Since we didn't have class last week I didn't know if we are supposed to do a blog today or not. However, I decided that I would do it since it wouldn't hurt posting something short. This weekend we have the chance of retaking the Grammar Quiz which is SUPER nice. I love that we have a second opportunity to take that beast of an exam.
Retaking the exam not only gives us a chance to get a better score but it also helps us get the rules stuck more in our heads. Therefore, this is why I'm glad we have the opportunity to take it again because it helps me remember the rules and hopefully apply them to my writing.
This class is great because of how much it will help us with so many important things in our lives. I hope I will be able to remember these rules and be a better writer.
To end on a happy note I wanted to post a funny video on grammar... So here you go!
It's the time we all dreaded... Presenting.
I'm excited to learn how to present and to get better at it; however, I don't want to actually go through the presenting part. Knowing myself, and how I do when I present, I know it will all go downhill. I hope that it won't, but I know it can because of how nervous I get.
I like the whole "react" thing online. I feel like this is going to be a huge benefit to us. But then again, I'm nervous to see the millions of things that I will need to fix with my presenting.
It will take us awhile to get used to presenting, but I'm sure that by the end of this class we will all have miraculously improved for the better. Already, I'm learning so much. Hopefully I will learn and apply the things I'm learning to improve my presenting.
All in all, being a good speaker definitely takes practice and hard work. I think one thing I will have to work on this semester is making sure I know my stuff. I want to practice a lot before I present so I won't freeze up when I get in front of the class. I feel like rehearsing it through a lot will benefit my presenting skills a lot and help me not use those terrible filler words.
So, um, uh, ya, k, alright... You're burning up, sweating everywhere on your body. But strangely you are cold as ice and starting to go numb. Your voice shakes, and you notice your whole body is too. In your mind you are screaming, "What is this? Why am is my body reacting like this? I'm trying so hard to not have a nervous break down, but my body is not helping in any way."
Ever feel like this kid when you get up in front of an audience? I'm sure this has happened to us more than once, but hopefully not as bad. You get so nervous that you can't even talk, and don't remember anything you say. Therefore, you start using those filler words. It's a terrible thing we humans do, but we can't help it.
I had a job interview this week and was so disappointed in myself because of how many times I said the word "um". But the good thing was, that I recognized it right off the bat and tried to stop it as best as I could.
My goal for this class it to be able to make it through an entire presentation without using filler words, as well as not getting nervous. I will do this by going up there in confidence, knowing that the audience wants me to do my best and that they care about what I say. I will do breathing exercises to relax myself. Then I will say a little prayer to help me remember what I need to say, because prayer always works.
Anyway, stop being a nervous wreck like this little kid and gain some confidence in yourself. Come prepared and you will do a good job. Find a way where you can get all the nervous feelings out, and you will do fine. Good luck everyone on your presentations!
Grammar can be so funny sometimes. I wanted to find a funny picture for grammar and found this. The girls in this class will definitely appreciate it.
Anyway, good luck everyone on the Grammar Exam this weekend. It wasn't too bad. Just kidding. Who can ever say Grammar is easy?
But hey, we all love grammar right? That's why we spent a month learning about it in class. I kind of just decided to suck it up and take it because it is going to be a huge benefit to me in the future. Who knows, maybe we all will become grammar Natzis in our family. But for reals, this will definitely help us in our future life. Whether that be in getting a good job, or just making us sound smarter.
I like the sound of both of those. Therefore, I want to be able to have really well written sentences so in the future, it just comes naturally. I think this class will definitely help with this and so I'm going to remember these grammar rules we have learned and use them in our papers; instead of throwing the information out once we take the test.
Networking
is a key activity that is not only fun, but critical to your personal growth
and business development. There are so many networking benefits, because all it
does is help you out. When you make friends with people who have been
successful in your career, they can help you know what to avoid and what to do
to get where they are. They also can help in giving
good recommendations or they can even lead you to a good
start somewhere. It's all about connecting with the people and seeing what
the two of you can do for each other.
Networking results in opportunities. If you
continue to keep going to business events then people will start recognizing
you. They will become more comfortable with you around, and sooner or later
opportunities will come.
I've learned my whole life about how important it
is to know people. I remember in high school, I had a teacher who would explain
this to our class over and over again. He explained how this friend he had in
college referred him to this one job, then someone else he knew referred him to
a internship, and sooner or later he was able to get where he is today. He
explained that it all had to do with the people I knew. The more people you
know, and like you, the more success you will have in the career force. Therefore, I want to try and do the extra credit assignment and go out there and try to known and recognized. I know this will help me get to know people who can help me within my career.
So, this blog thing ... I am not too good at it and I am not too excited about it because I can't do it. But then I decided to look at the brighter side of it and thought, maybe our teacher is right. Maybe this blog will benefit me in my future. Thinking about this I decided to deal with it and actually do a good job with it. Maybe I'll do some research on how to make a blog look cool and do it. Who knows, maybe I'll create something cool.
This week we learned about Punctuation. I am terrible at punctuation, and always have been. It just doesn't make sense where to put commas, how colons and hyphens work. However, I think I learned a little more with our punctuation quiz that we took (totally bombed it). All in all, I'm looking forward to the receiving the benefits of this class.
With that said, here is my blog class! It is a work in progress but I will get it to look awesome don't you worry. I hope at least.
