AT Exercise 7.6

Scale 1

I prefer quiet and time to consider things

I prefer doing mental work privately before talking

I prefer to understand something before trying it

I prefer to others do a task and to see the results

I want to know what other people expect of me

2 for E 3 for I

Scale 2

I usually pay more attention to experience and what something is

I prefer to use my imagination to come up with different ways and possibilities to do things

I like to solve new problems.  I dislike doing the same thing over again

I enjoy using old skills already learned more than new skills

I am impatient with details and don't mind complicated situation

2 for S 3 for N

Scale 3

I prefer to use logic when making decisions

I expect to be treated with justice and fairness

I am usually aware of others people's feelings

I can get along with little or no harmony among people

I often can predict how others will feel

3 for T 2 for F

Scale 4

I prefer to make a plan and have things settled out and decided ahead of time

I prefer to make things come out the way they ought to be

I prefer to finish one project before the starting of another

I usually have my mind made up and may decide things too quickly

I live by making changes to deal with problems as they come along

4 for J 1 for P

Scale 1-Introversion

Scale 2-Intuition

Scale 3-Thinking

Scale 4-Judging

IITJ

Music List #4

1. "You Shock Me All Night Long" by AC/DC.

2. "Are You Experienced?" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

3. "The Joker" by The Steve Miller Band.

4. "Smoke Two Joints" by Sublime

5. "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd

"Comfortably Numb" is my favorite song on this list for no particular reason other than I love to listen to it.  Whenever I hear it on the radio, I have to stop what I am doing and listen to it as well as mouth the words.

Talking About Drugs

Going to college can open people up to a new world of education, friends, and drugs and/or other paraphernalia.  Regardless of your personal view on drugs, many people in college use drugs; albeit a simple cup of coffee or cocaine.  The personal vices of people influence who they hang out with and how they act.  In most normal social circles, coffee, cigarettes, and marijuana are all relatively acceptable.  In my family, everyone drinks coffee.  My brother started drinking coffee at the age of 4 and still does it to this day at all times of the day.  I will never drink coffee habitually as I believe that one day it will be found that coffee will cause cancer or something else bad.  Cigarettes are also a very common drug used by people.  Both my brothers now smoke cigarettes and I know many people who smoke cigarettes.  I once again do not, though.  They make me sick.  I used to smoke cigars, but not anymore.  I know many people who smoke marijuana.  By my perspective, that is fine, but I understand the opposition against it.  The less sociable acceptably drugs would be cocaine, speed, acid, and shrums to name a few.  In general, these are drugs that are seen as more serious and possibly dangerous.

Peer Mentor Seminar

I went to the seminar on test anxiety.  Honestly, I went just because I had to.  I really do not have test anxiety problems.  I am usually very calm going into a test or very excited at the most.  Though, the seminar offered many facts about test taking and the effect it had on people.  A key point presented was that everyone needs to have stress.  Without it, people would never do anything, but with too much stress, a person can become ill or have panic attacks.  It is important to find the balance of stress in all our lives.  The middle path is the best way to go when it comes to regarding stress.  I learned some of the physical ailments one can get from  stress and I a little shocked.  I know the basics such as sweaty palms, negative thoughts, and stomach aches.  I was surprised to learn that one could actually vomit from stress.  In the seminar, we played a game of tic tac toe and had to answer questions about stress to get to mark the spot we wanted.  Unfortunately, no one won the game, but in the process, we learned a lot of information.  I was pleased with the way the seminar went and how it was presented.  The best part of the whole thing though, had to be when everyone said their names and why they had come.  Just about everybody said it was to satisfy a muse class requirement.

Study Tip #6

When studying for a test, try speaking the notes to yourself out loud.  Repeat them three times.

Four Year Plan

The next four years of my life are still a little up in the air, but I have chosen a path for which I will follow, at least for this essay.  As of now, I am a Business/Marketing major, but I see myself switching to advertising in the coming semester.  I have found that every time I envision myself doing "business", I see myself unhappy, in a cubical.  I cannot be in a profession where this is my environment everyday and I do not really get to use any of my creative ideas.  It is for this reason that I plan to switch my major to Advertising.  In this major, I have to take 40 units from the JMC, Journal and Mass Communication, and 80 units from outside the JMC.  Along with that are some classes that I will have to take for example MCOM 72, MCOM 100, MCOM 101, and MCOM 111.  MCOM 111 is very important as it an internship that will become to me my junior year.  After completing this class, the class ADV 129 Campaigns becomes available for me to take.  Also, within this major, I can take the creative track or the management track.  I would take the creative track as it would suit me better and this means that I would take the classes ENGL 71.  I have several classes I can take in the Advertising department, but sadly I cannot take all of them as their is not enough time.  Actually, as of now, it would be impossible for me to graduate in four years going at the pace I'm going now.  Even if I took more units, it cannot be done unless I start taking classes in the summer, as I plan to do if I can.  I still have to meet with my advisor about the switch in majors, but at this point, in my mind I am no longer a business major

note to self #1

remember to do AT homework

Music Memories #2

I e-mailed my mom the question about her music memories as a child and how they changed as she became older.  She said that the first music she listened to was her parents as come to think of it, so was it for me as well.  She use to listened to classical music until rock n' roll came.  She really liked the fact that it got everyone dancing.  The first rock artist she remembers was Chubby Checkers for the song "the Twist".  As she grew up in the sixties, there was a lot of music that was coming in and the music she enjoyed the most was the Beetles.  She also grew up listening to bands like Simon and Garfunkle, Carol King, Judy Collins mainly because they were groups yo could get up and dance to.  She even saw Miles Davis and was blown away.  this same music is still what she listens to along with some modern groups like Regina Spector, Fiest, and Frou Frou.  Lyrics are very important to her as she likes to sing them often.  Even though her family, my family, are not very big dancers, she still enjoys to sing and listen to music that her family listen to as it is good music.  And to this day, her favorite band is still the Beetles as it is that she knows every word to all the songs.

Study Tip #5

This maybe a very specific case, but I was just on an airplane and realized that it is a perfect place to study.  There is a constant hum of either the engines or the people which creates a white noise which if you are like me is perfect for studying.