Thursday, February 28, 2008
Academic Plan
As a young man I didn’t really know why I was being forced to go to college. Specially the first community college that I was at and left from to go to Butler County Community College, dashed my enthusiasm that I had when I graduated from Cypress Creek High in Orlando, Fl. I just wanted to go to college just to have control of my own life by doing stuff that I wanted to do with out an older adult telling me what I have to do, how to dress, what time I have to be on campus and est. I don’t really know weather or not if I’m going to stay at Butler long enough to graduate with an AA in Mass Communication. I am planning on studying mass communication to be able to work in a radio station, or for a television company witch ever one that has the opening, but I want to work for a radio station so I can DJ. When I have the required amount of credits and GPA (grade point average) I want to transfer back to Florida and probably go to University of South Florida, Florida State University, or University of Miami. If I had to go to a college out of Florida I am interested in going to Clemson, University of Georgia, and Kentucky. I mostly pick those schools because I also play football and those are the schools I grew up watching their football teams on ESPN.
Butler Resources/ Online Databases
The Butler online database is a wonderful resource to find specific subject for any assignment, especially 4 this assignment it was very easy to get a story on drinking alcohol using opposing viewpoints. The story was only a few clicks on the mouse away. The tough part was going thru all the stories and picking just one, it took me only 5 minutes to get to the stories and a few minutes to pick a story. It also made my time easy because we had a guest come to our class that had showed us everything on the online database. To get to the online database by going to your pipeline account, then click on the library database tab on the top of your pipeline account, then you could find plenty of databases to get what you are looking for, you can even get a printed version of your work cited by choosing the citation machine, then just need the article or book you was looking at to get the information to type into the places where they are asking for. It is an easy process to get an assignment work cited and all you have to do is just print it out, it works for books, articles, and online books. If we didn’t have our guest come in and show us about these resources and how to us it I would have had a hard time to do reports for my other classes, even though I came from another college that had similar database but it was more complicated and their was no one to show how to use it to our advantage.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Academic Honesty
Plagiarism is the act of using someone’s words or work as your own with out citing the original author.
There are plenty of reasons students resort to academic dishonesty, a one reason is academic pressure to be successful in school. When u see your parents they probably talking to you on how your younger siblings or relatives are doing in school, like they talk to u saying how some one has all A’s and they proud of them for it making u feel like you’re a failure. Another reason is time, if you have poor time management is a reason for academic dishonesty, putting of work to do other activities and going out having fun without remembering about a test or assignment until one of your classmates remind u about the assignment a few hours before the class leaving you not enough time to work on the assignment leaving u with another option on how to get it done by copying someone else’s work. Pressure is the most powerful reason that leads people to cheat or plagiarism on an assignment, when you feel like the whole world is on your shoulder to perform to everyone’s expectations.
There are plenty of ways a student can maintain academic integrity and avoid dishonesty issues. A student could go to the teacher and ask questions about the assignment if they don’t understand it, they also could manage their time by breaking up the assignment that you have to turn in by the day you are given the work by the day it is due. Another way is to have a study partner that would help u understand the material, knowing the material would lead to the student not having to cheat. Here are some ways on not to plagiarize.
There are plenty of reasons students resort to academic dishonesty, a one reason is academic pressure to be successful in school. When u see your parents they probably talking to you on how your younger siblings or relatives are doing in school, like they talk to u saying how some one has all A’s and they proud of them for it making u feel like you’re a failure. Another reason is time, if you have poor time management is a reason for academic dishonesty, putting of work to do other activities and going out having fun without remembering about a test or assignment until one of your classmates remind u about the assignment a few hours before the class leaving you not enough time to work on the assignment leaving u with another option on how to get it done by copying someone else’s work. Pressure is the most powerful reason that leads people to cheat or plagiarism on an assignment, when you feel like the whole world is on your shoulder to perform to everyone’s expectations.
There are plenty of ways a student can maintain academic integrity and avoid dishonesty issues. A student could go to the teacher and ask questions about the assignment if they don’t understand it, they also could manage their time by breaking up the assignment that you have to turn in by the day you are given the work by the day it is due. Another way is to have a study partner that would help u understand the material, knowing the material would lead to the student not having to cheat. Here are some ways on not to plagiarize.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Time Management
Poor time management make me feel angry, when I have a assignment that I could get an excellent grade on that I put off till a day before it’s due. Doing that causes me to get a lower grade then I could of gotten if I would of done the assignment they same day I got the information on it. Due to that I would have to cram and rush to get the assignment done after I push it off to have fun instead.
When my time is managed I feel like more of my concentration was put to the assignment and not on distractions. A step that I picked up in managing my time well is to write the assignment on a planner or day book. Then start the ground work for the assignment like find sources, information, and materials. Then when I gather the information for the assignment I should start work on it, instead of waiting till the night before. This way I can make corrections on it and I could take my time working on it so that it could be proofed before I turn it in.
Now that I am in College my time managing had gotten poor compared to when I was in High school, but after being in college for a few semesters reality started hitting me, time don’t wait for no one. I’m starting to see progress in my time management now that I have no friends around me to o out with and away from my family y main source of my distraction. I feel that I have matured when it comes down to making judgments in my life.
When my time is managed I feel like more of my concentration was put to the assignment and not on distractions. A step that I picked up in managing my time well is to write the assignment on a planner or day book. Then start the ground work for the assignment like find sources, information, and materials. Then when I gather the information for the assignment I should start work on it, instead of waiting till the night before. This way I can make corrections on it and I could take my time working on it so that it could be proofed before I turn it in.
Now that I am in College my time managing had gotten poor compared to when I was in High school, but after being in college for a few semesters reality started hitting me, time don’t wait for no one. I’m starting to see progress in my time management now that I have no friends around me to o out with and away from my family y main source of my distraction. I feel that I have matured when it comes down to making judgments in my life.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Community Service
Homelessness is a major problem in society in America and in the world.
The National Coalition for the Homeless had three panelist who once was and one still is homeless to talk to a group on how they ended up to be homeless, they showed that not everyone who is homeless is homeless because they do drugs, one of the panelist ran away from an abusive relationship an decided to take a bus to get away from her pain and then she be came homeless learning how to survive from other homeless people A quote from Francine Triplett” Being homeless is no joke." Another panelist John Harrison’s story on how he be came homeless and still is homeless is a cautionary story that just having a job that pays you just enough to buy a house and survive is nothing if u don’t have a higher education. As John Harrison told the group anything can happened an they could be homeless like him, getting layed off from his job after it was bought by another company, his house cough on fire and burned down and with out a higher education he was un employable and out on the streets homeless without friends to help him on his time of need because he lived a solitary life. John was quoted telling the group that this gave him a “rude awakening.” The third panelist
Willie Woods he spoke of "growing up too fast" was a young teen when he wanted his independence and left home after going to reform school he didn’t want to return home and ended up on the streets learning nothing better but drugs, and alcohol abuse. As a young teen his future was bleak with out a high school diploma. His mother helped him get into the Marine corp. bet in his own words “screwed up” he spent 12 more years on the streets stealing and doing what ever he needed to get thru. He started connecting with people to help him survive and got his GED through a shelter and got married to a preacher and now he is in college at the age of 54.
These people all have one thing in common when they was homeless. They where treated like they didn’t exists. They felt like when they was on the street they say “hello” and never get a response back, and that was the one thing they said over money and shelter that they would of like that people would of acknowledge that they are their and they are human beings. Michael O'Neill from the National Coalition for the Homeless says an easy ways for a person to help. "You don't have to give money. Just say hello." He also talked about a plan to help the homeless called CAVE-ing (Contribute, Advocate, Volunteer, and Educate). Any one can help the homeless by donating money, blankets to shelters, donating canned foods to food banks, and also volunteer time at a shelter helping out. Even children can help out homeless buy donating their toys and clothes they don’t used to homeless children, and also ask their parents to help at a homeless shelter by go make friends with homeless children and go play with them because being homeless is a stressful experience. Besides you don’t know why they are homeless it could be from a natural disaster, to lack of affordable healthcare, domestic violence, and lack of affordable housing. Plus just a small number of homeless people chosen to be homeless.
The National Coalition for the Homeless had three panelist who once was and one still is homeless to talk to a group on how they ended up to be homeless, they showed that not everyone who is homeless is homeless because they do drugs, one of the panelist ran away from an abusive relationship an decided to take a bus to get away from her pain and then she be came homeless learning how to survive from other homeless people A quote from Francine Triplett” Being homeless is no joke." Another panelist John Harrison’s story on how he be came homeless and still is homeless is a cautionary story that just having a job that pays you just enough to buy a house and survive is nothing if u don’t have a higher education. As John Harrison told the group anything can happened an they could be homeless like him, getting layed off from his job after it was bought by another company, his house cough on fire and burned down and with out a higher education he was un employable and out on the streets homeless without friends to help him on his time of need because he lived a solitary life. John was quoted telling the group that this gave him a “rude awakening.” The third panelist
Willie Woods he spoke of "growing up too fast" was a young teen when he wanted his independence and left home after going to reform school he didn’t want to return home and ended up on the streets learning nothing better but drugs, and alcohol abuse. As a young teen his future was bleak with out a high school diploma. His mother helped him get into the Marine corp. bet in his own words “screwed up” he spent 12 more years on the streets stealing and doing what ever he needed to get thru. He started connecting with people to help him survive and got his GED through a shelter and got married to a preacher and now he is in college at the age of 54.
These people all have one thing in common when they was homeless. They where treated like they didn’t exists. They felt like when they was on the street they say “hello” and never get a response back, and that was the one thing they said over money and shelter that they would of like that people would of acknowledge that they are their and they are human beings. Michael O'Neill from the National Coalition for the Homeless says an easy ways for a person to help. "You don't have to give money. Just say hello." He also talked about a plan to help the homeless called CAVE-ing (Contribute, Advocate, Volunteer, and Educate). Any one can help the homeless by donating money, blankets to shelters, donating canned foods to food banks, and also volunteer time at a shelter helping out. Even children can help out homeless buy donating their toys and clothes they don’t used to homeless children, and also ask their parents to help at a homeless shelter by go make friends with homeless children and go play with them because being homeless is a stressful experience. Besides you don’t know why they are homeless it could be from a natural disaster, to lack of affordable healthcare, domestic violence, and lack of affordable housing. Plus just a small number of homeless people chosen to be homeless.Thursday, February 7, 2008
Coping with Change
Over the past year I had to go thru a few changes in my life from how I spend my days to friends that I lost due to tragedy. These changes were tough on me but I had to put it in the back of mind due to the fact that my most difficult change was coming way to El Dorado to go school at Butler CC. 
This transaction was tough on my parents also they are so used of having me around to help them and do things for them. Coming all the way out here to Butler was hard on me due to the fact that I’m at a place that I never been too and don’t have no relatives in the state of Kansas. The reason that this change was necessary is that I’m an adult and my parents depend on me to help them on everyday activities and improvements to the house. It’s also necessary that I go out of my usual routine, and meet and get to know new people out side of the usual places I go to. The difference from High school to college that I noticed was that motivation must come from us. Teachers are not going to baby student’s to get their work done. The other difference’s would be the way the schedule set that everyone must fallow in high school, and in college have their own time and upon the professor different class rooms that suite their curriculum. My major change that I had to go thru was living on campus and not at home with all the other distractions that I go thru. Before coming to Butler I was rarely the person to initiate change unless it’s for the best for everyone else. When I do initiate change every one is reluctant to join me until I convince them on why it is important to change activities. While being at Butler I only had to go thru some emotional reactions due to the fact that every one that I spend everyday with and friends with I knew them since we were in elementary school and also this is the first time I ever been a way from my young brother that is Handicapped, we always watched out for each other now that I’m up in El Dorado its hard on me not knowing how he is doing. The changed that caused me the most anxiety would be coming out here leaving all my love ones and very close friends back in Orlando.
Attitudes that would hinder or stop change would be not trying to improve your everyday activities, and everyday life, and not taking risks.
This transaction was tough on my parents also they are so used of having me around to help them and do things for them. Coming all the way out here to Butler was hard on me due to the fact that I’m at a place that I never been too and don’t have no relatives in the state of Kansas. The reason that this change was necessary is that I’m an adult and my parents depend on me to help them on everyday activities and improvements to the house. It’s also necessary that I go out of my usual routine, and meet and get to know new people out side of the usual places I go to. The difference from High school to college that I noticed was that motivation must come from us. Teachers are not going to baby student’s to get their work done. The other difference’s would be the way the schedule set that everyone must fallow in high school, and in college have their own time and upon the professor different class rooms that suite their curriculum. My major change that I had to go thru was living on campus and not at home with all the other distractions that I go thru. Before coming to Butler I was rarely the person to initiate change unless it’s for the best for everyone else. When I do initiate change every one is reluctant to join me until I convince them on why it is important to change activities. While being at Butler I only had to go thru some emotional reactions due to the fact that every one that I spend everyday with and friends with I knew them since we were in elementary school and also this is the first time I ever been a way from my young brother that is Handicapped, we always watched out for each other now that I’m up in El Dorado its hard on me not knowing how he is doing. The changed that caused me the most anxiety would be coming out here leaving all my love ones and very close friends back in Orlando.
Attitudes that would hinder or stop change would be not trying to improve your everyday activities, and everyday life, and not taking risks.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Introduction about Me
Hi my names David Loiseau. I was born in Queens New York, but spent my whole life in Orlando Florida. I was born on January 13, 1986 yes that makes me 22 this year. I am from Haitian decent. My parents are married, i am the oldest of their 4 kids. I have 2 younger brothers, and one younger sister she is the youngest. Me and my brothers are all January babies. I came to Butler Community College to take my education seriously, in Orlando staying at home made too many distractions for me to be focused on school which lead me to drop out of Valencia CC and transfer to Butler. when I arrived to Butler I was shocked to see how small the town was. My sub division in Orlando is bigger then the town of El Dorado so it took me a while to get used to the area.
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