Writing Improvement http://mcgui123.posterous.com Blog responses for WRA 150 posterous.com Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:02:00 -0700 Staying Busy http://mcgui123.posterous.com/staying-busy http://mcgui123.posterous.com/staying-busy

Is staying busy really important, or should people start to relax more often? I find that when I have a lot of school-work that needs to get done, the busier I am the quicker the work will get done. If I do not have anything to do, I lack motivation to do my "home-work", therefore it gets put of until the very last minute. I believe that if we are busy with other outside tasks, we become motivated to work on the things we need to right away so we can enjoy our other events.

For example, whenever I am going out of town for the weekend, I strive to accomplish any homework that I am behind on so that I can enjoy my time away from school instead of stressing over the work that I have put off.

If I find I am lacking in motivation, usually I go to the library. I do not know why, but when I sit in the quiet study-area I am extremely focused and motivated to get my work done (particularly my papers for WRA). Perhaps we are all heavily influenced by the body language of other people (subconciously), so when people are being routy we become routy and when people are being clam and studious we follow their example.

I can say that staying busy while in school is probably the best thing a student can do, versus not having any outside activities and only school work.

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Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:43:00 -0700 Is It Worth It? http://mcgui123.posterous.com/coming-to-an-end http://mcgui123.posterous.com/coming-to-an-end

This is a question I often ask myself while working on homework and studying for my classes - is it worth it? This question does not directly apply to all situations; what I mean is, if I am up late practicing for a voice lesson for the next day, I ask myself, 'is the sleep I am losing worth it?', and usually it is not because if I am tired in my lesson it will not be very successful.

I believe a lot of students sacrifice effort into their school work for other matters that will directly affect their mood or behavior. This usually happens to me when I am up late finishing homeowork. If I know the material well, I will often complete the homework in a poor fasion and make up the points lost on a test or quiz - instead of working hard on the homework, I do the bare minimum and then relax with a little comedic television or listen to music and take deep breaths while laying down. During the first semester I would stay up until midnight, or one o'clock in the morning, trying to finish all of my assignments on time (or early), while also commiting almost 100% of my attention to the details of the assignment - I wore myself out and eventually became extremely tense and high-strung. I would get snappy with my music colleagues and would emotionally beat myself up because I couldn't balance the full workload of my classes - I thought that if I could not handle all the work I was given, it would be a sign of weakness. Over winter break, I realized that it is almost impossible to pay full attention to every homework assignment, so I decided to better manage my time work on assignments little my little, or not giving every assignment 100%, depending on how much homework I have per night.

This is extremely prevalent in my WRA class - I am sorry to say that my written assignments for this class suffer because I am more focused on my music studies than I am on my papers. I find it an unfortunate circumstance that is unavoidable, however I am able to accept the consequences of turning in subpar work, or work that is not on time. What I have learned from this spring semester is that I need to do a better job of preparing myself ahead of time or assignments in non-music related classes, so that I turn in work that is of a higher quality.

So, the next time you are pulling all-nighters everyday of the week, ask yourself, "is it worth it?". Is the emotional and physical strain you are putting on your body worth the grade - after all, you are the one who will have to suffer the effects later in life.

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Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:12:00 -0700 Time Management http://mcgui123.posterous.com/time-management http://mcgui123.posterous.com/time-management

Well, I have learned an important lesson in time management this past week. MSU Opera Theatre is putting on a showing of a famous Opera, which I am in the chorus. We are nearing our performance weekend and are currently doing nightly run-throughs of the show. This may not seem like a lot, however when you are a student with classes from 8:00AM until 5:00PM every day, and then have a rehearsal from 6:00PM until 10:00PM, it is a lot! In my WRA class, our professor assigned us a lot of writing that needs to be turned in on time - where does this time come from? 

Managing time is very important as a college student. If time is not managed, nothing will be done correctly. This means that every detail must be pre-planned in order to assure that assignments and homework are completed in time. This also means that sometimes the quality of your homework and assignments must suffer depending on the amount of time available to work with. In my case, my WRA assignments were not as up to par as I would like them to be, however my music degree is more important and putting on a good show is also more important. 

So, do I feel as though I managed my time well? I do believe so - I did work when I had time and took breaks to keep myself from becoming over whelmed with stress and tension (as I stated in my previous blog post). My assignments have suffered a serious lack on attention, which I wish I could have avoided however I feel that it was unavoidable for me to put one-hundred percent of my attention into these papers, because I was devoting my energy and attention into two other subjects that needed more detail. 

Overall, I feel as though I have been tested in a new way that I have never experienced before and that I did a very well job to sticking through it until the end. I know that in the future I will be better prepared to manage my time when things start to pick up. 

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:53:34 -0700 Pressure - Tension http://mcgui123.posterous.com/tension http://mcgui123.posterous.com/tension

It is almost the end of my first year at Michigan State and I am beginning to feel tension to perform higher than I did last semester, and I am sure many other freshman would agree with me - college got a lot harder.  I am confident in my abilities as a learner, so I am positive I will reach the level I need to be at in my classes, however there are many classes I am taking and it's difficult to pay individual attention to them all - there is a lot of information to gain, but it's not humanly possible to aquire it all at the same time. 

As a voice major, I feel there is a lot of pressure to perform; on stage, in voice lessons, in choir. Not long ago, I began to feel like the pressure was too much for me and that I was dissapointing everyone I knew because I was not growing as quickly as I felt I needed to. This pressure turned into tension, which affected my instrument (my body and voice), thus creating more pressure because I was not relaxed while singing and was struggling to sing notes that I previously has. After a while, I has a mini-break down and I realized that this "pressure" I was feeling was not being presented to me by my professors and colleagues, but from myself - I was pressuring myself to perform at a higher level vocally to get me to practice and work harder at singing. However, this led to (as I said before) tension in my body which caused my voice to struggle. Luckily, I realized what I was doing (thanks to a few mentors) and have been to able to begin working back to where I was - every day I try to get myself to relax and I work on altering my thinking so I don't create pressure or tension within myself. One way for me to do this is by letting go of my habit to procrastinate and work on projects a little at a time; this allows me to accomplish small things without overwhelming myself. Also, whenever I feel tension within my body I acknowledge its presence and then relax it somehow - this is especially prevalent in my jaw and sholders. So, whenever my sholders tense up I recognize it and then relax them down. Taking deep breaths has also helped me relax my entire body and keep my stress levels down - oxygen deprivation is not healthy to begin with. Slowly, I am beginning to find that these techniques are becoming habitual, and soon they will be a part of who I am. 

Why am I telling you all this? I believe that every student should understand the pressures put upon them in college can be delt with in a way that doesn't create tension within their bodies - some students don't even realize they are tense (like myself a year ago). I would hope that because I have shared my story about how tension and pressure negatively affected other students will become concious to the hidden manerism of their body language and alter them so they can better themselves for the future. 

 

 

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Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:30:11 -0700 Spring Break http://mcgui123.posterous.com/spring-break http://mcgui123.posterous.com/spring-break

   The title really says it all, or that's what you (my reader) might think. Michigan State University finally had it's Spring Break, something I desperately needed! However, unlike most other M.S.U. students, I did not party or relax over break - I helped my family work on repairs to our home and worked at the College of Music to earn a little extra money. 

   This does not mean my break was bad, I enjoyed it quite a lot. I learned many new things about home construction and about the limits of my body, physically and mentally. One particular thing I enjoyed doing over break was replacing some flooring in my house - I enjoyed crawling through the floor to the basement (I felt like I was a kid again), scaring my siblings in the process. 

   So, my break was pretty busy - not much to report. When I think about how I spent my time, I would say it used in a very constructive way. I was able to add man-power to a job that would've cost a lot of money with a hired contractor. Also, working in the front office of the music building helped me become better aquainted with the faculty in my college, something that I feel is very important. Because of that extra time spent at the university, I now know more people than I did before break - I hope these professors will become useful resources for me one day. 

   If I had to tell a story to a group of people, here is what I would share:

When my mother and I began the demolition of our upstairs bathroom, we were under the impression that all we would need to do is peel up the linoleum that covered the floor and the replace the luan underneath. We began to peel the damaged linoleum up, however once we reached the part of the floor that wasn't water damaged (which was a majority of the floor) we ran into a snag - the adhesive used to keep the linoleum down had bonded to the luan and wasn't coming up cleanly. My mom didn't want to replace all the luan, just the damaged parts, however I had to persuade her that it would be more work to peel up the rest of the linoleum than to just pry the rest of the luan up from the floor. Eventually, she gave up to do some research on how to peel up linoleum and left me to my thoughts. I decided to show her what I was talking about. So, I took my pry-bar and began to slowly pry the luan up form the floor. With each pry I could hear nails screech with horror as they were pulled from the wood beneath - that noise was music to my ears however. Eventually, I got the entire five by seven sheet of luan up (with the linoleum still attached) and threw it all outside. My mother came into the bathroom to see what all the noise was and was quite surprised and frustrated with me to see what I had done. Luckily, there was more water damage hidden under the luan - this meant that more floor needed to come up, which my mom wasn't happy about, but at least I saved us a lot of work! 

   Overall, I feel that my spring break was very productive to my social and physical well-being as well as my respresentation of M.S.U. I enjoyed my time at home and really like that I was able to continue learning instead of sleeping all day long. 

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Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:14:00 -0800 Video Blog http://mcgui123.posterous.com/video-blog http://mcgui123.posterous.com/video-blog

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Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:46:02 -0800 Crossing Cultures http://mcgui123.posterous.com/crossing-cultures http://mcgui123.posterous.com/crossing-cultures

Growning up in a "trailer-park", I was not surround by many cultures. All my neighbors were caucasian-americans who did not have a lot of money. Since most families in my neighborhood lacked money, us kids were forced to use our imagination to entertain ourselves; we would play outside in the woods or run up and down our street playing games and having a good time together. I can remember my best-friend I grew up with was african-american, however I never noticed the color of her skin. She was my friend and her skin tone did not matter to me. It was not until adolescense that we began to notice how culturally different we were; that was when I started to realize that most of America consisted of many diverse cultures, and not just caucasian-american. I was a little surprise when I started high school and found a whole new world of people; my high school was much more culturally diverse than my old trailer park, however I made a very smooth transition. 

I consider myself to be culturally sensitive, more now then when I was a child. I see all the different cultures that exist around me today; even in people who are caucasian, I can see the different cultures they are made up of. I have a strong respect for people made up of different cultures because it allows me the opportunity to learn new things about our world. Every human on this planet is similar, in that we're all human, however we all have a different way of life. Since we are all different, I really enjoy learning about how different cultures behave and why they do. I cannot explain why I find it so fascinating, I just do. 

In high school, I studied Spanish my senior year, which started this flame of curiosity within me. I found the Mexican and Spanish cultures to very extremely interesting and I really enjoyed what I studied in that class. I believe because of this class I am now so enthralled when I get the opportunity to learn about new cultures and ideas that exist around our world. I enjoy my American ideals, however it is sometimes nice to know that there are other ideas in our world; it keeps us from being bland and boring. 

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Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:09:12 -0800 My Friend Aaron Copland http://mcgui123.posterous.com/my-friend-aaron-coplan http://mcgui123.posterous.com/my-friend-aaron-coplan

Being a music major at Michigan State means that I have a deeper understanding of music than most of my non-music major colleagues. However, my colleagues also possess certain musical qualities that I most likely lack, something that is very common in our world. After reading an article written by the great American composer, Aaron Copland, I find that I now have a better understand of how I listen to music, as well as how many other people listen to music.

 The article I read was written by Copland in 1930 titled, "How We Listen To Music". In this article, Copland explains his view on how people listen to music; he describes that we all "listen to music on three separate planes" (Copland,1930). Copland describes the first plane as the sensuous plane, which is when we (a person) listens to music for the "sheer pleasure of the musical sound itself" (Copland,1930). He goes on to say that this is a plane where we listen to music without thinking, without considereing the music in anyway.Copland says that sometimes when we listen to music just to listen to it, we can become reliant on the music to take us to a different place, we want to lose ourselves in the music, "use the music as a consolation or an escape" (Copland,1930), which can become dangerous because then we miss the other aspects of music.

Further in the article, Copland describes the second plane as the expressive one. This is where music expresses a meaning, however it doesn't always describes a specific meaning. Many composer have trouble describing what their music "means" because most composer view their music as an object or a thing; they don't want their music to contain one meaning because after a while that meaning can become dull and boring. Composers want their music to contain a new meaning everytime the audiences listens to the music, thus giving the music a longer life-span.

The last plane Copland discusses in his article is the "sheerly musical plane", where the music exists in therms of the nots themselves and the of their maniplution. What Copland is saying is that when a person is aware of this third plane, they are aware of what is going on in the music, as far as notation and rhythm is concerned. In this plane, a listener is also aware of the harmonic functions that are taking place, as well as the tonal color that music expresses. Professional musicians typically focus on this third plane most because it is what they need to know well in order to give the audience and understanding of all third planes.

By the end of the article, Copland claims that every listener is aware of all three levels when he/she listens to music. However, because every listener is at a different musical comptency, every listener experiences each level in a different manner; some levels stand out more than others. Overall, I found this article provided a new way for me to look at music as well as give me a new way to describe music to people who do not practice it for a living.  

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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:09:03 -0800 My Reactions to What The Gaming World Really Offers http://mcgui123.posterous.com/my-reactions-to-what-the-gaming-world-really http://mcgui123.posterous.com/my-reactions-to-what-the-gaming-world-really

The topic is gaming - what's the first thing that comes to mind? Addiction, obesity, obession, laziness, lack of motivation, waste of time? That is what I think of when I think about gaming. Hardcore gamers around the world will probably criticize me, giving me a piece of their mind about the truth behind why they game. However, I'm not writing this post to attack gamers, in fact my very own brother falls into the category of a "hardcore gamer". This post is in response to a new representation of why gaming is good, and what applications the world can use games for to help solve real-world problems. 

I recently watched a video about why gaming is actually a good thing for our world, and why people should game as much as possible. The video discussed very interesting ways of how beneficial gaming is to our society, and how is affects our world in a positive manner. In the video, Jane McGonigal argues about why she believes people should play video games for "21 billion hours...every week" (McGonigal, TED2010). McGonigal argues her point with many interesting and new facts and statistics about the benefits of gaming. I really like how she approached this sensitive subject with her audience, really capturing their attention with outrageous remarks like the quote above. Immediately her audience assumes she is a "nut-job", as I would say, and decides to listen to her bogus theories and statistics. However, she presents new information and old information in a new light, helping people understand why gaming is actually beneficial to the survival of our species and how we as a planet can apply the skills gained from gaming to real world problems. 

If you watched the video, then you notice how clear McGonigal's statistics are and how confident she is about her arguments. She doesn't contradict herself or guess on a statistic, she believes 100% that her remarks are the real deal. I really liked how she organized her data in a manner that allowed her audience to follow the message and gain a visual image of her argument. Also, she provides data from notable and trusted sources, Carnegie Mellon University for instance. Her audiences know that this prestigous university usually offers information to the world that holds true and is not "made-up". Because of these statistics, her audience begins to take her argument into consideration, giving more support and attention to her presentation. 

My closing thoughts about this topic - I realize that I do agree with McGonigals point, her point being that gamers possess strong skills in certain social areas that many people lack, and with these skills comes the ability to help make our world a better place by allowing world-wide participation in giant online think-tanks (the games being the "think tanks"). McGonigal discusses that is games were made that focused on real-life problems, and gamers needed to overcome those obstacles, many realisitc and innovative ideas can be thought up and applied to our world in order to help make this planet a better place for all humans. I agree with what McGonigal is trying to do, however I don't necessarily agree with how she wants to accomplish her goals. I do believe hardcore gaming is a serious problem in our world, and people who game need to gain the skills needed to deal with the emotions and problems they dislike about the real world (the reason they seek gaming in the first place). Once these gamers are able to move past their obessive behavior, they can apply their skills to solving real-world problems. 

 

 

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Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:42:31 -0800 How's It Going? http://mcgui123.posterous.com/hows-it-going http://mcgui123.posterous.com/hows-it-going

Well, the first month of my second semester here at Michigan State is almost over, to which I sigh a giant breath of relief. These past three weeks have truly tested my patience and willingness to continue my higher education. I have been pushed extremely hard, not only in my writing class but also at the college of music, where I am constantly working to improve my talents and skills everyday. The first semester felt extremely difficult, however in compaison to this semester, it was easy! 

During the first semester of classes I felt like my professors gave my collegues and I a bit of an advantage when it came to the objectives of the course; we were all new freshman adapting to a new environment to which we weren't comfortable with. Fall semester for me was mostly focused on improving my charisma and communication skills, meeting new people and learning how to bond and form a friendship with them. These goals have been accomplished successfully; I am very comfortable with the people I work with in my college and we all get along very well. 

Now that I have adjusted to my new life as a college student, I feel it's time for me to focus on my studies - improving the skills that my college is teaching me to accomplish my career goals. This means working harder in my classes to achieve higher grade marks and to retain the information in a way that will be beneficial to me in the future. I believe that my instructors also feel that by the second semester of a college students freshman year, the student is prepared emotional to begin to fully focus on the studies at hand and work harder than before; my professors have increase the difficulty of their classes because they know the students should be ready to perform at their highest learning capabilities. 

This holds true in the writing course I'm currently enrolled in; it is because of this course that I am writing this post. When my instructor went through the syllabus with the class, I knew immediately that this class wasn't going to be easy - I could tell that my writing instructor had high expectations for his students and trusted that we (his students) would put forth enough effort to accomplish our writing goals. 

Now that the first month is over, I have a clear idea of amount of work this course will require from me. My instructor expects his students to maintain their blogs while working on a minor writing assignment and a major writing assignment. During this past month, I've written three blog posts (including this one) as well as turned in a minor writing assignment and a rough draft for a major assignment. I have also had to balance the work load of this course with my music classes, keeping up on my piano skills and voice skills while studying my theory, ear-training and Italian diction classes. I am also balancing my school studies with the College of Music's Opera, due to me being at M,S.U under scholarship. All this work is, as I said above, testing me. I have to figure out how to balance all my activies while also improving my writing skills and keeping my grades up in all my classes. 

When this semester is over, I can guarentee the hard work I have put forth in my courses will pay off with high grade marks and a feeling of accomplishment. Also, I know that because of the challenges I am facing this semester, I will come out of my freshman year a much more well rounded student, with the capability of communicating with the professional world thanks to the skills I am learning in this writing course. 

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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:03:00 -0800 Proper Communication with College Professors http://mcgui123.posterous.com/proper-communication-with-college-professors http://mcgui123.posterous.com/proper-communication-with-college-professors

As part of my college writing course I am required to post my reactions to assignments on a blog, so I am blogging a response to a recent assignment. The topic of this was assingment is college email - how students approach their Professors via email and proper etiquette for sending emails to professors. I'll include a link to the articles that I read.

The first article describes the reation of a few college professors in regards to student emails they've recieve. I must admit that this article caught me a little off gaurd. As I prepared for my freshman year of college, I knew I wanted to give my professors the best impression of who I am by communicating with them in a professional manner, at least until I got to know them on a more personal level. So, when I would send my professors emails I would always make sure that the voice of my email sounded professional and that I was being respectful to my future mentors. Up to now, I was under the impression that all college students felt the same way, but I guess I was wrong. From this article, I learned that students do not want to communicate with their professor in the most professional manner possible, but instead simply send an email using the same tone they would speak to a friend or family member. That being said, after reading this article I felt at ease knowing that from day one, I had used the most professional tone with my professors when sending emails. I know that my emails represent me in a positive manner (not to sound over-confident) and that I haven't sacrificed any relationships because of a silly email.

The second and third articles describe ways to improve your voice in emails to professors. One tip I found interesting was, "When you get a reply, say thanks". I know it is common courtesy to respond with a "thank you" to emails, letting the recipient know that your recieved their response. Throughout my first semester of college, when I have recieved responses from professor, I know that I did not always respond with a "thank you". I can understand how this simple response can be beneficial to the relationship of the student and professor; to be safe, I am going to apply this tactic to my writing. Another tip I found useful was to have a friend read over your email (from the "wiki" article). I had never thought to have a friend read over an email, and I guess if the email pertains to a very important subject, it makes sense to get input from a friend just to be safe.

I found these article to be very informative, if you didn't already know how to communicate with professors via email. The information contained in these articles proved to be a reminder for me; nothing said in these article do I disagree with. If you are a college student, or going to be, I hope that these article benefit you by helping give you a head start on how to build a strong foundation to the relationship you will be forming with your college professors, especially if you know you will be seeing certain ones a lot.

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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:01:00 -0800 Transition to College Writing: What It's Really All About http://mcgui123.posterous.com/transition-to-college-writing-what-its-really http://mcgui123.posterous.com/transition-to-college-writing-what-its-really

In high school, I always saw writing as an opportunity to grown in some way. When I was given a writing assignment, I would constantly think about what I wanted to tell my reader; what advice could I give to my reader? Even when I was not working on the assignment, I was still thinking about it in the back of my mind. I would observe things in my life and think about how I could use these observations in my writing assignments. I would also think about new and interesting ways to structure my thoughts in my writing so my reader could better understand my explanations and so my reader wouldn't get bored with my writing; I wanted the voice of my writing to grab the reader and embrace them. I am not trying to say that I started out writing in this manner. In fact, this strategy was was taught to me by a very influential teacher I had in high school. Thanks to her, by the end of my high school year I had grown in so many ways because most of the assignments I did required me to think on a deeper level, which caused me to grow the more I thought. This strategy helped me discover new things about myself and the world around me.

College writing is suppose to be an entirely different level of writing. Students are expected to discover who they are through their writing while improving their voice and the structure of their assignments. Students are also expected to learn how to communicate with the world in a professional manner. Many students who are in college will experience this personal growth very quickly, using writing as their catalyst to explore their thoughts and the world. However, I feel that my high school english classes were the catalyst for this same growth, opening up my perspective on the world and myself. In this college writing course, I am expected to evolve my personal thoughts and my view on the world around me, however I did this constantly in high school. My thinking and interpretational skills are at a very advanced level for my age, so I feel that I need time for my experiences to catch up with my thought processes. This doesn't apply to many college students, and I don't expect many readers to understand what I am talking about.

About now, you (my reader) may be asking yourself 'what is his point in all this?'. Here is my point; writing is thinking. For my college writing course, I read an article that explained the difference in high school writing and college writing, and what writing in college is about. The author discussed how writing is thinking, and I agree with her point. In college, professors expect their students to thinking about what their writing and write about what they're thinking. When students do this, they will become aware of how they think, how they interpret the world and they will begin to alter their perceptions based on what makes the most logical sense to them. I believe this is what college professors want their writing students to learn. They want their students to begin to transform themselves on a personal level while improving their writing skills. College professors want their students grow in the way that I did in high school.

I'm not trying to say that I won't experience any growth during this course, because I already have. I am just stating that my growth is much more complex and in depth because I have a strong awareness of my life and the world. Because of this awareness, my thoughts are much more difficult for me to process which is why this class will prove to be a challenge for me; I will be forced to think even deeper. However, I know that I am not alone and there are students who have an even deeper understanding of their thoughts and their writing. Thus, I know that I am not in a rut, but that I have much more growth ahead of me.

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