Blog Assignment 1

Blog Assignment 1

            Hi, I’m Courtney Holifield. I’m from Mobile, Alabama and have lived here since I was born. I decided to attend the University of South Alabama right before my high school graduation because it ‘s close to home and I prefer to be near my family. I have a very large family consisting of three sisters and four brothers.  Three of them are teachers including my mom. I never thought I would end up entering the education field until after hearing how much my family enjoys teaching.

            When I’m not in class I’m usually working at my part time job or at my sorority house. I work at West Mobile Baptist Child Development Center. I have worked with children from six months to 5 years old for a little over two years. I spend a lot of time being involved in my sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi. I went through sorority recruitment my freshman year and have met some great people because of it. I love children and I’m very excited about getting into my education classes. I can’t wait to actually be a teacher in a couple of years.

Randy Pausch on Time Management

            In this video I learned that when setting goals you have to ask yourself why am I doing this? You have to focus on doing the right thing adequately rather than doing things right. I learned that you couldn’t fake experience. Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes with time. When you make plans you have to plan at multiple levels and accept that plans can change. Randy Pausch tells us when making a to-do list you have to break it down into small steps and do the hardest first. I have found that to be very true from past experience. If I do my hardest task on my to-do list first and work my way down to the easiest it is much easier to successfully complete my to-do list.

Penn State Time Management 

            One of the most helpful tips I learned from this page is using a planner. I have used a planner every year of college and it definitely helps, but I haven’t used it the right way. It’s great for helping me stay organized with my social life, but I put more social events in my planner than I do school homework and class information. I need to be more specific about what I put in my planner and understand that plans can change. I need to make sure I focus more on school. I haven’t been very conscious of my time wasters and I’ve learned that I should make sure I get my tasks done before I watch television or play on the computer if I want to be more successful in my classes.