Day 6
3 out of 5 RHD Candidate interviews. He was good, could have been more professional but I think he was more genuine and authentic then candidate number 2. But sad news my number one choice dropped out of the running/withdrew his name for consideration for the position. It was sad news considering he was very personable and I thought was authentic. Well I guess that's life you never know what it'll through at you.
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Take Back The Night
Day 5
Today was a good day. Went to my advance statistics class and paid attention. It was still boring but I made sure to do my best to pay attention. Went to PHAT office hours and worked on BACCHUS conference material. Then went to work where I found out that my book final arrived! "The Secrets of Happiness: Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life" the one book I was still missing for my senior seminar class for Psychology.
Today was Take Back The Night. Take Back the Night is designed to bring awareness and empowerment to individuals and to inspire action that will bring an end to violence against women. It was a very small turnout but a good one neither less.
This event is hard for me to take in at times because I feel so helpless. I think I am too emphatic at times and just try too much to relate to people and put myself in their shoes that I wish I could just take their pain away or take some of their burden. But then I have to realize that them telling their stories is empowering for them and that just me being there to support and listen to them is enough. That me not being there would be more harmful then being here.
To all those who are survivors of sexual assault there is hope and their is support. Your friends and family are there for you. Someone will be there for you.
Today was a good day. Went to my advance statistics class and paid attention. It was still boring but I made sure to do my best to pay attention. Went to PHAT office hours and worked on BACCHUS conference material. Then went to work where I found out that my book final arrived! "The Secrets of Happiness: Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life" the one book I was still missing for my senior seminar class for Psychology.
Today was Take Back The Night. Take Back the Night is designed to bring awareness and empowerment to individuals and to inspire action that will bring an end to violence against women. It was a very small turnout but a good one neither less.
This event is hard for me to take in at times because I feel so helpless. I think I am too emphatic at times and just try too much to relate to people and put myself in their shoes that I wish I could just take their pain away or take some of their burden. But then I have to realize that them telling their stories is empowering for them and that just me being there to support and listen to them is enough. That me not being there would be more harmful then being here.
To all those who are survivors of sexual assault there is hope and their is support. Your friends and family are there for you. Someone will be there for you.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Topsy-Turvy Tuesday
Day 4....not so much temptation today.
That could be due to the fact that I didn't get up till around 10:30 or so. Which was really good but that means that I didn't go to my Psychology Senior Seminar or my Chinese class. But given that I don't have the books for them and I would look stupid if I went. It makes sense to me but that could just be my lame ass way or trying to justify my choices. (I pray to God that my books come in tomorrow, please, please, please.)
But the day quickly picked up after that I had to go to a Residence Hall Director (RHD) Candidate interview. This was my second so far and there are 5 candidate, thus 3 are left. I will be making it to the third and fourth candidate interviews but unfortunately will not be able to make it to the fifth candidate interview. The first one I was really impressed with but this second candidate didn't really leave a mark on me. Her answers to the questions were very generic to what the university states as their mission. In addition, I felt she was giving us answer we wanted to here not what she really thought the answers would be.
After the interview, which only lasted an hour, I went to work where I had the 3-6pm shift. This wouldn't be bad but I had to train a new DA. For one part it's nice to have a new DA so I don't have to have desk horus and just have office horus but at the same time it takes time, effort and a lot of patience to train a new desk assistant. But my new worker seems very eager to work and seems to be learning fast.
That could be due to the fact that I didn't get up till around 10:30 or so. Which was really good but that means that I didn't go to my Psychology Senior Seminar or my Chinese class. But given that I don't have the books for them and I would look stupid if I went. It makes sense to me but that could just be my lame ass way or trying to justify my choices. (I pray to God that my books come in tomorrow, please, please, please.)
But the day quickly picked up after that I had to go to a Residence Hall Director (RHD) Candidate interview. This was my second so far and there are 5 candidate, thus 3 are left. I will be making it to the third and fourth candidate interviews but unfortunately will not be able to make it to the fifth candidate interview. The first one I was really impressed with but this second candidate didn't really leave a mark on me. Her answers to the questions were very generic to what the university states as their mission. In addition, I felt she was giving us answer we wanted to here not what she really thought the answers would be.
After the interview, which only lasted an hour, I went to work where I had the 3-6pm shift. This wouldn't be bad but I had to train a new DA. For one part it's nice to have a new DA so I don't have to have desk horus and just have office horus but at the same time it takes time, effort and a lot of patience to train a new desk assistant. But my new worker seems very eager to work and seems to be learning fast.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Computer Labs: Temptation's Playground
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Day 3 and temptation was there and she's a cruel mistress.
Monday's are a downer to begin with but I try to make them as happy as they can be consider they set the mood/tone for the rest of the week. Which I think is a very impressive feat for today was not a nice Monday. First trouble to going to sleep the night before and when I finally did I swear it felt like I slept for a couple minutes before my alarm went off at 7:45. Damn 8AM work meetings. At least I got a free breakfast out of the deal.
Well then I had to go class at 10AM. That's when temptation reared her ugly head. My 10AM class is in a computer class and you can probably see why this is a problem. Given that most of the class so far is just review my attention span was very short. Thus, I was surfing the web and checking my email. But one can only check one's email for so long. I went on Twitter but it's not the same as facebook in terms of photos, status changes, links and the list goes on. But that is one of the reasons I choose to get rid of my facebook.
I find it so troubling how easily it is engrained in me to just automatically go to facebook as my default seetting when I am online or bored on my computer. I think there could be other, more productive things that I can be doing when I am bored or when I need a break from studying. So the experiment continues......Day 3 down.....
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