Hope everyone had a great VEISHEA week/weekend! For this week in class Allie and Silas put on a scavenger hunt for us peer mentors instead of actual lecture. We were to go around with the list of buildings we were to find and take pictures of standing in front of that building that offered that a service on the list provided. Some of the listed buildings were like the Study Abroad Center, Thielen Health Center, Student Services, and Financial Aid Office. We also could take pictures with art, sculptures, and such also for points towards the scavenger hunt. While the hunt was for fun it also had a point. I felt that it was a good activity for us mentors to participate in because next year when we have our mentees they might have questions for us about where certain places on campus are and it would be great if we could lead them right to where they need to go or if we can't physically take be able to tell them where it is exactly. It was also good to just be able to bond with your group because we have to work together in our groups later on. With the hunt we had to figure out where everything was and manage our time to get back to the Hixson Building before the time limit! This our group pretty much did, but we were like 2 minutes late or so.
We also did some much needed filming tonight and I think the movie is coming along good. See you all Tuesday!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
World Religions 101
This Sunday I went to the my last diversity event, World Religions 101. For this event there was a board which was run by students of different religions which included Christianity, Atheism, Hinduism, and Islam. Each student then stood up introduced themselves and the religions they were representing. Afterwards then they went through and talked for about 10-15 minutes about what their religions was about and why they believed or didn't believe. While they were talking if you had a question for anyone concerning the religion or anything at all you were able to text in a question for everyone or just one person.
I can't remember names, but the first guy talked about how he was raised a Christian and how he was never very serious about it until college and he started believing more and getting involved with church things. The next guy talked about that he was Atheist and he was raised a Christian all of his life and when he got into high school he really liked science. Yet, since science is built off a lot of proving things he couldn't believe in something that couldn't be disproved or proved. While he would like to know the answer to if there is a God or not, for now he doesn't believe in anything. The third guy was a believer in Hinduism. He explained how Hinduism has four types, like Karma, and how as a religion it accepts all religions and thinks they are all right and trying to get to the same God, just in different ways. He explained that it is more important that you are trying to get to God rather than how you do it. The last guy explain Islam, he told how he came from Kuwait seven years ago and that he wasn't a hardcore Islam at first. He then told how he deals with having to pray five times a day on campus and explain that just because your Muslim doesn't mean your a terrorist.
I think the board did a really good job for the time that was allowed of them to explain things. While I think that one of its faults was that if someone had come there for real questions, they probably were not answered because of the lack of experience. Yet if you wanted to know just a little bit about it then it proved well worth it. Overall it was a good opportunity to broaden my outlook.
I can't remember names, but the first guy talked about how he was raised a Christian and how he was never very serious about it until college and he started believing more and getting involved with church things. The next guy talked about that he was Atheist and he was raised a Christian all of his life and when he got into high school he really liked science. Yet, since science is built off a lot of proving things he couldn't believe in something that couldn't be disproved or proved. While he would like to know the answer to if there is a God or not, for now he doesn't believe in anything. The third guy was a believer in Hinduism. He explained how Hinduism has four types, like Karma, and how as a religion it accepts all religions and thinks they are all right and trying to get to the same God, just in different ways. He explained that it is more important that you are trying to get to God rather than how you do it. The last guy explain Islam, he told how he came from Kuwait seven years ago and that he wasn't a hardcore Islam at first. He then told how he deals with having to pray five times a day on campus and explain that just because your Muslim doesn't mean your a terrorist.
I think the board did a really good job for the time that was allowed of them to explain things. While I think that one of its faults was that if someone had come there for real questions, they probably were not answered because of the lack of experience. Yet if you wanted to know just a little bit about it then it proved well worth it. Overall it was a good opportunity to broaden my outlook.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Goals
Hey everybody! Hope everyone got out and enjoyed the GORGEOUS weather we had this weekend! I know I did, went fishing, riding 4-wheelers, and golfing! Enough about that though, on Tuesday Karen and Zach talked about chapter ten: Planing and Problem solving. For most of the class period we spent our time talking about goals and how they effect us as students and mentors. Goals as a student and as an overall person are very important because I personally believe that if you go through life without ever setting goals, yes you may never be a failure, but at the same time you wont ever be a winner either. How would you ever know if you ever got anything accomplished that you wanted to, or made sure you did certain things that were important to you? While I feel goals are very important at the same time they can be very restricting. They can make you have tunnel vision by only focusing on that goal or making it something that you can never reach. That's why when making your goals its important to have a system that helps you set them.
To help with this system we talked about how there are also different types of goals as well. The two types of goals we talked about were the four M's and SMART goals. We were then asked to make goals for different situations and use one of the system. Doing this we really familiarized ourselves with these two systems. The four M's system is in my eyes more of a broader system that you can use for setting goals that are in the future. The steps to the four M's is Motivation, Make commitments, Modify environment, and Monitor actions. With these step's you can help develop a long term plan. With the SMART goals it is more detailed oriented and used for short term goals. For students I think that SMART goals are the right choice because you can easily tell if your on track with the goal and is something that is actually reachable. Just while in college you need to make smart goals so you don't let yourself down.
To help with this system we talked about how there are also different types of goals as well. The two types of goals we talked about were the four M's and SMART goals. We were then asked to make goals for different situations and use one of the system. Doing this we really familiarized ourselves with these two systems. The four M's system is in my eyes more of a broader system that you can use for setting goals that are in the future. The steps to the four M's is Motivation, Make commitments, Modify environment, and Monitor actions. With these step's you can help develop a long term plan. With the SMART goals it is more detailed oriented and used for short term goals. For students I think that SMART goals are the right choice because you can easily tell if your on track with the goal and is something that is actually reachable. Just while in college you need to make smart goals so you don't let yourself down.
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