What I Learned In Community College

I did learn a lot from the classes. Every week, the person who delivered the speech would give really useful information. The lady Veronica from CCO gave us the tips on how to create our resume and what will be useful when you are having an interview. Although I am not going to get a job after graduation, I still got a lot of useful information.

That is how adults handle interactions, and to react defensively, I feel, is mostly a reaction based in fear.

Life skills play an important role for becoming successful professionally and improving our personal lives. Oprah, in her lifeclass video, talks about being responsible for yourself and not waiting for anyone else to change the circumstances around you as a way to develop the skills necessary to flourish. The story of Robert Sherfields first experience at community college, “How Community College Changed My Life” tells of how Mr. Sherfield let go of his past failures and worked toward a better future for himself. The quote by Charles Noble “First we make our habits, then our habits make us!” is great to remember when developing the life skills necessary to continue to grow in all aspects of our lives. The video, story and quote can all be connected, good habits produce responsible people. Responsible people are aware of their

This class taught me that I should avoid taking eight-thirty classes if at all possible. I struggled with missing classes due to oversleeping and struggled with staying awake during the classes when I was present. This was due to my poor management of time, balancing ROTC’s morning PT, getting to class, and homework at night. This has taught me that I need to complete work earlier. This class also taught me some more history

My education became my top priority when starting community college. I am first generation student and my parents just expected me to attend college. I did not have much help from my parent in enrolling or the process of entering college. I did not let that stopped me and continued to do my best. During my community college experience, I did not really like school and struggled with math a lot. I took the wrong classes my first year and changed my major two times. I was never connected to my college and never participated in any clubs or organizations. I felt like I was just there for class, I also think it was this way because I was working a full-time job at the same time. I honestly hated school but I knew that education is very important. During this time, I doubted myself a lot because I did not think I could make it through college. After learning about the Validation theory by Laura Rendon which states “nontraditional students (whom Rendom defined as those from diverse racial/ethnic and cultural background) often doubted their academic ability” (Patton et al. 2016 p. 39). I felt connected to this theory right away because I

Most of the things I learned from this experience was a sense of purpose, cooperation, and expansion of knowledge dealing with the various forms of discrimination, as well as oppression. As the semester passed, I felt like I was finally advancing towards a career field that fits me. The topic/subject made it to my list of fields I may want to pursue when I attend a University, which is another benefit gained from my class. Like many other high school students, my mind ponders on the thought of what I truly want to pursue in college, so this was a huge step for me. Oakland Community College gave me the opportunity to test the waters and depict an idea of what attending a University may be like, so that is to say how much one can really learn from an experience like mine. Another thing I learned was that not everything can be done at the last minute, the way you imagined it should be. There should be an excessive amount of planning and thought that goes into completing certain assignments and projects, I remember staying up on some nights just to complete two to four essays. As guilty as I am, sometimes working under pressure motivates and builds my energy up. There times when I would try to work on the assignments during my break at my job and even start on the outline of my

Community college is a great institution for students to start their educational journey. Especially when they do not have the funds or lack some of the prerequisite that a university would require. Community college was created to serve the community, traditional and non-traditional students with the best higher education and lifetime learning opportunities. The faculty and staff members at a community college is there to provide leadership in education while going above and beyond to recognize the needs of the students and the community by providing excellent educational programs and support services that are available to all who have the opportunity to take advantage of them. “Student services now include recruitment and retention, counseling, student activities, student health, financial aid, academic support, career centers, transfer centers, and supplemental services such as transportation, child care, and services tailored for specific populations of students” (Cohen, Brawer, & Krisker, 2014, pg. 209). My philosophy in fulfilling the role and mission of the community college, is to establish the mission, vision, goals and values to guide all students on their journey to strive to become successful both in school and in today’s economy.

Before this class, I had never made a budget for myself, and it was interesting to see how much you really need to cover, especially on a student or starting budget. Students have a lot they need to pay off, so budgeting is important so they can map out their finances. Working on student loans also opened my eyes. I never knew the importance of paying off student loans as quickly as possible, so I am already planning on how

Over the course of this class I have pieced together many things about my own life that before went unnoticed. I am now able to see things in a bit of a different light. Now that I have been introduced to the realm of psychology I understand some of the reasons for behavior around me. I have learned that there is a reason for most everything and a lot of our behaviors and mental processes can be explained through psychology. Studies have been conducted for many years to try and pinpoint the source of our behavior and it is not something that most people think about every day. Having a better understanding of why we operate the way we do will help me to better understand myself and the others around me.

I learned a lot of things that been hidden from me. I discovered many things that been unknown it begins with health food choices, how to think positive, and the ways of been a active person, and set a goal that helps me to do many things in the right way as well as looking forward. I had a nice opportunity to have this class to learn magnificent things about our life and how to manage it in the right directions. It growth my knowledge about the meaning of healthy eating, communication, sexual contact, breathing exercises, and I set schedule that can help me deal with my routine and daily life it was an awesome experience overalls. My smart goal going well now I start eating healthier and I use less sugar and salt in my food. I do not drink pop and I drink more water. I am been more active than ever before. I will go to register at the gym soon exercise more. I will bush my entire body to the limit to have the strengths. I will try my best always to keep my whole body motivate in a way of doing the graters things for my

I graduated from NHTI with my associates degree in Business Administration in December of 2016. After taking this past semester off to work and build my bank account, I am now looking to further my education by earning at least a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. Transferring to a new school will be a great opportunity to build life skills, meet new people, and advance my education at a school that will help me reach my career goals.

As the year draws to a close, I reflect on what I have accomplished in my first semester of college. Not only have I grown as a writer but also as a person. This year was full of changes but I am glad that I remained steadfast in my beliefs and skills. While I learned things about myself in this course I also gained important writing and research skills.

I feel like I learned a lot from this course. I think, overall, this course was very eye-opening and made me understand, and want to better understand, issues involving gender and how they effect society. I would say the one of the most important pieces of information I learned was just how much the idea of gender and gender roles influences everyday life. I had never really thought too much about the determents of gender or traditional masculine and feminine ideals before this class, and how we as a society promote and encourage the belief that a person’s gender or sex creates different innate, natural attitudes and attributes. Learning about how important society’s views of gender is, and how it affects the way we learn and think, makes me look at our culture in a different way. For example, before this class I never realized how much women are objectified and put under intense Photoshop in advertisements. This better understanding of the way society is helps me take a step back and look at our culture in a different way, and allows me to become more aware of the issues surrounding gender, sex, and the ideals of masculinity and femininity.

It has been a great eight-week course and my view of Philosophy has changed a lot. I never took a class like this and learned a lot not only about various Philosopher’s but also about myself. This class allowed me to look inward at myself and reflect on my decisions throughout my life. Learning about Thoreau, Socrates, Frankl and Pieper and their view and experiences were fun and made me think about what Philosophy is and why we need it in our lives.

This course has changed me in so many ways over the past semester, ways as far as my procrastination and how it’s not good to procrastinate, and me not feeling embarrassed to actually talk about that and say that out loud because I wasn’t the only one in class to raise my hand in doing things at a pace and my time and not always on time. In this course I have learned so much about myself as well the other people in the classroom in different ways, more so than I ever thought I would, and with this knowledge comes a great responsibility. This class has basically taught me a self-evaluation on myself, now I know that sounds weird and unusual of how you can do a self-evaluation on your true self, because you are yourself but when this class first started I only expected to learn the very basics of psychology like the different approaches of psychology like behaviorism, and humanism. Not only did I learn about the essentials of psychology, but I also learned a great deal about myself and my past life experiences. This class has forced me to look deep within myself and confront my psychological demons as far as what am I doing wrong within myself and what do I need to work to get better at.