Having the same class two days in a row is a little foreign to me now. I haven’t been in high school since 2012 so being I am used to a different routine nowadays. I was so disorientated this morning that I broke my sacred rule, to never wear a black sweater and black sweat pants at the same time. I was so focused on making sure I was going to the right class that I grabbed the black sweater and black sweat pants that I VOWED TO NEVER WEAR TOGETHER. I did not really notice until I got on the train what I had done. I guess it is due to the fact that I am on autopilot when I wake in the morning and perform my morning routine. Any deviation from this routine and I will not be able to compute what is happening and have a completely delayed reaction such as this morning when I spilled my cup of juice while I was getting ready. I do not know how long I stood there examining the spill but I could not think of the solution to this in less than 20 seconds. I hope to plow through the rest of the semester with the determination I thought I had in the beginning of the semester but it’s mostly up to me to perform all the planning and time management before hand so that I have a smooth and productive April (which is almost over) and May.

Dear class,

I was not excited about having school this Thursday, normally I do not have class. Having classes makes the day difficult with work, now i have to make up whatever I do not get done at work today on Saturday when I was not supposed to work. Nevertheless, I was able to work the schedule out which I am glad about because I was afraid I might have to miss my classes today, something I normally don’t mind but I did not want to miss anything important that might be discussed. I will try to take advantage of being here today and get the work done that I had planned to do over the weekend in school instead.

Thanks

Jose Guerrero

Having back to back class sessions with the reading for today was a little difficult. I wasn’t able to complete the reading because of my work schedule yesterday. But from the reading of chapter ” Tools of the mind”, what i got so far from it is the way our minds are programmed to do things. Starting from drawing lines on paper to drawing on computers and designing. It shows the way we think and remember things from when we were younger.

I found the readings interesting because it spoke about how the mind has adapted to technological advances and how we use technology for our personal benefit. It also touched upon different views on technology such as how we think we are in control of technology as well as how we know technology may overpass humans. The other chapter spoke of the internet and how it has changed our lives. It also discussed how the internet has made some things such as libraries change dynamically to fit the new technology trend.

I did not get to finish reading the chapters for today. I spent almost all night doing hw for my CST class and when I began to read, it was pretty late and I felt it just would not stick if I continued. I had planned to come in extra early so I could read before class but I did not get in early enough to do a substantial amount of reading. Now that I think about it maybe it was a bad idea to do hw that was due Sunday over reading for class today.

Spring break (aftermath)
Today, April 19, 2017 is the first day of class after spring break. It was not a very productive spring break but in the relaxing sector, it shined. I needed this time off to unwind a little bit because all the stress accumulated during the semester. This first day however, it’s like starting school all over again for me. So definitely I need a couple of days of to recover from spring break. But, then again, it’s almost a month to the end of the semester so that will boost my motivation level a bit.

I have a nice spring break, I traveled to Italy. I visited three city – Rome, Venice and Florence. They are very difference than our New York City.  I have never travel aboard, This is my first time experience. I hope to travel difference countries every year.

Having a wee off from school really helped me to relax and at least catch up on my sleep. Also, was able to get organized and make up some hours at work. I spent the weekend in Pennsylvania as part of a professional development retreat. It was fun and it helped me learn leadership and management skills and how to interact with different kinds of people.

I believe the last part of the semester is always the hardest. Having the time management to get all the group projects that CST classes love to assign done, having time to complete individual assignments and be able to go to work and give 100% is a little daunting. As much as I would like to be ahead of the curve in terms of getting assignments done I find it difficult to be able to think so many days ahead when I’m not even 100% certain what I have in store for the next day. SInce Tuesday and Thursday are my days off from work I try to tackle anything due immediately after those days when I am home from class and then if I have an opening shift on the weekend I’ll take a nap when I get home and then try to get some work done. Spring Break was nice in that I got to do absolutely no work for a week and was able to leave it for the two days before the break ended. Now that classes have resumed I am back on the routine of getting work done on Tuesday and Thursday and any day I have an opening shift on the weekend.

I felt I did nothing in the past spring break without working. Working, working and working. Actually, I planned to have a vocation. But I did not act for it. Also I told me to practice coding everyday, I did not make it neither. Most of time I spent in working. That’s not what I want. However, I have to work for survive. The spring break is gone. And I will prepare for the final from now.