End Of 1st Semester

    The first semester of college went better than I had ever expected. I was a shy kid during high school, never really leaving my comfort zone to try new something new. When I was a sophomore in high school I took a field trip to PNW, and what I still remember from that trip was how massive the campus was and how friendly everyone was. Back then I never would have thought that I would be with the college life that I have today. The campus, isn't as large as I had initially thought, especially when I looked at other campuses like IU (know that's a big campus). This campus has a super friendly atmosphere that anyone can fit into, even if your just visiting the campus everyone is welcoming and tries to make anyone a part of the campus. The options of classes was also a big plus when starting college, since high school class selection was limited having a wide variety of options for classes is nice to expand your education, and possibly finding a subject to minor in. I also feel that I have grown as an adult, being able to keep track of spending, managing school and work, improving my skills, and strengthening my characteristics. I would like to thank you guys for making this semester a great start, and hopefully we see each other through put campus, have a great year guys!

Christmas

    Christmas, besides thanksgiving, is one of my favorite holidays through out the year. Christmas is one of those holidays that gets the family together, and celebrates what we have. However, one of peoples biggest hypes for Christmas is the presents that families give each other as a sign of appreciation and gratitude for each other. Over the past couple of years people tend to view Christmas as a time to get stuff, and not understand the deep meaning of the holiday, which is to give appreciation to family. The topic of capitalism tends to get thrown into this conversation because people tend to think Christmas is about the buying and giving of gifts. I can see where people can tie this topic with Christmas, but again that isn't the purpose of Christmas, it's not the holiday's goal to sell products to boost company profits. I feel that over the past couple of years Christmas's meaning was lost, so I wanted to make a little post about how people should view the holiday in a positive light. Also, no one is making you buy those Christmas cookies that are in the store two months before its even time for Christmas. Anyways, hope you all have a nice holiday!

Rational Argument Topic

    For my rational argument essay topic I chose either or not technology helps students learn in school. I picked this topic for my essay, because going to school online was a major part of my high school life during my senior year. My senior year is when my school went completely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so it was the first time I had done school completely online. Through my research, it appears that taking notes on paper is more effective for students to retain information than it is to typed notes. However, students that have access to technology have a wider range of information to use than students that need to use a book. Personally, I found that taking notes on a piece of paper does help me remember information, but I use a computer to find my research. Another piece of information that I found is that students tend to like typing papers rather than writing them, because it is faster to get what is on your mind  when typing. On another note, writing a paper makes the student think about what they are actually writing, rather than typing what the student may not have had in mind. So, technology being used in education has its ups and downs, but most of the benefits positively effect a student education. 

Global Food Festival

    On November 8, 2021 I had participated in the Global Food Festival on the PNW campus, and what an experience it was. First I would like to thank the school for having this fantastic event, because with out it I don't think I would have experienced so many different cultures in my life time. At first I was surprised by the amount of people that ended showing up, the entire parking lot was completely filled with people by 12:00pm. At the festival there was a wide selection of food selections consisting of Italian, Mexican, Indian, Greek and Polish. The venders that were at the event represented each of the cultures of the food items that they were sampling, giving a better immersion of what the culture looks and acts like. I highly recommend going to events like this if you like to experiencing different cultures.