After receiving peer review feedback in class on Wednesday, revise your first road map paragraph as a separate file (remember to “Save As” and append “revised” to its file name), and copy-and-paste your revised paragraph into a comment to this blog post before our next class.
Over the weekend, your task is to continue writing your Project 1, Part 3 essay. A draft of your completed essay is due for peer review next Wednesday (giving you one additional class meeting than what is on the assignment sheet). Refer to the assignment sheet for further guidance and email me with your questions.
Nowadays, be a successful person might be the dream of most of the people in the entire world, it does not matter the nationality, religion or social status, everybody wants to do the things different and succeed. Our society is becoming very competitive and the youth is receiving more pressure every day. We have to work harder to make a difference because we the future is in our hands. As young people, is our responsibility to have clear goals and run all the way to them because without effort you will not get nothing good in life. That is the reason why I keep this as my everyday philosophy “You better work hard to get the things you want to achieve in your life”. Nobody said that it would be easy but that it will be worth it. I consider myself as a warrior because I always fight to get what I want, and with that, I mean that I always do everything I can to get what I want because good things are not easy to get. What keeps me strong is to see my goals come true and could be the person I have always visualize in my dreams.
First of all, time is essential to build myself for the future. The more time I spend doing my work the efficiently I will get it done. I remember what inspired me to manage my time during the first semester: Malcolm Gladwell’s theory of 10,000 hours in his book “Outliers”. According to Gladwell, it takes roughly ten thousand hours of practice to achieve mastery in a field. Therefore, instead of doing everything random, planning is essential to start managing my time. A lot of frustration is usually the result of poor time management because of doing everything at the same time, so I need to create a schedule for school that allocates time for exams, reports, essays and recreation. This plan is productive, because I wake up at 7:00Am and go to sleep around 1:30Am which means I spend a lot of time awake. However, half of this time is wasted using social media and sometimes doing nothing or complaining about feeling tired. In reference to Thinking in Writing, “I choose to satisfy people with my time”, this mean that it don’t matter if I’m doing my work, I will go out if a friend or family member need me during my time. I chose this thought, because it is not a matter of self discipline for me in order to be fair. Therefore, this reminds me to avoid all interruptions. Thus, achieving my goal for this semester of completing tasks on time.
Before discussing what needs to be done in order to achieve your goals efficiently, you should take the time to understand all the aspects of being a Police Officer. I do not regret this job but there are features of it that should be realized, the pros and the cons. What I would recommend you to do is to acquire a relationship with a retired or current Police Officer from the church you have attended for as old as you are, Christ Tabernacle. You are surrounded by very good men at church and you should take the time to meet them and allow them to be a mentor for you as you are becoming a young man quickly. Think back to the death of Police Officer Ramos in December of 2014. If you can remember, it was very difficult for his family and members of the church. By having a mentor, it will allow you to ask all the question you may have. For example how do Police Officers separate some of their personal issues from their job ? How do they deal with the death of a fellow Police Officer ? You should even find out how to manage yourself when others are not cooperating with your requests. Being a Police Officer is a difficult job, there is a lot that is unseen and unnoticed. Understanding as much as you can now will allow you to do your job well later on.
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What helped me become such a successful actress are all the struggles I had when I was younger. I remember when I first started college, I was 21 years old and I worked as a cashier at Wendy’s, oh how I loathed that job so much. At that time I was pursuing to become a certified nursing assistant, it took me months to get where I wanted but, I finally got it. When I was younger all I ever wanted to be was an actress and now that I’m where I want to be I sometimes regret my choices in life. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be; I am a hard worker without a doubt. Sometimes I wonder if I would have stayed in college and got my degrees would I have been more fulfilled. I was pretty ignorant as a teenager; I did pursue to become a certified nursing assistant but I always looked at that career as mediocre, something that people with no education or foreigners were better for. The irony in it is that when I finally became a certified nursing assistant I hated it but as soon as I left I kind of missed it. I guessed I should not have been so quick to judge, I always saw myself as someone who could actually get out and not be labeled a home health aide or a certified nursing assistant.
Nowadays, most people know about the League of Legend (LoL) tournament because you can hear people talking about it everywhere you go which made it became so popular. Playing LoL is like playing an NBA game or Football game while millions of people watch you performance. Going into this path won’t be easy, it’s like picking one in a million. In order to be the one, you have to work much harder than other people to get the opportunity. The first thing you need to pay attention is Education. In other words, college is what you need because it will help you become a professional LoL player. Some colleges have this program called NACC. NACC is a program where it gives college students an opportunity to qualify for North American Collegiate Championships. Not all colleges have the Program NACC, mostly the good colleges. To get into a good college, you will need to study hard and get a good GPA so you can get into one. After you get into a good college, you will get that opportunity to become a Professional LoL player and it will guide you to success.
Project 1, Part 3, Road Map Paragraph 1 (DRAFT) Review
Present self, since you were a young child, you have always had positive thoughts about what you would like your future to be. As I remember, one of those thoughts was “Where you would like your office to be after you are through with school?” Present self, I must say that I am so proud of you for having such a terrific thought towards our successful future. I say this now, because I have come to realize that there is potential as an architect. For example, you can work for any architectural firm, or once you can master all the software that requires getting the job done in a professional manner, become your own boss and dominate the architectural industry. Present self, this is what I need you to do. Knowing that you are pursuing a degree in Architecture Technology, and you are in your third semester at City Tech College, please make every effort to pay keen attention to the remainder of your courses, especially your major courses, including design, building tech, site planning, and structures. Present self, the classes that I mention above are necessary for achieving our brighter future. In addition, try to master the software, such as, AutoCAD, Rhino, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Revit, and other software, because you knowing them will be an asset to your success. Also, please make as many notes and videos to keep for future reference, because they will help your memory, when you are studying, and increase your designs techniques as you move towards your goals and throughout your life. . Finally, instead of you working at the nursing agency Partners In Care, try to get a part-time job at an architecture firm as a drafter or designer, because the experience you acquire there will be useful when you transition from City Tech College to NYU to earn your masters degree. Moreover, these things will get you to where I am now and take you beyond.
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Come on man by this time you should already know that one of the most important things you have to do during your college years is sleep and By the way during your city tech years sleep is going to become a big habi since you started working late night shift your going to be extremely tired but try to Sleep enough hours to help you keep active and understand the class lessons. Right now in the 2020, sleep is something I Barely get because I have to work more hours to get the money I want instead of working less hours for the same amount of money. Sleeping a good amount of hours is one of the task I want you to understand and accomplish. Remember the book John Medinas brain rules and the chapter about sleep, well of course you do you are still reading it right, right!, well anyways I want you to read the chapter all over again and really understand it, you know that lack of sleep can cause less use of the brain and you’ll end up sleeping in a class again. I am going to give you some steps on how to improve your sleeping schedule. First try to spend less time on unnecessary things and more time on the important ones, like homework but you’ll read about that later on during this letter. Also try to label what to do daily always focus on the important tasks first then, if you have time on the least important and last but not least put an alarm not to wake you up but to tell you to go to sleep and of course one to wake you up. These guidelines are just some of the future secrets that I’m sharing with you so you, I mean us can have a better tomorrow.
First, what I have to say is that becoming a successful person takes a lot of hard work to make it come true. When I had started college years ago I didn’t know what to or what I wanted to become for that matter. So I figure all I had to do was just do work and everything will be okay. But, I was wrong about that because doing work doesn’t mean you will be able to do everything or even the one you want to do. When I decided to become a person who makes new technology for gaming, I had to go back and so so much other classes that I miss. This would have been a difficult challenge for me, however due to the determination that I had for my career I was able to accomplish since I was then a hard worker that had focus on my future. For example, I had to stop playing my games so I can focus more on my assignments so that I can get an outstanding grade and pass the classes so that it is guarantee for me to become someone successful. This is why with determination and the hard effort that you put into your work you can be able to succeed in life
I want be able to manage my time more efficiently. The way I intend to do this, is to be more conscious of how much time I usually spend on daily tasks like getting ready in the morning, having breakfast, and doing homework. I have the tendency to underestimate how much time it actually takes to do something. By getting more aware of how much time I spend on these tasks, especially those where I only have a certain amount of time to complete it. If I do this I think it would be much easier for me to plan my day and make a schedule. I think that making a schedule would be very helpful for me because I am not good at managing my time. I often end up late, because of poor planning and time management. I also have the tendency to stay up way later than I should, which causes me to get less sleep than I actually need to function a hundred percent. After reading the sleep chapter in John Medina’s Brain Rules, I have learned how important sleep is. Lack of sleep can affect memory, attention, mood, and logical reasoning, which is really bad because I want my memory to be working at full capacity in order to do well in school. Showing just how important sleep is for the brain to function properly, a particular study revealed that as little as a 26 minute nap increased NASA pilots’ performance by 34 percent. This was a very interesting chapter to read, and it made me realize that I need to make a schedule in order to get time to do my homework in the evening, giving me enough time for a good night’s sleep which will give me more energy to focus on school.
Revised Bryan Jimenez
People say there’s no reason to go back on the past since the past is the past and nothing can be done about it, but I personally wish that a “going back to the past” machine existed. If I could go five years back on my life I would definitely focus more in school. During 2015 I was attending city tech I was on my second semester, I had a part time job and I was also working on my clothing line. That entire year my least priority was school. I had work and my career goals set first before school, which wasn’t good because I lost focused and I wasn’t taking school serious so my grades immediately went from b’s to -c’s. Due to my grades going down I had to stay another year in city tech to get my grades up so that the school I wanted to tranfer to would accept me, which I felt like it was unnecessary because I had the chance to get good grades and I didn’t use it, I probably wouldn’t have to take all this exams my job is now requiring me to take, if I had gotten better grades in college. If I was to speak to the kids in high school or college I will recommend them to focus on school, that there’s nothing more important than school and that everything will fall into place as soon as school is done.
Now, I know you’re pretty excited to hear about your future, but we need to focus on a couple of things first. One thing you’ve always had trouble with was arriving on time or early to anything. Whether, it’s school, an event, meetings or even an audition. You need to focus on arriving promptly, because being late does not bode well, especially with your career. Being late can cause serious damage in acting. Not only time is money, literally, but no one wants to work with a person who thinks that his/her time if more special than others. Even if you don’t think your time is more important, that is how it will be perceived to colleagues. In other words, production would not take you serious and that annual income you love so much will drop tremendously. In all actuality, if you don’t change, you would never reach an income to make a living off of. Even though, your father has been telling you this since god knows when. It is your responsibility to begin now and get this act of being late removed. It was very hard to break at first but your career is far more important!
One thing that I would have changed was my eating habits. I was eating a lot of fast food (Burger King, pizza, Chinese food, McDonald’s, etc.) and it really affected me in many ways. One way that it affected me was by not giving me the energy I needed. I felt tired all the time, and I put on a lot of weight, about 20-30 pounds. By eating healthier, I found myself more focused and energized throughout the day. I would be more focused in my classes, punctual and took great notes. I also would get home and still had the energy to do homework, and all my assignments ahead of time. I generally had more energy throughout the day which helped me focus in all my courses. This is important because that brings me to my next point, being prepared.
First of all, sometimes I look back to my past and reflect about the many obstacles that I have encountered in my life such as overcoming my lack of concentration, trying to not procrastinate, and being more responsible with myself and my daily activities. If I were able to talk to my past self, I would probably say to him; Hey, look you will have a better future if you can concentrate more in your responsibilities rather than worry about them, just think about solutions and remember what my mentor used to say think 10% about the problem and 90% about the solution, and I know you always worry about your projects and homeworks. However, you do not complete them on time. Also, stop watching youtube videos for several hours, and I know you like to watch anime and sometimes watch some educational documentaries. In addition, you are always worry to make decisions and sometimes you think deeply about taking the next step, at the extent, that you have think about 5 times in order to make that step. Furthermore, you procrastinate a lot and it is one of your major problems since we were kids, for example, you literally wait until the last second in order to do any kind of homeworks or assignments like that time you did a presentation in power point just 3 hours before the class started or that time when you did your essay like 1 hour before the class began, and I can give you more examples, however, reflect about these problems. Finally, I have to tell you that it is fine to worry about the future in general because you cannot control it entirely, just partially, however, keep in mind you have to work hard for the future you desire, and follow the next advices I am going to give you.
Education is the key to success and the bridge to the future. How you perform now is going to decide your future. I have always been pushed to read harder. I always used to worry about the fact that I was In the land of opportunity and what if I don’t grab that opportunity and what if I fail to succeed. But don’t worry because I am doing well, finally I am in the place where I don’t fear of failing because failing Is the process of learning. No one is perfect and without failing we cannot succeed. The road was not easy but I managed to go pass through all the difficulties and I am going to tell you how I did it. The thing that always caught my mind was getting better grades. As Nelson Mandela said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Try to get most of it and always believe you can and you are halfway there. Creativity and better education is everything here in 2020. I suggest you to focus more on your college rather then playing PlayStation and watching movies.
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Nowadays, being a successful person might be the dream of most of the people in the entire world, it does not matter the nationality, religion or social status, everybody wants to do the something different and succeed. Our society is becoming very competitive and the youth is receiving more pressure every day. We have to work harder to make a difference because the future is in our hands. As young people, it is our responsibility to have clear goals and run all the way to them because without effort you will not get nothing good in life. That is the reason why I keep this as my everyday philosophy “You better work hard to get the things you want to achieve in your life”. Nobody said that it would be easy but it will be worth it. I consider myself a warrior because I always fight to get what I want, and with that, I mean that I always do everything I can to get what I want because good things are not easy to get. What keeps me strong is to see my goals come true and be the person I have always visualize in my dreams.
Zahirah Hutton
ENG 1101
3/7/15
Body Paragraph #1
I remember that day when all I could think about was being happily married to my best friend and till this day I still feel that way. I was looking forward to the thrills and blissful mornings that come with marrige. In the mist of all of that I never thought about the long term to the extent that I had a road map for the future ahead with my husband. You cant live in NYC and pay rent with love alone certain moves have to be made in order to live a comfortable lifestyle. Zahirah you really need to assess your life and take control of your future to put things into order and perspective. You can’t expect to marry someone and still live at home with Mom & Dad it’s not just you anymore. Nothing in life comes to you easily especially if it’s worth the fight trials & tribulations. I’ve always had my mom and dad backing me up and I still do now but it’s different because I’ll need to be that wife that can stand on her own and show the same strength i see in my mom everyday. Zahirah im telling you from experience marrige is a beautiful thing but it’s also a lot of work. As long as you have people in your corner that love you you’ll be just fine.
Justin Echevarria
From my personal experience I can not stress enough how important it is to manage your time. You should have a break down on what to do on a daily base from eating, showering, traveling to school, studying/homework etc. If you manage this better then you will notice school will not be a struggle. Also complete your assignments on time! When I began to manage my time properly often I felt as if I was ahead of everything and slowed down on studying and started doing things that weren’t school related or helpful for my future career. Since I felt as if I was a the apex of my school performance I would study less and hang out with my girlfriend our a couple of friends/colleagues. This led to difficulties, so I want you to realize just because you may have an outstanding school performance never get to comfortable, once you get comfortable thats when you will start to slack off and it’ll be your downfall. So what do i expect you to do if you have free time? Study more! If you need a break make sure its about 5-10 minutes, nothing longer because you will start procrastinating. I remember an old professor I had once said, “If you apply a little more effort everyday, the results will be amazing.” Keep this in mind this can allow a stronger drive for you to exceed in college outstandingly.
First thing is first, before even starting your career or pursuing what you want to do, you have to focus on your education, without it you are not making it unless you are filthy rich. Being a game designer is not easy, any profession is not easy, a game designer takes a lot of patience with computers, deadlines, and obviously the team you will be working with. During a deadline some companies set up deadlines that are called “sprints” where everyone has to work fast and efficient a week before the deadline, being a game designer takes precision and consideration to others, the stress is probably getting to them so lets be patient with them. It is not like before where games were a bit less complicated, now gamers worry about graphic, story detail, and a good music score, and I agree I look for these details as well and I love in depth stories too.
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Sometimes when I am analyzing where my mind was, when I was in my early teenage years, I realize that I did so many mistakes and wasted my time on the wrong jobs, with the wrong people… Timing is a very awkward thing. It can help you to recover through the problems, sometimes its limitation can cause you stress, sometimes the timing is just not right.
I wish I can have a time-machine. Even thought, I heard many times, that its my life experience and I should get the best out of it. Right now,time management will probably be my main goal. Right time management. I need to pay more attention on my sleeping habits because they affect my mood, productivity and health in general.
I need to create an extra time for physical activities and meetings with friends. Time for extra reading and exploring new things.