Level 100 courses

Ok, so not that level 100 courses are supposed to be easy, however, i am taking intro to sociology, and we have 4 exams not including the final, we have to write 28 articles on topics from the new york times, on how those articles relate to society, on top of that project, we have a research paper that is due at the end of the semester. I haven't done this much work in my level 200 courses.... And those two projects that we do on top of exams, the projects are barely worth a combined 20% of my final grade. The final is worth 40% and each other exam is worth 10% of the final grade. Really what is this man thinking? On top of all of this, he flunked 80% of the class for midterm grades and speaking with students who have previously taken him,  they say this is common and at the end of the semester he curves it a lot and makes the projects worth more. Can he do this? I mean obviously he can, but i mean 80% fail at the beginning and then at the end he makes sure everyone passes? Kind of silly.

My friend, The soldier

My friend Chris is serving our country, risking his life for ours. He fights for all our freedom that we all complain about every day that we deserve. Now our country has stopped paying him for the time being in order to save money on other things. How is he supposed to provide for his wife, his daughter and new child on the way? I think our country owes him a lot more than that. Not just him, all the other men and woman that risk their very lives in order for us to have our freedom. They are under appreciated as is and now our country is basically telling them how much more they are under appreciated. I think something should be done to provide for those that serve their country and their families! They value our lives enough to protect them, its about time we valued the lives of them and their family. Our country has gone down the tubes and it's all about "me", there is no "us" or "we", its only "me, me, me!" I don't have all the details on the exact reason or time frame those that serve their country will not be getting paid, as I don't watch the news and what not, but from seeing things on facebook from the families of my dear friends that serve our country, it breaks my heart to see the rough time that they are going through. I ask everyone single one of you that read this to help those who make your freedoms a possiblity, take time out of your days to appreciate them, and if you have the means, please send care packages and any kind of donation to help those troops in need without a pay check.

Women's Nitro Football Team

The Nitro is on a roll, they have won both of the games that they have played in their annaugral season! They have been so determined and have done very well for themselves. They have large turnouts at their games as well. When I attended their first game of their season there had to be quite a few hundred people who showed up to watch them crush the new england nightmares! Go Nitro!

Toddlers

Getting a bunch of toddlers together is almost as interesting as getting a bunch of drunk people together. ( remember I am a bartender, which is why i can relate the two lol) A week ago i took my 14 month old to a birthday party for a 1 year old, there were about 4 other toddlers there all around the same age. So there was a total of 6 toddlers, only two of which were walking. Well, after the other 4 toddlers saw their friends moving at such a fast pace, they all decided it was about time to attempt the same. We ended up with all 6 toddlers holding on the walls and walking rapidly like they had somewhere to go. My daughter was refusing to start walking because she knew that mommy would carry her wherever she went, but now that she realized she can get herself places a lot faster if she doesnt wait for me to come pick her up she has been on the go nonstop holding on to the walls and going! It's been amazing. She actually took her first 4 steps walking with out holding on to anything last thursday. So exciting!

Cooking with Poala

While I did not take a lot away from this event, I found her words to be easy flowing and easy to listen to. However it was not something that tickled my fancy where I would go and pick up a copy of her upcoming book and decide to read it. I thought it very off to write such things about cooking, about burning everything. I think it takes someone very inciteful to be able to write about cooking and buring food in such a way that it was slightly interesting. Yet it was not something I could take interest in or understand the hidden meaning if there even was one.

Registration on campus

Well, let me tell you, as a very educated person on the inner workings of registration on campus, it never fails to amaze me how the advisors make huge mistakes. This is my first semester at WCSU, going to register for my second semester, i was told they have been in the process of phasing out my major. Now why in gods name would you let me enrol in school with that major if they were phasing it out? So now I have wasted time in classes I don't need and cant use as an elective because I already had too many. So now I will be in school an entire year longer that I needed to be thanks to the wonderful advisement here at WCSU. There needs to be a better way of getting advisement. On top of that some how admissions put a hold on my account so i couldn't register and there was no reason for the hold according to admissions, so when they removed the hold the classes i needed to take because of my schedule at work and with my almost 15 month old daughter were full and my advisor would not over ride me even tho they were full at no fault of my own. So thank you advisors for messing that up for me, on top of that he even told me he didnt see how i would ever manage to graduate with such restrictions. I am pretty sure many parents with young children were able to graduate while working. I was pretty upset with the discouragement i was given. Time for a new advisor.

Sniffing bath salt?

As I read an article online today, I was completely surprised that college students would sniff/smoke/inject BATH SALT into their bodies!! Just to get high! In further reading, it explained that it causes hallucinations, extreme paranoia, aggression, and can cause seizures among other things. College students in Florida were doing this. The bath salt is made in china, and sold in stores right next to the energy drinks and are called things like Vanilla sky and Pure Vanilla. This drug is very dangerous and officials in Florida have filled an emergency bill that is to prohibit the sales of such a drug and the penalty for being caught on, or having this on you will carry the same weight as heroin or cocaine use and distribution. Up to five years in prison to be more exact. What on earth are these college students thinking? I thought the majority of college students had to be slightly intelligent after making the decision to go to college in the first place, boy was I wrong.

Friendly Pirates? I think not.

So, I read the article yesterday about the pirates that killed four Americans. I think that it was awful and I feel for the families of those who were killed. I hadn't given it much other thought until this morning while I was watching Disney Junior with my one year old daughter, Julianna, who loves to see anything that moves, has color and makes music and sings! There is this pirate show, where the pirates are friendly and help everyone. I don't think that this is something that should be on a childrens channel, despite all the fairy tales and fiction stories that have been made up to entertain children, I was under the impression pirates really didn't exist anymore. Yes I was def. wrong, and think it's very wrong that children are given the idea that pirates are friendly. Who's to say these children watching this show don't end up on a cruise or in the wrong situation where they would come in contact with a real pirate, they would assume it friendly. I know that this would be a very rare situation, but it is one of those things that people need to think about. What are your children watching and how does it help them prepare to be in the real world? You want to make sure they are making children aware of the danger but also showing them things that are good. You do not want to scare the children about the bad in the world, but you do need to warn them and make sure they know what they should do in a situation. Not show them that pirates are good and friendly, what other shows have I not seen yet that may teach my daughter the wrong things in life??

Continuous Danger in WCSU commuter lot!

Three weeks ago, as another student and I walked to our cars, at the very top of the commuter lot on the midtown campus, there were no lights at all on one whole side! Here we are almost a month later and there are still no lights on that side of the garage! Are we the only people that have noticed that and are bothered by it? Does campus security not check on these things? We have cameras in the garage, but what can they see if there is no light? If someone male or female got attacked on that side of the garage, not only is it bad enough to have no light, (which only creates more possibility for this to happen) but there would be no footage of the assailant to try to catch them. Campus security will be hearing from me this week! It's very sad that so much time has gone by since I last parked up there, and yet the problem still remains.

Dangerous parking garage

Walking to the car from class, a classmate and I were shocked at how many lights are out on the top floor of the parking garage. There were no lights on the whole right side! It was dark, icey and extremely nerve racking to walk to our cars. As two female students who are well equipt to take care of themselves, I still can't help but wonder, what if? All the things you read about with on campus rapes and muggings, yes I know that its rare in our neck of the woods, but it's always better safe than sorry! Where is my tuition money going? Our parking garage is on a main street in Danbury, which means anyone can get in there, especially at night when your id is not required to get in the garage. Also there are many points of entry for someone on foot that is not a student. Growing up in this area most of my life, I know the parts of town where its okay to walk around in the dark and the parts that it is not. Where our parking garage is, well I can say is a little more than questionable. I did not see one campus security personel or car walking to the garage or pulling out with my car. Where is the staff that needs to replace the light bulbs? Where is the campus security that should be around at night? It's very nerve racking!

JFK Anniversery

It seems as though, our country is missing a JFK in congress as there has always been a Kennedy in the Congress. The article I found on "Boston.Com" speaks of his motivational speach back in 1962 which gave Americans a feeling of Patriotism and idealism. In this speech he gave, he gave birth to the phrase, "ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country?" I think that this phrase helped a lot of Americans see that workin together as a Country would benefit everyone in this Country. In reading about President Kennedy, who was far before my time, it seems to me as though he was a special kind of person as well as President of the United States. He really believed in our Country.
In reading an article from abcnews.com/politics, it discusses what a wonderful man that he was, how he remembered the names of everyone he met, he was a personable man. He not only cared about this Country, he cared for the people that made up this Country. It's sad to see that public service is not held in the same light that it once was. When Kennedy was President, he encouraged the people of our Country to join public services, such as the peace corp. They say he was a public servant his whole life, by choice. Which I think is a wonderful thing, to see someone with money and power donate their time and life to the public, just because they truly want to make a difference in the world.
Coming from a background that never concentrated or paid any mind to the politics of our Country, reading the articles about what a wonderful man he was, I wonder why our Country has not tried to find a similar Preisdent to fill his shoes? Is there not another person who honestly believes in our Country and all that it stands for?

My personal profile

My name is Jillian Goodman, I was born and raised in Southbury Ct, with a little bit of Danbury Ct thrown in there. I have a daughter who is going to be one on February 10th. She has become my whole world, I hate to leave her behind even just to go to class or work, which is why I left my day job and only work the minimum hours required to survive. She is the one of the main reasons I have decided I want to become an English teacher. English has always been a interesting subject for me, in which I've always done well in, and with her going to school by the time I'm done getting certified I can get a schedule close to hers to be able to spend the maximum amount of time with her. I went to the Alternative Center For Education for highschool, which is literally right up the street from campus. I learned alot about my studies, but I learned so much more about life. Going to that school showed me a lot more than just algebra and history. They taught you what it took to live in the world, they helped you figure out what kind of person you wanted to be, they dedicated a huge portion of their time and life to the students in that school. I graduated in 2003 and have been back every year, whether it be for volunteering my time with the students, helping out with fundraisers, or getting tutored by my teachers to aid in my pursuit in college. It takes a lot to be a teacher, but I honestly believe it takes a lot more to become an A.C.E. teacher. Between that school and the difficult childhood I've had, I've been shaped into a very strong individual who lives for her daughter. If you met me ten years ago you wouldn't believe the difference between now and then. I wasn't a bad person at all, just didn't have priorities in order and had no desire to have children. When my daughter was on her way, I decided right then and there that my life was going to change and I was going to build my world around her. If she didn't fit into an aspect of my life than that aspect would be eliminated immediately, no questions asked. I've always been driven by myself to do the very best that I can, however, now that I have her, it makes my drive that much harder. I will always be endebted to her for how far she has pushed me and what a better person I've become since she came into my life. I also need to give credit to my boyfriend, when I met him I was far from where I am today, he gave me support, in every way possible, he showed me a better way of life. He helped me decide my future, just by being there and listening to me. He is my anchor that keeps me sane, and a wonderful father and boyfriend. My life is always insane but always, always worth the ride.