Learning Profile

In this class I remember reading about kids with reading problems. That really stuck with me because I have a friend that went through school that had that problem. Now because of that he went to the GED class where they have literacy programs that helped him overcome that. That was inspiring to me a lot to now help others with the same problem and be able to direct them to the people that can help overcome that. Another story that I liked was the one about the boy who didn't have a father and he had to work when he was young so he could look like the others kids in his class so that they didn't look at him different. Those two stories where one main ones that caught my eye and I am glad that I had the opportunity to be in class when we read them. I have never thought that I had strengths but one that I do poses is that I never give up on anything. I have in the past but since then I have been getting my life back together by going back to school and getting a better job. Another one that I think that i poses is determination that I have for everything that I try. I try at least to finish everything that I start. Someone close to me once told me that I wasn't going to amount to anything in life and when he told me that, that is exactly what I did I through my life away but now when I think about that that is my determination for me. For me to make my life better and to show everybody that I am someone, I deserve a better life and that i can do it. Me as a learner I think that I need to work on all of my skills as a student but the worst one is that I don't have time to do homework and when I have time I spend it on stupid things that I shouldn't. All my time revolves around school, work and it seems that I spend more time at work than I do at school. When I look at other learners i wish i had their intelligence and their study habits because my study habits are a little weak right now. The task that takes up most of my time is math I don't like math at all. I think that math is going to need a little more help than any other weakness even though I am not going to major in math but I do need to finish my general ed so I can get my bachelors in Law. To tell you the truth I didn't think that I was going to learn anything from this class, but I was wrong about that. I have learned about binge drinking and what to do in situations that need some medical assistance.I have also learned how to use the online database resources which include citing papers, and how to search for information about a certain topic for any class that needs research. Another one is that I found out that Butler has a site that is called the O.W.L which is teachers online that review students papers and give them tips on how to make there paper better. The most important thing that i realized is that i grew up, became more organized and responsible for me to succeed in my studies. I judged this the most important because I need to succeed in school and for me to better my life. The most important skill that I learned was to be organized with my studies. This skill is important to me because if I don't organize then my grade point average would be lower and my homework will never be done. I thought that the course assignments were pretty easy for us to write about. The topics were broad for instance you could write about anything in the subject that interested you and your opinion about the topic. The activity that I thought was relevant to my life was the one about discover.Discover is a program where you find what studies you are interested in. I didn't think any of our assignments, projects, or class activities were irrelevant to me. As a learner I thought that this course was a really good learning experience for me and all the other students as well. I didn't think that we need to drop anything I thought everything that we did in class was good learning for us. All the different topics that we talked about and wrote in our blogs about were really good topic. As a student in the class I thought you taught the class well and taught us all a lot of things that we didn't know, but that is my opinion. To tell you the truth I don't think you need to take my advice about how to change the course. The course is great for all students to take so they can learn new things about the school. For the students that are going to take the class all I want to tell you is do your work like the blog that you might be doing so that you don't fall behind in class. I think I know what I am talking about because that is what happened to me and I had to do it before class and that is not good. That just shows how much of a slacker I am. The three things that I think would help you keep your sanity in the class is get involved in the class discussions like voice your opinion about what you are talking about that day. Another one is listen to what your teacher has to say and remember all the things she said are important to know because teachers say things that later on in life are going to be mean something to you in the future and be important to you at that time. The last one is just go to class knowing you are going to have fun and let everything else go. The words that I would write on a sign and put it on the top of the desk in bold letters is HAVE FUN. I think the experience that I have learned in this class are going to follow me in every move I make towards my school and my work. The one thing that I would do differently in school is getting better with my study habits because right now they are just getting me by and in the future I am really going to need to be great at it because of my major. In my job I am really going to need to be organized because if I am not then as a lawyer my desk and office are going to be covered with files and paperwork of cases. When I am a lawyer I don't think that is going to look good when I am an hour late because I couldn't find the case that I need to present for the judge. In life I am going to stay the exact same other than me being more organized and responsible. One last thing I wanted to share was that you were the best teacher and the most interesting one at that. The course and how you taught us was great and I hope you had a lot of fun with the students in our class.

Academic Honesty

Some issues surrounding academic honesty are coping, plagiarism, and cheating. I know that some of these things are the same in a certain way. Homework is so easy to copy because one has many friends to get homework from and your friends are going to let you copy it no matter what. Also cheating off another student is easy too because some students let you and some just don't know if the one sitting next to you is really doing it. Cheating usually happens on test days and on quizzes. Plagiarism occurs when a writer duplicates another writer's language or ideas and then calls the work his or her own. Some students tend to be dishonest because they don't want to lose a scholarship. It is so easy to accomplish because of who you know. "As students move up through middle and high school, the pressure to succeed grows, coming not just from parents, but also from peers, from teachers and school administrators, and from the need to get into a good college. The general consensus after Moore's survey of his high school students was that "everybody does it at least once," and that made it OK", said by Judy Molland. Some ways that teachers can inform students- Inform students of academic standards for scholarship and conduct.Explain how cheating harms students and describe campus sanctions.Minimize the opportunities for cheating and plagiarism.Take visible actions to detect dishonesty so that students know you will not tolerate cheating. Even if you don't actually carry out all the actions you say you will take, honest students will appreciate knowing that you care enough about academic integrity to take precautions.If cheating occurs, respond swiftly with disciplinary measures and formal action. This was said by Barbara Gross Davis.

Time Management

When I manage my time poorly I feel overwhelmed and stressed out and if that happens my whole schedule is crazy. I need to manage my time wisely because then the time I spend with my family, friends, work, and my homework doesn't get done. If I don't get my homework finished then I will have to stay in El Dorado for the weekend and I usually go to Emporia to visit my friends and family. If I don't get my homework done then I am going to have to stay at school to finish it and get help on it so that means that i will be missing a day of work and if I don't work that means I am broke and I wont be able to pay my bills.There are times when I can manage my time wisely. I order for me to do that I have to prioritise whats important at the time. Thee have been times when the first thing I do when I get home is go straight for the books. When I get whats the most important out of the way I feel that hundreds or pounds have been lifted off my shoulders. The feeling is less overwhelming and less stressful. In order to achieve time, I tend to make a list of everything that I have for the day or evening and put them in order from one to ten, depending on how important and how time consuming.Being in college and managing my time is quite different from high school. College is optional, and not a requirement. It is the only thing you can count on for a good future, so the decision is yours. If you choose college then for that period of time it should be your number one priority, as it is mine. High school was a very different path for me. At the time school wasn't an interest to me, all I cared about was my family and friends. Two years after dropping out, I made the decision to go and finish. Battling with a full time job and school, I was given the option to choose between work and school. Once choosing school I knew I had to focus on my books and get it over with as soon as possible. I feel that school is a privilege and, its up to you to make the best of it.

Coping Change

In this last year I had to cope with many changes for example; my parents separating, my school and other non important things. The one I am going to talk about is my school. I went to high school at Emporia High School. My freshman year went well, because I was involved in soccer and I was part of a club called Latinos Unidos. My sophomore year went kind of down hill from there. I met new friends and started to hang out with kids that I shouldn't have. I started to not show up at school and my grades began to fall. I also stop playing soccer and that was my life growing up. My junior year was a little better because I started showing up at school a little more but the principal was on my case. my senior year is were it went down hill. My grades were really good starting out but the principal wouldn't leave me alone. My seminar teacher was one of the only teachers that helped me. He was the only one that believed in me and it felt good that some one did but I couldn't handle the principal always on my case so I dropped out of school to make it easier on my principal and maybe a little easier on me. I made the decision to just work a full time job and make more money to leave Emporia. At seventeen i had already moved out of my parents place because of things with my dad. It took me a year to realize that I was throwing my life away just living from pay check to pay check, and barely making ends meet. By nineteen I realized I was almost turning twenty, and it felt like I couldn't go back to school because I had spent so much time away. It felt like I had forgotten every thing that I had learned at school. I had really great friends that told me other wise, and told me that I needed to at least to go get my GED, so I tried it and I actually passed. For the first time in a long time I felt most proud of my self, and if I could do that it made me feel I could do anything if I put my mind to it. So, now I am trying this college thing and I'm thinking it's going pretty well. It's difficult going from not going to school and just getting up and going every morning. I find myself struggling to even get up and do my homework sometimes. I think it will get easier when i get use to it.In alot of ways college is different from high school. One difference is that you make the choice to go, and if you don't want to then you don't have to but it will hurt you in the long run.

Community Service

Three issues that trouble me the most are abuse, housing, and the police. the one that I am going to talk about is abuse. There is alot of domestic violence that is happening in the world that we cant seem to fix. Abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, or a combination of any or all of those.It may sound strange, but people sometimes have trouble recognizing that they are being abused. Recognizing abuse may be especially difficult for someone who has lived with it for many years. A person might think that it's just the way things are and that there's nothing that can be done. People who are abused might mistakenly think they bring it on themselves by not acting right or by not living up to some one's expectations.When people are abused, it can affect every aspect of their lives, especially self-esteem. How much abuse harms a person depends on the situation and sometimes on how severe the abuse is. Sometimes a minor thing can trigger a big reaction. Being touched inappropriately by a family member, can be very confusing and traumatic.Many ways to address abuse is to talk to someone you can trust like a friend, a family member, a trusted teacher, a doctor, or a school or religious youth counselor. Many teachers and counselors have training in how to recognize and report abuse.Telephone directories list local child abuse and family violence hot line numbers that you can call for help. Also there are shelters, and counseling.When I know that there is abuse happening let someone know and protect the ones that have going through it and letting them know that I am there to help.

Academic Plan

My purpose for coming to Butler Community College is to better my education and to have a better life. I also came to Butler to see how it was different from high school and just to have fun and meet new people. I don't want to have to worry about my bills, being in debt or just wanting to be able to afford what I want and what I need. I want to be able to give myself all the perks that my parents weren't able to give me when I was growing up. I also want to be able to help my mother in anything that she needs help with. My mother is the world to me and if it weren't for her then I wouldn't be here trying to do better for me and my future. She was the one that gave me all the courage to come back to school and do something with my life. I am planning on graduating from Butler with an associates degree. I am planning to major in Law but not just any law i want to be a criminal lawyer. I am planning to transfer my education to KU because they have one of the best Law schools and its less expensive for me to go there than for me to go to Washburn University. I am planning to get a bachelors degree at KU.

Butler Resources/Online Databases

Butler helps a lot in classes where we do reports,research and if we are just writing papers for English or just some other class. Using the online database is very easy and if you don't know how to then there are librarians that will help online if you need it. Advantages that i see are that you have many sources to pick from like easy search, articles, books and citations. Easy search is where it searches all the databases for what topic you choose. Articles are like magazines that have some useful information for your research paper. Books search is where you put the topic that you are researching and it finds all the book that the library has on that specific topic. Book search has many different options you can choose to search like audio books, bear cat, gale e books, Kansas library catalog, and netlibray e-books. now that i know about this research site that can help me put my paper together then i am going to use this for every paper that i have.