Monday 11-16-09

For muse class i need to make 5 or so questions to ask a peer mentor. This will be for our radio project. Also we need to work on our scholarly paper. Professor Dan has looked over some of them and sent it back to us. 2nd draft is due this friday. Update our blog sites with adsense, Facebook, etc. Think about what we should do for our final. Email Jose Z. my questions for peermentor. Our final is on Tuesday December 15 945-12noon.

Questions for Peer Mentor:
1. Was this your first choice in college? why or why not?
2. How did your freshman year go? Did you get involved? Do you regret anything?
3. What are some of the clubs, events, etc. to attend while i am still a freshman?
4. Why are you a peer mentor?
5. What are some pitfalls we freshman should look out for? both academic and social?

Wednesday Nov 11, 2009

Today was Veteran's day so i didnt have class today. I actually hear the community colleges still had class today but they get friday off. lol i get friday off anyways because it is a school wide furlough day. i only had 3 days of class this week. FTW
So today i woke up kinda late, and then went to eat lunch at Hot Pot City in milpitas. It was pretty good, it just takes along time to cook your food. After that i went home and finished my homework. I had to work on my Term Paper for Engineering. Later that night i went to my brothers bball practice at MPHS and we scrimmaged them.

Monday November 9, 2009

Brrr...In the morning today it was really cold and i didnt want to get out of bed at 630am. I had LLD1 class at 730am so needed to get up. It was freezing! Anyways i actually got to school earlier than usual today for some reason. In LLD1 class today we got back our essays from LDC and went over the next essay prompt for our final topic on Global Warming. I forgot my booket so i had to share with a friend. BTW on my essay i got back i improved by 1 point from a 2 to a 3. I think everyone improved because i asked my friend Alex and he said he got one point higher too. Anyways after class i did some homework in clark hall with Alex. Then it was to my Math19 class which it was hard for me to stay awake in and we just went over new material and took a interesting quiz at the end of class. Next i went to my Muse class which no one was really in. Half the class was missing and people where like leaving. Also i found out Friday was a furlough day and we have wednesday off because of Vet's day. So i only have 2 more days of class left. In muse class we made sure everyone has seen an advisor and hows how to add classes for spring semester. also we went over scholarly paper and radio podcast. Later that day just did my normal work out and saw loc. then picked up brother and now at home chilling.

For my weekend, it was okay. Sunday went to my friend's Ed's charity BBQ in Gilroy at Performance art. Kinda of a low turnout but it was all good. Just a place to chill with friends and do photoshoots. haha. My friend Andy rolled down with me on his r6. Rest of the weekend just slept and did homework. Cant wait for next weekend though cause of HellaFlush event on saturday! =D

Wednesday Nov 4, 2009

Chill day as usual. Woke up around 630am to get to class by 730am. In LLD1 class we went over the first essay prompt in our exam booklets and then took a quick open notes quiz about it. Also our teacher told us we only have 4 more classes left because of veterans day next wed. and thanksgiving in the upcoming week. Our homework is to read the next prompt and then find more infomation about global warming. More facts and stats would be best. At break i just surfed the net instead of studying and doing homework which i should of been doing. In math19 we went over the next chapter and took notes. In muse class we didnt get to watch any of the videos because we did something bad. We took copyright music and put it in our videos. Once youtube finds out they will take our videos off. We also learned about RSS feeds. After class i worked out and saw my coach. Then had to meet up with my friends to get some flyers for a car show on sat.

Conversation with University Leadership Monday 11/2/09

Today i went to the conversation with the President and VP of undergrad studies. It took place in the library on the second floor in one of the private rooms. Our Muse class went to this in place of class because our professor was out of town. The room was pretty packed when i got there because i had class before this and it started at 12 noon sharp. There was about 60-70 or so people in the room and there were also free snacks like cookies, brownies, lemenade, and water. I had to sit in the front because all the middle and back seats where taken already. It started off with Ally Gomez a peer mentor greeting everyone. Then she handed the mic over to Andrew Wood with is the director of sjsu peer mentor program. He introduced the people speakers and then go the show started. Dennis Jaehne is the VP of undergrad studies, Jon Whitmore is the president of SJSU, Katherine Casey and Natalie Quilici are the peer mentors chosen to read the questions. This was a open forum where anyone can ask questions to the president and the VP. One of the questions was, how is their typical day like at sjsu. They both replied with, there is no typical day because everyday is different. They go to lots of meetings and their overall goal is to invision the future growing and improving. The only differece the VP has between the president is the VP has more meetings to go to about academic studies. The next question was advice they would give to students. They said since the budget cuts and the economy is bad and no one has money any more, much more people take their studies more seriously. They also say try to get off to a good start, and it is just more than classroom performance. Get help from faculty, get involved, join clubs, and this is how you find your networks and meet new people that may end up getting you a job or helping you in your future. Another question is what do they vision for the next year at sjsu. They said the goal is to make university stronger, but since there is less money it will be challenging. We can cut or decline more students and graduate more seniors students and shape the incoming class better. We also can improve the technology sustain ability. Dont drop out of college. This is why we created muse classes because to maintain quality time with faculty. The next question was about remial classes. They said last year at sjsu it was 12% over enrolled and had unlimited enrollment. This year they had almost the same about of students 30,000 and cut $44 million. Furlough days equals to 10% reduction in pay. Most remdial classes are english. Next quesition was how to we help out with money for college. They joked and said we take donations. When they talk about "we" it is the california. The reason why we have a limit of 14 units is because it will give everyone an equal chance to sign up and get their classes.

Monday November 2, 2009

Didnt get much sleep yesturday night because i was waiting for my video to upload on youtube. it took freaking forever. and i ended up just turning off my computer and watching it the today. Anyways my weekend was okay. Friday i had work as usual and i had to stay the whole time till 930pm. We had megabite pizza and there was one incident where my friend Dom, the head ref in our league kicked out an angry coach that wanted to protest. It was crazy. seems like always all the chaos happens when i ref. ahha. On saturday it was halloween. In the morning i went to santana row with my dad and met my friends don and harry there. It was their exotic car meet. Saw some really nice cars. like ferraris 16M scudaria. nsx's and much more. also the founder of Monster Cables was there in his 2 ferraris. pretty sick. i should of took a picture with him. After that we went to redwood city to eat dim sum with my grandparents. Came back home and i stayed home and did homework while my brother went out with his friends trick or treating. On sunday we went shopping and then came home and i work on my video project. also we had to turn our clocks back and we got an extra hour of sleep. also i got some freshjive jeans. my first pair of fitted jeans. haha

today was just a regular day of school. LLD1 we just went over our final prompt on global warming. in math19 i had no idea what i was doing on the homework. hard stuff. we took a quiz which i though was kinda easy. i got my exam back and i finally passed and got credit for my exam. in muse class we went to the conversion with the president because prof. dan wasnt there.