Blog #6 OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

When Maria Cardenas said, “Stand on their own two feet” is because she gives support and attention to her students to live stronger and overcome trials in life despite hardships. According to Maria “But unlike me, they do not sit in the back of the classroom, scared and ignored. Unlike me, they do not hear that they will never do more than travel the country picking crops. They are growing up knowing that, like their teacher, they can stand on their two feet.” For instance, the students do not live what Maria lived, But now she encourage them to persist in their dreams no matter the adversity. Hence each child need emotional security, someone who trust them and encourages them to fulfill their goals.

I grew up very close to my family, thinking that the world was small and easy to handle, unlike when I came to the United States the protection I had in my family disappeared. Also new challenges like the college, because I did not understand the language. But live in a new family it is complicated; As well as understand new ideologies and different customs. Finally work because I had never worked, and I did not know how to defend myself or just take small breaks to drink water. Definitely worth it because I am learning a language so I have new opportunities and more likely to meet my goals. Next, learn from others as I am learning from each member of my family, get used to their ways of acting and thinking. I have met people and friends at work who have taught me many things such as taking breaks as a leader starting by guiding myself. This brings me to appreciate the value of every detail in life, such as friends, family, work, school each with its own difficulties. I feel satisfice, because I am still learning English and I never want to stop learning, and to show others that I can really stay in the college and working at the same time I am a living example that if you can still not have the sufficient resources economic to pay, but with effort is possible. Finally my family supported me and I feel better every time in the United States, although I still miss another part of the family in El Salvador. I have new friends and that makes me understand many morphs of acting and different ways of relating to each other. Again it is important to overcome each difficulty and have the support of someone important, when it is most needed, to be strong and move on.

BLOG 5:  ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA ACCORDING TO “THE WISTER TRUE”.

The video have different opinions with one same point about the internet and how this affect the society. Also the experienced professionals, and recognized for having worked among the most famous internet companies. The testimonies, and the reflection about the use of social networks is very important and has to be treated with great precision. This video emphasizes the addiction problems caused by the misuse of social media and why it is difficult to evade them.

The video “The twister true” by Steven Bartlett. Awareness about the addiction to social media is slowly destroying the fabric of the society. Steven Kotler (Author and Co-founder of flow Genome project) said: “That´s and an addictive behavior and it´s dopamine that is driving that addiction.” For instance the social media effect and interferes the most important aspect in our life without the realizing. Thus the pleasure and comfortable feelings what the social media produce that sometimes leads to uncontrolled use.

The programmers have designed tools for access, share and hole personal information for grab the receiver attention and how addiction of social media is slowly destroying the fabric of society. Such as Chamath Palihatiya said. “I don´t have a good solution you know my solution is just don´t use these tools anymore. I have it for year’s it´s created huge tension with my friend’s huge tension in my social circle…” Chamath Palihatiya is ex- programmer of Facebook, CEO funded of Social Capita, also member and property of Golden State Warriors, and Technology Health Care education. Made emphasis in that Social Media affect the connectivity between the personal behavior and the rest of the world. Also Social Media influence performance and Goals.

The slowly destruction of the society is the attractive world of the network which capture our attention and the problem of the limited use limit. Steven Kottler said: “You know essentially putting highly addictive drugs into hands of kids before then any natural defenses.” Irresponsibility and comfortability that´s easy to find on social media. But this bring with it a broad and dangerous effects. There should be a limit about how can connect to the technology, because the internet is so delicious that is easy forgot the broad and risk.

The addiction to social media is slowly destroying the fabric of the society. Learn how to use social media properly and raise awareness about use of social media. In particular I see the unreality in social media. Some people use this for work and that´s appropriate. But if we try to solve our feelings and reactions to these media in a new way good result going to be reflect. The representation about our life in social media has no value.

10/1/18

Between Four Weeks

By Ingrid Berenice Arevalo Aguilar

The last four weeks have been a new challenge and brought with it numerous important decisions. In the beginning I felt afraid of taking the READ class, but now I see it as a new worthwhile challenge. I feared the READ class because English is not my first language and I do not often read in English. While mathematics requires patience and dedication, my fear about MATH was not the same as in READ. However, I always found an excellent motivation and determination to do my best. No matter what happens around me, even if I did not know how. To paraphrase what the professor Kevin stills said. "That in order to become good at something we have to practice."  For instance, that practice will be part of a new learning process rather than just passing the classes.

The troublesome of adaptation at the beginning of the semester started because of work forty hours at Chick Fil A, which frustrated me. For that reason, I fought for several weeks to reach a more flexible work schedule. Therefore, studying made me felt enthusiastic, but I reached a time when my grades went down. The time to tried new strategies has begun. I know that an adequate method to be sure in classes is striving for A´s. But how to achieve this if you do not understand the classes? I understood studying means sacrificing comfort and those changes are a positive reflection academically. Having new methods of study and solving problems helps me work towards goals in a better way.

I know that with the help of God the most difficult challenges can be achieved. And God gives special people to help like my parents because, even though I cannot receive too much financial help. They can do what is in their hands. And I appreciate that.

Contrary to all this. I attend less to church. Eventually, that leads me to listen to online sermons, searching for new solutions and to identify my problems. Concurrently new challenge lead me to implement new strategies.

Readings becomes less difficult and much easier to understand because. As a result, the effort is always worth it. I want in the next few weeks to implement the following: although much adapt my work schedule in less hours, make time to study in campus facilities, write more to improve my writing, and seek help whenever I need. Math and Read classes have become a challenge that excites me to see my efforts reflected in the next months. As I have well as achieved in the last four weeks. 

The effort of each day rewarded in our achievements. In conclusion, try to reach excellent grades, and a motivation. Staff to achieve goals are struggles that I  has to learn to confront. Now, fear for the READ class has become a considerable satisfaction, because I  can see my achievements.