through the mostly-edible jungle of H-E-B, I found myself atop a revelation. SMOKEY SAUSAGES! These juicy, little snacks are an excellent choice for an appetizer, when prepared correctly for the correct entree. In my opinion, these sausages should go incredibly well with a "stoner pie," the holy grail of pizza from Gumby's Pizza. It is topped with pepperoni, bacon, mozzarella sticks, and french fries!

I hope that my class likes smokey sausages, for I bought many!

Plant Update

This counts as one of my blog posts due last week:

It seems that most of my University Seminar class has had no noticeable progress with their plants' growth; Mine is no exception.

I have watered my plant about once or twice each day, having placed it next to my room's window for a light source. Additionally, it is next to the air conditioning unit without being constantly assaulted by the cold air it exhales. This provides vibrations which should, in theory, stimulate plant growth.

It is beyond me as to why this plant is hiding from this beautiful, beautiful world.

Class Lunch-In

Today was really fun :] I enjoyed getting to eat during class because usually I am hungry during this class anyway. I struggled to make my dessert last night since we don't have a full kitchen, but I was inventive and found a way to make my cookies. I didn't really like the stoner pie pizza, well it was alright, but the french fries on top were a different experience. I hope everyone has a great thanksgiving and we're almost done with the semester! Yayyy!

-CV

Picnic/ Plant

I wasn't in class today, but I heard it was fun. Sorry I missed out. Since I wasn't there, I can't talk about whatever you did talk about, so I'm gonna talk about my plant. It sprouted! I'm excited that I didn't end up killing it. It's a tiny sprout but it's definitely there. I've been watering it once a day and it doesn't get too much sunlight. I'm going to keep this up and hopefully it'll grow even taller. :)

-Meghan

make up blog for 10/25

So our time in Boko's living room was interesting. I loved getting to know a little about everyone and where they came from. We have so many different people in our class and I only have a hand full of them in my other classes so it was great getting to know them better and started talkin more in other classes. I got lost the first dayy on my dayy to Boko's living room and had to ask for directions but I found it perfectly fine the second dayy. I didnt even know that whole section behind Blimpies existed before presentations haha well i hope yall are all having a great week!

ashley kathleen :)

make up blog from 9/13

So going back through the blog I realized Mrs. Lopoez was right and I am missing blogs... gotta love when things dont post when you think they do. So makin up for our second class meeting after labor day... We had a few readings that were due that dayy and our class talked about getting a college degree and what the importance of a degree is now a days. I came to college because there was never really any question I would get a degree but honestly in order to get a decent job one must have a college degree.

ashley kathleen :)

before break!

last weeks talk about what everyone had going on was kinda nice cuz i realized i wasnt alone with all my tests and whatnot. i look forward to our class meeting today with all of our food. jordan, sagar and i were all down in the 2nd floor kitchen this mornin cookin away and it smelled really good :) thanksgiving is right around the corner and i cant wait for a good homecooked meal.

wishing all of you a happy thanksgiving

ashley kathleen :)

Last Class- November 15th

so last class we talked about leadership and what it means to us. we also talked about if we think if we are leaders and by the end of the semister we all hope to feel as though we are leaders. we talked about the lunch and how we are going to meet in the classroom and then go outside and eat lunch somewhere else. thats all!

My Mint!!

So I am extremely proud of my baby (my mint plant) and I can finally say that I saw a tiny little leaf sprout this weekend!! See you all tomorrow at our cute little family lunch =)

Plant Progress

My plant does not seem to be growing well, but I am continuing to water it and see if I can get it to grow at all. There just is not too much sun, but on a positive note I am ready for our lunch in class tomorrow!

makeup blogs

11/8
I was extremely sick during this class! Apparently, we all discussed diversity, an important issue. I don't see colour when I think about people! Also, I had no idea we were planting the plants this night :( I really feel like I missed out and I hope I can make it up... Another thing that was said in this lecture was who was bringing what for the picnic on 11/22. I can bring something, I just didn't sign up!!! I will bring something, i pwomise!

11/1
We met in BOKO's living room once again to see presentations. I think it's cool that we have a place like that on campus that students can just come in to a quiet place and relax (and even take a nap). I enjoy learning about my classmates! Most of their life stories are quite interesting. I can't wait to present my presentation on 11/29. I heard that most people painted their pots but I have no idea where my plant/pot is... I never picked it up. hopefully that can be changed!

10/25
We went to BOKO's living room to hear autobiography presentations. They are quite interesting!! I like hearing about people's childhood and high school experiences. Usually I can tell if people are well-acclimated to college yet by what tone of voice they talk about their home in.

10/18
I was not present in this class, but I heard it was pretty confusing, so I don't think I missed much. Mad props to Cheyenne for really stepping up. She really shows some leadership qualities!! I think the project the class ended up doing was a great sustainability project! Yay for mint plants! hopefully they are native to Texas, because it wouldn't be very sustainable if we planted invasive plants on our campus!

10/11
We did not have class this day, so I believe we were supposed to write about sustainability week. I checked out the farmer's market and bought some extremely fresh okra (one of my faves), didn't use any elevators, and didn't use Styrofoam. I think that sustainability is a great theme to have for this academic school year. I assume that the latest "green" craze is in response to the recent attention given to global warming. Anyways, I felt much better about myself, and my impact on this earth.

10/4
Unfortunately, I was not able to come to the career services lecture. However, I already know what I want to do, career-wise. I would like to get a degree in Wildlife Biology from Texas State University, then hopefully travel and study some more, find some kind of research job. Then I want to go back to school and eventually settle down and become a zoo veterinarian and have a family of my own. That's the plan! I'm hoping I can make a decent salary, but if not, I know I will be working with animals, so I will be happy.

9/27
The SLAC presenter was pretty helpful! I didn't know that if you suck on peppermints, it's easier to remember things. Although, it does make sense if you think about it. You would associate that fact or study material with the taste of a peppermint. I think? Anyways, I thought it was helpful to hear some nice study tips, even though I had heard most of them before.

9/20
on the 20th, we discussed about the "no impact week." we heard some creative ideas about how to conserve energy and be less harsh on the environment. An idea I liked was hanging your clothes up on a line instead of putting them in a dryer. I liked our ideas for our group project! It's already been decided and done with that we plant mint plants. I think it's great what we are doing for the environment by introducing some nice oxygen producers!!

9/6
Labor day?

Class 11/15 and plant

The subject of this class was leadership. It is important to know the qualities of a leader. A good leader has an exemplary character. It is of utmost importance that a leader is trustworthy to lead others. A leader needs to be trusted and be known to live their life with honestly and integrity. A good leader “walks the talk” and in doing so earns the right to have responsibility for others. True authority is born from respect for the good character and trustworthiness of the person who leads.

I have yet to see my plant :( I wish I could have seen it before it was planted!!! Maybe to make up for it, I could buy my own plant and do the whole thing myself instead of with the group. I will have to see what I can do.

plant/picnic/leadership

So my plant is not growing just like pretty much everyone else in class. Hopefully it starts growing soon. I'm excited for this picnic because i'm always hungry in class and we get to eat with each other! It will be cool! We talked about leadership last class, it was interesting. There are so many different attributes that make a person a leader. Basically if anyone puts their mind to it, they can be a leader.

Collin Beaven

After reading his book, I had some respect for this man for pursuing a cause that he fully believed in. I felt the emotions he did as I read his book. He rose up to the challenge at hand that is human consumption and tried to find a way to help it's effect on the environment. He seemed like a noble character with many leadership qualities. However, seeing him on stage made me think otherwise. I thought he would be inspiring students to act, but he was merely talking about his own experiences. I suppose in his own way, his experiences did inspire students, but I fully expected him to engage the students and encourage them to find their own way to help Earth and it's inhabitants, but it just wasn't the case. I felt very disappointed after watching him speak, and I don't think I've ever seen so many phone screens out in rows in front of me during a presentation.

make up blogs

11/8
I was extremely sick during this class! Apparently, we all discussed diversity, an important issue. I don't see colour when I think about people! Also, I had no idea we were planting the plants this night :( I really feel like I missed out and I hope I can make it up... Another thing that was said in this lecture was who was bringing what for the picnic on 11/22. I can bring something, I just didn't sign up!!! I will bring something, i pwomise!

11/1
We met in BOKO's living room once again to see presentations. I think it's cool that we have a place like that on campus that students can just come in to a quiet place and relax (and even take a nap). I enjoy learning about my classmates! Most of their life stories are quite interesting. I can't wait to present my presentation on 11/29. I heard that most people painted their pots but I have no idea where my plant/pot is... I never picked it up. hopefully that can be changed!

10/25
We went to BOKO's living room to hear autobiography presentations. They are quite interesting!! I like hearing about people's childhood and high school experiences. Usually I can tell if people are well-acclimated to college yet by what tone of voice they talk about their home in.

10/18
I was not present in this class, but I heard it was pretty confusing, so I don't think I missed much. Mad props to Cheyenne for really stepping up. She really shows some leadership qualities!! I think the project the class ended up doing was a great sustainability project! Yay for mint plants! hopefully they are native to Texas, because it wouldn't be very sustainable if we planted invasive plants on our campus!

10/11
We did not have class this day, so I believe we were supposed to write about sustainability week. I checked out the farmer's market and bought some extremely fresh okra (one of my faves), didn't use any elevators, and didn't use Styrofoam. I think that sustainability is a great theme to have for this academic school year. I assume that the latest "green" craze is in response to the recent attention given to global warming. Anyways, I felt much better about myself, and my impact on this earth.

10/4
Unfortunately, I was not able to come to the career services lecture. However, I already know what I want to do, career-wise. I would like to get a degree in Wildlife Biology from Texas State University, then hopefully travel and study some more, find some kind of research job. Then I want to go back to school and eventually settle down and become a zoo veterinarian and have a family of my own. That's the plan! I'm hoping I can make a decent salary, but if not, I know I will be working with animals, so I will be happy.

9/27
The SLAC presenter was pretty helpful! I didn't know that if you suck on peppermints, it's easier to remember things. Although, it does make sense if you think about it. You would associate that fact or study material with the taste of a peppermint. I think? Anyways, I thought it was helpful to hear some nice study tips, even though I had heard most of them before.

9/20
on the 20th, we discussed about the "no impact week." we heard some creative ideas about how to conserve energy and be less harsh on the environment. An idea I liked was hanging your clothes up on a line instead of putting them in a dryer. I liked our ideas for our group project! It's already been decided and done with that we plant mint plants. I think it's great what we are doing for the environment by introducing some nice oxygen producers!!

9/6
Labor day?

My mint plant wont grow ):

and its really annoying me. Ive talked to it, watered it, and left it in the window to get some sun but not too much. I am not really sure if I am just impatient or what but I am pretty excited to have a plant in my room. I am also stoked about this whole picnick thing. I will be making cookies... or brownines... or something that I can actually make in that tiny little "kitchen" we have in Laurel. If anyone has something that they would REALLY like me to bring let me know and ill see what I can do. If not, just deal with cookies!

My Mint Plant

Well I have yet to see any progress with my mint plant. It is kind of sad because I was really exciting to have a plant in my room. I always wanted real flowers and tried to convince Melissa but she's pretty sure we'd kill them and I know eventually I would... so we got rid of that idea. I have been watering my plant and showing it some sun light, but that could be the problem. I really don't know. I'm excited for our lunch because I am making cookies and I like to cook :] or bake in this case.

-Christi

My Plant

Well, i've been watering my plant everyday and nothings come up yet, except, one of my seeds come through to the top of the soil and it looks like a yellow/ green ball. I re-dug a whole for it and covered it back up with soil. I hope I did everything right for my plant.

make up blog for 10/18

PLANTING!!

So I was excited about planting from the very beginning. I've been saying that I wanted a plant in my dorm room for forever and now I'm glad that I have one. Before we planted our mint, I have some fake flowers because I though I would kill real ones, so we'll see how well my mint does. haha

make up blog for 10/4

so this was the day that we went and visited the career center. I really enjoyed how nice the lady was that talked to us. She genuinel semeemed to care about her job and the students who went and got help from her. The colorful handouts about the different majors offered here were really helpful. I read through the one about psychology because at the time I wasn't sure if I should change my major or not and it was very reassuring. I'm glad we got the chance to see what career services was all about and I will definitely go see them if I need help.

make up blog for 9/6

So thinking back to the first day of class, all I remember was be nervous...probably because I was nervous about everything dealing with school then. haha

I know that I was excited to have a class with all freshman because I wouldn't feel dumb if I had a question. I was also glad that I was going to have a fairly easy class compared to some of my others... poli sci...

Going into it, I had no idea why I was even required to take a seminar class or what we would be doing, but now I can see its benefits.

11/15

Im glad class was productive this week! I love doing the highs and lows! In my high school, we used to have this class called teen leadership and we did that every day.. I loved that class :) Sooo the status on my mint plant is umm how can i put this, not alive i guess? Its not growing and i water it every day and sometimes twice a day! I keep it in my window so the sun shines on it but i just dont understand :( I wish there was some magical way i could convince it to grow! Oh well, Also, I cant wait for our picnic think next week! It'll be a ton of fun! But i would perfer to have it inside because it'll be cold and we wont have to deal with bugs and stuff (gross)! And i'm glad the boat trip was settled because I was worried about my class at 9 when the syllabus said it was during then! Cant wait! :)

leadership

In class this week, we talked about leadership. Its hard for me to see myself in a leadership position here at Tx State because there are so many people and its easy to just get involved but then fade into the background. In high school I can come up with about a dozen times when I was a prominant leader, but now its not so easy. I think that one thing we discussed that was important was how you can be a leader without necessarily holding a position. Leaders are more than just their title, they are the people who we look up to a role models and look up to.

Class and plant progress

My plant does not seem to be going good. It is not growing so much, but there is not much you can do when it is 50 degrees outside. Hopefully I will see some progress sooner rather than later. I am ready for our class lunch becuase I always get really hungry in class, so that is a plus!

Class 11/15

Today in class we talked on the topic of leadership which was interesting because sometimes we can take good leaders for granted, but I wish we would have touched on the subject of Bad Leaders more. Leadership intrests me because most of the time we seem to highlight leaders failures and short coming when they may have just had so much to take care of, like in the case of George Bush.

Plants & Class

Today, class was pretty fun! I really enjoyed being able to hear everyone's highs and lows of the week. That's my favorite part about class. :) Our discussion on leadership really got me thinking. It has never really occurred to me that you can be a leader without having an official position. YAY for learning new things. I would like to take on a leadership role sometime this year, I think that could help me grow as a person and prepare me for life after college. I don't know about any of you, BUT my plant isn't growing at all. Maybe tomorrow I will see cute little sprouts of mint emerging from the soil. Cool to think about. What else? Our class+lunch on the 22nd=AWESOMENESS. I cannot wait to cook pizza rolls for everyone. It's my best dish. Okay. I'm now rambling on about nothing because I'm in the library bored out of my mind. Hopefully you all are having a better night. Oh yeah, sleepy time yeah.

Mint Plant Progress

So my plant isn't making any progress. It's kind of sad...but I water it frequently. Maybe a little too much. Hopefully it will sprout soon. I didn't think about the ride home until Meghan wrote about that on the blog. I also have a 3 1/2 to 4 hour car ride home for Thanksgiving. That should be interesting... But even if the plant doesn't ever sprout, I enjoyed the painting and the planting.

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Cheyenne

Class 11/15 Topic: Leadership

Today class was pretty good. At first, we did highs and lows which is cool. It breaks the ice and opens us up for casual conversations between all of us on topics we are all dealing with. Then we went on to discuss what was on the syllabus, once again. I feel like that takes a huge chunk out of our class time, but I suppose some people aren't used to being responsible for something that's not reiterated to them on multiple occasions. Given, the boat ride time was wrong, so that probably should have only been the circumstance in which we would discussed the syllabus since the first day. But whatever, I guess the semester is almost over so it doesn't matter. I enjoyed our leadership discussion. It was interesting to see what everyone else thought were important qualities in a leader. See you all at our lunch next week =)

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Cheyenne

11/15

I am glad we got out boat tour sorted out today in class because the time was wrong on our syllabus. I am hoping it will not be too cold out on the boat that day nor on the 22nd when we have our picnic type thing. We talked about leadership today in class, it was interesting I suppose we talked about different ways that you can be a leader with out knowing about it really. I missed class the week before because I didn't feel well so I am going to have to present my biography another day because even though I actually signed up and was prepared on my day we ran out of time.

Mint plant

We planted out mints plants last sunday, My pots rather cute looking. I have been watering it every couple days and its sitting in my window so I hope it will grow. I am not to great with plants I already killed one of my plants so I am hoping this one will grow and actually live to some thing decent. I thought I had almost all my blogs done, but apearantly nottt so I am going to go back through and look at them I guess and re post for them.

11/15 class

Today during class we went over our highs/lows. Then we discussed the boat tour that is december 6th and our picnic that is next monday! I am excited about our picnic, I hope that we have nice weather so we can sit outside and have a good time! We had a great discussion in class today about leadership. most of the class didnt raise their hands when Ms. Lopez asked if we are leaders. i fwe really think about it, i think we can all come up with a way that we have been leaders during our first semester of college. I have been a leader in my english class when i had to lead a class discussion. Well I am really looking foward to our next class together!!!!

Todays Class

We finally went over everyones highs and lows which is something we have not done in a while, so that was pretty fun. My plant does not seem to be growing so I do not know what is up with that, but I guess ill try watering it more. Today was a good discussion on leadership which is a quality that not everyone pocesses becuase leadership is everyones own definition of someone who takes control. Hopefully I can become more of a leader this semester.

PHSYCHED!

I'm actually excited for our picnic next Monday! I am just a little confused about the whole taking pictures of our plants. Can we post them here? Or how does that go? I'm also a little disappointed on how Mrs. Lopez does not reply to our e-mails. I'll probably get the answer from one of our classmates! Bon voyage!

No Class= September 6th...

I have no idea if we were suppose to blog for the class we missed during labor day but here it is since I can't find the other two blogs I missed...

Labor day was cool, I got to see our football team play against U of H since I live close to Houston. It was nice to see my family and my best friend since she stayed at home to go to a local college. It was nice to slowly transition but I was ready to leave as soon as I got to be home for a day because I felt like I should be home.

-CV

Class # ?

I don't know what class number we're on but today was a good class as usual. I liked hearing everyone's highs and low's because we haven't done that in a while. I am ready for a break, like everyone else. But we only have 7 more days after today! :] I have one more test this week and then regular class as usual so that's not too stressful.

Along the lines of our discussion, I don't think I have been a leader once this semester, but I was never really one in high school either. Well I was captain of the soccer team, but I never had to be forceful or yell, I pretty much did what I knew what was expected and did what I wanted to. We'll see how the rest of the year goes and whether or not I become a leader...

-Christi

11/15/10 and updates about my mint plant

So today we shared our highs and lows which is always fun and then we talked mainly about what it means to be a leader and what is leadership. I think everyone has had a leadership part at some part of their life some parts may seem bigger to others or more important but that doesn't really matter. Being a leader is so much more than having a high position in student council or being head of something. I agreed with the class when discussing that. There are so many opportunites everyday that students at Texas State can take advantage of to lead others but its up to us to take that stand.

My mint Plant
Sadly, I have not seen much of any growth on it so far. My plant is in a smaller pot than everyone elses and I recieved the same amout of seeds as the people who recieved a much larger pot than me. That could be a possible reason why my plants arent growing since they are crowded into a tiny pot. I'm not at all sure of how to take care of plants except doing the basics such as watering which I only do once a day since I do have a much smaller pot and less soil than everyone. I'm sure it will grow soon though.

Colin Beaven

Sorry this is really late Mrs. Lopez, but here is my blog on Colin Beaven.

I thought it would be sort of cool to hear Mr. Beaven talk, but he wasn't that great of a speaker. He was repetitive in his speech, his microphone was not on loud enough, so I could barely even hear what he was saying anyways, and everybody in the Gym were really loud. I was also near the top of the coliseum, so it made hearing him even harder. In short, I was a little disappointed of his speech. His book is not that bad, though.

Leadership

Hey Guys,

I'm really glad we got the time for the glass-boat ride all cleared up because I wasn't sure I was going to be able to go and now that I now I can, I'm really excited about it. I think it will be really interesting. Also, our talk about leadership was really great today. It was nice hearing everybody's view on what a leader is and all the different ways you can be a leader.

My Mint Plant

I've been opening my blinds every other day for it to get some sunlight. I've also been watering it when I remember. I'm afraid I might water it too much, because my "pot" (an empty orange juice bottle) doesn't have a hole in the bottom. After spending money on this plant, it better grow. If not, I will be very disappointed. I just realized I'm going to have to carry this plant with me during my 3 hour car ride home for Thanksgiving. hmm

-Meghan

Nov.15, 2010

Today in class was about the review of what is happening this coming weeks of school and we started it out with our high and lows for the week. I am excited about the picnic and the boat ride that we will be doing next week.Leadership was one of the topic we were discussing today and leadership doesn't have to be a title and could be a person just seeing something that needs to be done and taking the bull by its horns. There are ways to get involved and become a leader in the school and you just have to look around. I am super excited about Thanksgiving break to see the family and eat lots of food and not have to worry about school just for a couple of days. My plant has been getting plenty of sunlight and water and nothing is happening but I know it will soon and I am super thrilled!
Alright well that is all for now
See you in next class

Colin Beavin

So this is a way late post, but better late than never. I don't think Colin Beavin visiting really had an effect on Texas State. He just restated what was in his book. I was expecting to at least gain some knowledge that I hadn't already known. That didn't happen. Also, lots of students were being rude and talking and were only there to get credit for Seminar class. Although, if they were paying attention I think his speech would have still had the same effect: not much of one.

-Meghan

Today's Class

I enjoyed doing highs and lows today. We hadn't done in them in awhile. I'm also glad we got the times for the boat tour cleared up. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to go. Now I know that I can. :) I've been a leader in the past during high school when I was in Color Guard, but this year, I'm not sure I have been. Leadership to me is taking charge of something without being assigned to do it. Ex: Cheyenne.
Well I'm off to go make up my blog about Colin Beavin. I didn't know we had to blog specifically about him. Off I go!

-Meghan

The 8th of November

I am making up the 8th of November post: also in present tense.

Today we discussed diversity. It was interesting seeing all the different opinions on whether it is good or bad. I personally voted good. We are going to be planting out plants tonight at ten o'clock in laurel, should be pretty fun. We also discussed the picnic that is coming up in a couple of weeks. I decided that I would bring an appetizer. Haven't decided what yet, but I am a pretty good cook so who knows maybe I'll cook something.

Amtgard update: Saturday we went to End Reign. We say the new king of the Celestial Kingdom get crowned and we were introduced to the rest of Amtgard for the first time. All I can say is after that war I am in pain.

The 25th

Making up for the 25th blog post: also in present tense.

Today we went to Boko's living room and listened to several peoples autobiographies, including mine. I told everyone about my past, where im from ect., and I talked about the influences on my coming to Texas State and how I felt. I think I did pretty good all things considered. The rest of the presentations were insightful as well. I especially liked the ones that were made by hand.

Update for Amtgard: I have started work on making my armor. I am using 16 Oz. leather which I have dyed and I am going to braid the pieces together into a body, vambraces, and chaps. I hope it goes well.

The 18th

I am making up the 18th Blog here and im going to put it in present tense so as to not confuse myself.

So for class today we all met in the Boko's living room to hear peoples autobiographies. there were many different back grounds and plans for the future. It is clear that we are all from different places, although exactly where is not entirely known unless you ask. Many of the people who presented said that they were not planning on staying at Texas State for the whole of their college careers, which is an interesting deciscion.

On another note this is the week that I was nominated and voted on to become the Regent of the local Amtgard Shire. If anyone wants more details try to find me in person so as to not spam.

Make Up Blog Class One

I had trouble finding which class I did not blog about and I think I put two classes in one blog which did not count so I'll talk about the first class day again.

The first class day I was nervous because although I had gone to my class already, I did not know what to expect for this one. I wasn't sure how to describe the class U.S. seminar to my other friends who went to different schools, but after talking to my friend D'Laney who goes to UT she seems to have a similar class just over a really specific topic, that is sort of like our common experience here. Overall the first day of class was fun and I was excited to see what type of group project we would come up with.

-Christi

Colin Beavan

I forgot to blog about it after we went and heard him speak, so I'll do that now!

Okay so, needless to say I was really disappointed. I went back and read what other people said and they felt the same way I did.

One thing I really did not like was the fact that he kept telling us stories and stuff that were in his book. I know the reason why he was talking was because of his book, but we've already read his book! Why would we want to hear the same stories we've already read? I was expecting some new stories or updates or even what he used as toilet paper! Ha ha.

Just about the only thing I did like about him being there was when he said his daughter is doing okay. In the book, when they had those scares with her, I actually kind of teared up. It was really sad. I was so glad to hear that she is doing okay.

Chelsea Lovercamp

Leadership/Plants

Leadership is a very important thing in our society. There are bad leaders and good leaders. Unfortunatly, sometimes people follow the bad leaders, whether they know they are bad or not. For example, I think Hitler was a leader. A very BAD leader...but still people followed him. People follow other people very easily, so I think it is important for us to be careful of who we are following.

As for the planting thing, I'm eager for it to sprout! After giving money for the materials, painting the pot, and planting the seeds I am looking forward to seeing some seeds sprout up. I have been watering it once a day, or when the soil feels dry. I don't want to over water it. I have also been opening my blinds every day, not much sunlight gets in but I think that is good because I don't think it is supposed to have much sunlight. Hopefully something comes up soon!

Chelsea Lovercamp

Leadership

I liked our discussion in class over leadership. It's an important quality to obtain, especially for someone in my position. My position is in the Army National Guard and so it is my duty in many cases to not just be a good follower but a good leader. Since I am quite fresh my job doesn't stress the leadership role too much yet but thats what my purpose in the ROTC is specifically to learn leadership. At first its scary to take charge you want to be the role model your suppose to be but your only human you still make mistakes. It's those who bounce back from the mistakes are the ones who will make good leaders. I always told myself if you can swallow your pride and put your self on the line to admit what you did wrong people will admire you just for that exact reason. Leaders admit to when they need help even if the are normally the helpful ones. Great Class discussion I actually started writing this blog in class cause it couldn't wait. :)

Plant and Aquarena Center Educational Tour

Plant progress: I have been watering my plant 1-2 times a day, but I am not sure if that is a safe amount. I will probably just "google it."

Additionally, I feel that the Aquarena Center Educational Tour is not set at the best time. This is because someone posted that much of the class seems to be unavailable at that time. I would be available at that time, but I class at 10am. Perhaps we can sort this problem out in class today.

Only like 4 more weeks!!

Last week's class was interesting. I liked talking about diversity seeing that there are many diverse people in my life. Hearing the story about the group of black guys talking trash about white girls rreally kindof offended me because I'm in an interracial relationship and if I would have heard them talking I would deffinately of said something. I'm looking forward to today's class and everything we'll get to talk about. My plant is doing well but I cant tell if it's growing yet haha I named it chocolate chip like mint chocolate chip i know really original. well see you all in a bit!!

Ashley Kathleen :)

Mrs. Lopez,
I was finally able to get back on to the blog so here all my posts that I had posted on TRACS.

Planting Our Mint Plants
It was a good turnout at Laurel Hall Lobby when we all went to start to plant a new life of mint.
I hope that everyone's plant lives a long life and that our project is a success for all.
It was a little dirty with the soil and even with the newspaper I still somehow managed to make a mess but it was all worth it in the end.

11/8/10 Class
Our class discussion was very interesting today. It was about how our nation sees and views diversity. Some people embrace diversity and see it as a positive impact and others see it negatively and some even see diversity as being neutral like myslef. I see it as neutral because good things and bad things come to my mind when diversity comes up. I see people being hurt and discriminated and left outcasted because of where their background is and where their family comes from.
Then I see people growing in understanding and growing in friendships and accepting more of others of their cultures and such by helping move our country forward. We read 3 different selections about diversity. One that my group read was about a gay guy who feels discriminated by his sexuality. Our class made some points of how diversity plays a role in our world in different ways.

Autobiographies Day 2
Today was the second day of only autobiographies at Boko's Living Room at LBJ. It was nice knowing where people came from and their views and decisions about keeping the earth green. Even though I still didn't get to present, I hope I do as well and a good of a job as everyone in my class did today.

Autobiographies Day1
Today was the very first day where people get to present their presentations of mainly powerpoints to the class about their lives and their views about sustainability. I got several ideas from some people of how to be sustainable. Next week we will continue to present our autobiographies and I hope to learn more about my peers. We also are still in the process with our class project getting closer. Also, we discussed today about our class lunch we will be having together soon. I personally wouldn't mind getting some pizza.

Class Project
In class we mainly talked and discussed a big chunk about our class project and how we are going to set it up on our own as a class. We finally came down to the decision in class of planting a plant in front of Laurel Hall.
I don't really notice the landscaping of many buildings but I would'nt mind if something was done to Laurel or at least helped to make it look better. And knowing I was part of planting something there will always be there for my memory. The majority of us came together in the lobby of Laurel last night and came down to the nitty gritty details of our class project. The cost is pretty low so im pretty happy about that.

Im blogging about the mint plant I planted :( iv yet to see any progress I sure hope it didnt die.
Oh and on a side note , we need to discuss why the boat tour is not suring our classtime. More than half the class if not all of the students in class have classes at nine and would be unable to make it to the boat tour. I find this rediculously unfair consindering we have been waiting and looking forward to this trip all year long only to find out we cannot go???

Plants and Diversity

First off: planting. last monday we all got together around ten in laurel and planted. We all devided into groups of five (or tried too) and together put dirt into our painted pots, then we put some seeds into the dirt. I have been watering mine on a decent schedule so as to not flood it. But alas there is no plant yet of course.

In our last class we also talked about diversity. There were several reading about diversity which gave light to some different sides of diversity. One question came up: is diversity a good thing. I believe that the fact that there is even a concept of diversity is what causes all the different racial problems and the like. What I mean is why can't we just be different people together? Why do we have to be diverse? Diversity is a good thing. But how long are we going to be diverse before the diversity is the norm and the idea of diversity dies away? We are all human and that should be enough.

Diversity

In our last class, we discussed the topic of diversity. This topic has mixed opinions regarding various things about it, such as whether or not diversity is good.

Diversity can be like a double-edged sword. It is good in the sense that diversity often promotes understanding and interesting new ideas. However, it is also bad in that diversity can become the grounds for possibly violent adaption processes for those who are not used to today's diversity.

This topic made me think of how far the United States has come in racial equality since the slave trades. Who, back then, would have thought that we would one day have a black president? :) Regardless of whether or not one likes our current president, I keep in mind that it is an amazing feat to have come this far in racial equality.

Planting!

So we have finally planted our seeds and so far nothing has happened to mine ): I know its a little to soon to hp[e that anything will grow but a girl can dream. I am kind of excited about having a plant in my room. I used to garden with my mother all the time back home so its like taking a little peice of that to college with me. I hope mine sprouts soon!

yes

We finally planted the other day, it was pretty cool and easy. This picnic idea that we have looks like it's going to be good. Class was interesting because I liked our discussion about diversity in society and if people think its negative or positive. It lets us know the opinions of others on the subject and what not.

This Week

This week's class I wasn't very active in participating, not because of the discussion on diversity but because I was worried about a test I was about to take. That night I attended a performance of All Shook Up because I have a few friends in it. And it is fantastic! Unfortunately, this meant I had to miss planting with everyone but my little plant is now in its pot in my room.

I'm not exactly sure what frequency I should be watering it though, so we'll see how this goes.

Planting

I enjoyed hearing people's opinions about diversity and the positive/negative effect it has on society. I am one of the ones that views it as a neutral subject. It really depends on the person discussing it, if they see it as positive or negative. Also, I didn't quite understand why we had to stay after to present. I was looking forward to telling everyone about my life and I only got to tell the select few. We planted our mint plants on monday and I broke my actual pot, so I had to use an orange juice bottle. Hopefully it'll grow! :)

-Meghan

Class 11/8

Class was very interesting this week! I really liked talking about diversity because its one of the things that truly effect us each day in life. Also, I was able to give my speech after class so i'm glad i was able to get that done with and out of the way! I'm also very glad we were able to plant our mint plants last night. However, i am very worried about mine surviving! I have nooo idea how often i'm supposed to water it, but i'm putting it in the sun like i'm supposed to! Oh well, i'll try my hardest! Cant wait until next class though! :)

diversity

I thought that our discussion or diversity in class yesterday was very relevent to our class as college freshmen. I think that it is important to talk about topics that bring about controversy because part of being in college and being on your own is forming your own opinions about prevelent topics in todays society.

We are so fortunate to live in a time where things are talked about much more openly than in past generations. From my experience, our generation as a whole is much more accepting of differences and different opinions, which is awesome :)

siembra (planting) y clase numero nueve

hello everyone... :)
class yesterday wasn't bad, i think it's really awesome that we discuss topics/issues in class that we are surrounded by everyday. it makes the class interesting, because we learn about things that pertain to us (unlike any of our other classes.) november the 22nd is going to be SWEET, a potluck lunch and friends makes for a wonderful afternoon.
i don't know about all of you BUT i really enjoy listening to others talk about their life and what they plan to do with it once they graduate. maybe that could be the class discussion for that date, just throwing that out there.
planting last night was also fun. i've never planted anything before so this can be the first. thank goodness we(cheyenne) chose mint because mint is yummy. um... i really wish the whole class would've shown up for this "group" project. it was super awesome for mrs. lopez to show up! it's neat spending time with the teacher outside of the classroom.
that is all i have for this blog post.
later.
♥

Class number...9? [11/8/2010]

So class today was pretty cool. We're back to normal in the good 'ole classroom. I enjoyed the discussion about diversity. It's interesting to hear other people's point of views about this controversial topic. The readings are a bit weird, I feel like they are kind of awkward stories sometimes...I'd rather just start talking about our lives and how everyone else grew up and how they have personally been affected by a certain topic. But, I'm assuming we have to read the book for the seminar curriculum... And I presented my autobiography today after class, that was actually not that bad. Maybe because we are all pretty comfortable with each other now and there was like 10 people in there =)
For our picnic, Mrs. Lopez asked us to think of topics to discuss. And it's kind of hard to think of something that the whole class would enjoy talking about. I think that one topic could be discussing our selected majors and what brought us to choose those particular ones and what career we plan on using those degrees for. But I'm sure a lot of people in our class are General Studies because we are freshman and that is very common to have not chosen a major yet. So I don't know if that would work well for a full discussion but it was just an idea.
Thank you Mrs. Lopez for posting our grades so far. I don't know about everyone else but I really appreciate seeing my grades and trying to figure out if I will make an A or what to do to get there. I'm a natural planner so I really hate surprises...well, unless it's a diamond ring. Or a big cake, those I will welcome.
And thank you to everyone who came out to plant tonight, especially Mrs. Lopez. I think we all appreciate that you came since you live off campus in a total different town and you have a family. I'm sure it's pretty difficult to fit anything in, so it means a lot that you really got involved in this project too!

-Cheyenne

WOOOOOOO

So class today was pretty cool. I'm glad i got to share my experience with the whole diversity thing. I like the fact that we can all pretty much relate and talk freely about diversity. The whole planting thing was fun too! I hope my plant grows fast. And I am also glad Mrs. Lopez came to our lobby! I found that pretty awesome and cool of her to come. See you all next monday! Toodles

Todays class was pretty interesting learning about diversity and I think diversity has a pretty neutral effect on people. It has opened my eyes to new ideas and different aspects of diversity. I can not wait to plant the mints in my pot tonight so that I can have a plant in my dorm. I am also excited for our class lunch and I am bringing an appetizer!
Alright well I guess that is it for now until the next class

11/8 CLASS

So I missed todays class because I got the time mixed up...I thought class started at 1:30, when in fact started at 12:30. but from the blogs I have read, it sounds like we talked about diversity, which is an interesting topic. Texas State is a very diverse campus, and i love it. I think it is very important to get to know other people with different backgrounds and cultures than your own. when i showed up to class at 1:30 students were presenting their projacts so I stayed and watch them present. I will be presenting on the 22nd of this month, because we didn't have time to get to mine today. i am looking foward to seeing everyone tonight at 10pm to plant our plants!!!

Follow Up from Today's Class on 11/8

The semester is flying by so fast and we will be at December 6th before we know it.

Thank you to those who participated in today's discussion about Diversity. There is so much to discuss and it's hard to cram it into a 30 minute block of time. For those who shared, I appreciate your courage in sharing with the class.

Here are some updates for this week:

• Course Grades: On TRACS, I have entered the points each of you has to this point. I also tried to add comments if there is a need to explain. The total points for the course are 575 (I removed the Common Experience speaker from November 4th). When you look at the course grade, don't freak out. There are only Cs, Ds and Fs at this point, because you don't have all of your points earned. You can view the points you have received to date by going to the Gradebook (to the left on TRACS site) and it will even break it down to each assignment and how many points you received. If you have questions, please let me know. Areas where the class has missed points are: blogging each week (I checked both TRACS and Blogger.Com), Not typing your comments about Colin Beavan on the blog, Missing Experiential Activities (you have til the end of the term to accumulate your 50 points, and the Group Project (these 40 points are not assigned, yet).  Many of you are on track for an A or B, if you will continue submitting blogs, attending class, participating in class and completing the experiential activities.
• I am debating some opportunities for extra credit. For those who have submitted a Student Success Plan and Resume (which is only a handful), you will receive an extra point to the final grade. It is not too late to submit these two items.
• Class Picnic - On 11/22, we will meet out on the grassy area, but the Theather building. Bring a blanket, if you like, and a beverage. If the weather is not conducive to us meeting there that morning, I will send a message to y'all and we will meet in the classroom. I have the following people listed in each category (please bring enough to feed 5 to 6 people) -
• Appetizer: Ashley, Jackie, Michael, Keith, Sagar and Kendra
• Side Dish: Chelsea L., Jessie Nydia, John N., Logan, Cheyenne and Jordyn
• Salad: Brooke S., John J., Cameron and Maggie
• Dessert: Melissa, Christi, Natalie, Chelsea B., Cassandra, Stephanie and Megan
• Pizza, Paper Products and trash bags: Michelle Lopez
• How are your other classes going? - I hope that things are going well, but if you are not achieving the grade you wanted, it's still not too late to try and pick it up. Talk to your professor or TA, go to the study sessions they sponsor, go to SLAC, ask for help. I will be happy to try and coach you through that.

Have a great week!