This class has taught me many differetnt things that i will use in my life. such things an acadimic plan, community service, coping with change, resoreces, and other useful things. An acadimic plan was one of my first step in this class. the second was Acadamic honesty which is important in any and every class. then came Comunity service which taught me to get involved in community. this was follwed by butler resources which would help me be successful in graduating butler community college. the second most important step of this text was time management. this is important in everyday to day life. finally came coping with change. i will use this inforamtion for the rest of my life. As a learner i feal that i ahve several strengths. However the most important and bigest strength i have is just being able to sit back at examine the situation. this means i dont talk but i listen. the more i listen the more i obsorb or learn. Being aa leaner also comes with its weakness. like everyone else in life i to have ny weaknesses. The most important one and biggest one is me always rushing through things. i ahve a tentensy to rush through things and not put my full amount of effort and potential into my work. such work as my acadimics. however this trait and weakness is improving and is almost broken. Throughout this class i have learned many things. the most important thiong is how to take advantage of my resources both in college as well as the rest of the world. the parts of class that i find to be applied to my life the most was the copin with change part. this has happend alot in my life and will continue to happen. thats why it applies to me the most. From my point of view as a student this class worked out great. It worked like all my other class only with more detial and more learning oppurtunities. for the students that take this course in the future i have one piece of advice on how to be successful in the class. Do all your work an dtake advantage of all the learning oppurtunities that are availiable to you. My experiance as a learner in this class will be greatly used in my life. they will help me succeed and take full advantage of all opputnities that come my way.

Acadimic Plan

For me an acadimic plan was one of my first steps in deciding what i was going to do with my schooling after high school. i first had to decide what i wanted to do with my life. I decided i wanted to play profesional basketball. so i first i had to make it in college basketball. so i needed an acacdimic plan to make this happen. this was simple for me. First I would make it to all of my classes on time and try to never miss a class period. then i would make sure all my assigments were done completly and handed in on time. this is simple but afffective.

Butler resources

In every major education facilty, business building or public institution there is a group of people who make up the resource group. Butler community college ahs a wide group of people who make up the butler resources and services.this group at butler is there to help us with any thing we need. Finaicial aid, tutoring, or anything else you need help with they are there. Being in student connect class has helped me realize all the availiable resources of the campus and college. using these resources has helped me tremendously during the course of my schooling so far at Butler community College.

community service

Back in my hood there is alot to be done as far as community as far as community service. when trying to figure out a community service acyt for me to do i ahd trouble. Then i realized that i was looking inthe wrong way for this act that needed to be done. See i was to busy looking for the big thing that i needed to be done or the big things that would effect the community. what i was not realizing is that was that this small act of service could play a big role in the community. this was littering. Everywhere I went i saw tons of trash all over the place. So i figured as community service i could help implement a city wide littering policy. this would take a lot of team work but would get the job done.

Academic Honesty

When I was faced with the subject of cheating and success when it comes to the subject of education. My answer for this problem was simple in the end. However it took a lot of thought. The answer for me was no it’s not okay to cheat to succeed in education. This was supported by many thoughts. The first and most important was I was always told not to lie and to me cheating to succeed was the same thing as lying. Another important one was that I knew that if I got caught I would lose my scholarship. So I had to weigh my options. Would I take the fast easy way out and cheat then get caught and ruin my opportunities or would I take the time to do it so that I can still be here tomorrow. Also I had I felt that if I cheated to succeed I wasn’t learning anything and in the end I wasn’t succeeding. Even though I was an athlete with a busy schedule and dreamed of making a living off doing sports I had to think beyond that. I had to think what if I get injured with an injury that ends my athletic career. I had to have something to fall back on. If I cheated in education then I would not have anything to fall back on. So in the end the answer and way I felt about cheating to succeed in education was simple.

Time management

I have alot of commitments in my life. Such commitments as academic, family, and social commitments. My academic commitments are the second most important ones in my life at this moment in life. These commitments are my college education and keeping my grades up so i can graduate and attend a four year college in the fall. this commitment is not just important to me but to my family as well. the most important commitment is that of my family. I have the commitment of looking out and protecting my family. that's why I'm here in college playing sports and getting an education. I'm doing this so i can make more money so i can make life better for my mama and brothers. as far as my social commitments go i have to have friends and i got to have a girl. with all these commitments you have to have great time management skills. the time i had great time management with all these commitments i felt so good about my self. i felt like i was on top of the world. It made life and all my day to day opportunities go alot smoother.

coping with change

Everyone deals with changes in there life. These changes can effect and change there entire life. some changes are for the good and others can be for the bad. No matter what the outcome of the change is it cant be stopped from happening. changes will always happen. Also they can come in many different ways and diiferent sizes.

For me i have gone through alot of changes in my life. However most of them have come more recently than others. one major change is the living environment i live in. i grew up in the hood of a big city in Virginia. so for most of my life i never really had the luxury of this sort of life style. i would always have to watch my back wherever i went. now i can relax more. here i get pretty good meals and i am well fed unlike back home. this all happen because of basketball and my amazing athletic skills in the sport. with out this i would still be in the hood. so this change was one that was for the good.

Another major change that has occured recently is me being kicked off the college basketball team. it happened for really no reason. however this doesnt effect em that much. i mean i still get to go play for the university of maryland and i still stay on scholarship here. So it gives me time to focus on my grades. so i guess u could sasy that this was a change for the good.