Thursday, August 26, 2010

Routine

Every day that students go into a classroom they're expected to sit down, be quiet, and listen to the teachers instructions... on most occasions. Once I got to Sociology I should have known that something would be different. The "awkward silence" that we experienced the first day was interesting to me. I didn't really catch on at first, but then I thought "Ooh...he's doing this to see how we react..." because people respond to things in different ways and we are trained to act a certain way, as well. He also was observing to see the patterns that we've developed over time. We've grown so accustomed to this that we developed a pattern and now we practice it for every single period of every single day we attend school. I agree with the idea that students expect teachers to provide them with everything they need. I often find myself wanting the simple way of having the teacher just tell me what do- and I'll do it. But I'm also doing it to get the points, not necessarily to attain the knowledge. I really like the fact that we are going to do community service because it makes everyone feel satisfied and accomplished knowing that they helped others in their community. I guess I like the idea of blogging to teach each other because we get a chance to totally write down what we think whereas in class I don't think we get the same opportunity. 

Monday, August 23, 2010

About me

I'm Corinne, I turn 18 on November 10th. I love the ocean and I want to go to a college near it. I went to San Diego this past summer for two weeks with an organization, Hope Worldwide, which is associated with my church. We worked with homeless people all throughout San Diego. I would love to go to San Diego State for college, and maybe live there one day. Some major influences on me are my religion, my friends, and my family. I know it's a typical response, but it's legit. In college, I think I want to major in business and eventually go into non-profit work. I love mission work and just helping people. I really want to go to Fiji, New Zealand, and many other islands. I'm a super random person. I hate math with a passion. I have ADD I'm pretty sure, but that's not confirmed. A lot of people don't understand my humor either but eh, whatever. I'm generally a happy person, I laugh a lot. I like candles. I love slushies. I loove Haribou Gummy bears. I listen to every type of music. I have hilarious friends and we do random crazy stuff all the time. I have an odd style. I dig fashion. I'm a complicated person, and I'm soo indecisive. I'm chill but can be a spaz at times. There's a lot that people don't know about me, but hey there's some stuff :)