Official url for my INQ video project to youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzL3XLHWxuM&feature=youtu.be

Creativety is the Painters Thought Blog I

One thing that I did on campus that was creative was make my Video project. It was loads of fun because my brother and I pretty much went up to random people and asked if they wanted to be a part of the video. The way they looked at us when we first asked was really funny and became the highlight of the day.

First we both went to the SOP office and asked if they had any peer mentors around. At first they couldn’t find one but then one walked in at the right time. They asked her if she would like to talk to us. When she came over we asked if she would like to star in a small video. She smiled and said yes. Then we went to the front of Engelmann where it all started.

As you saw in the video I went up to a random guy and asked if he wanted to be a part of the video. Of course he said yes but the funniest part about it was what his response was before he agreed. As soon as my words do you and video entered my lips the first thing he said was beep (curse word) then agreed to help. Another funny part was when we went up to this girl on her phone. I walked up to her and stared at her. She looked up started laughing and said if she was in my way. I told her no and that I needed to talk to her. She looked very confused but decided to talk to me. She hung up her phone then I asked her if she wanted to be a part of the video. She said yes and so that began as well.

The last part was my brother who wanted to be in the video. His was funny too because he refused to put his cup of fake jello shot down and how he was passing back and forth wondering what he was going to say in the video. It took awhile before he finally was ready.

I did this project because it was a midterm for my INQ class. It was loads of fun and I really enjoyed it. Over all the Video making went well. I was able to connect and meet new people on campus as well as create something that could possibly help many people out. I would love to do another one.

Critical Thinking Blog V

According to Dictionary .com Critical thinking is “disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence” but to me critical thinking is more than just rationalizing things. I believe that everyone who thinks critically in some way are all connected. When arguments occur people explain their feelings on a certain issue, but what they don’t realize is that each person’s thoughts actually are a piece of what needs to be done in order to fix the issue. In my Blog A I explained that critical thinking is a way to organize thoughts and combine both arguments into one. What I was saying was that in critical thinking a person personal view is different from another but almost every time each person’s view has an idea that can help in the issue. I remember in high school I had to do a paper about the death penalty. I had to decide if I was for it or against it. I was against it but my teacher was for it. My teacher and I started to discuss why we feel the way we felt about it. He was for it because it can strike fear in the criminals that are about to plot to do something and it will reduce more crimes. He believed that the people who do the most gruesome things to kill should be killed so that they don’t have the chance to do it again. I understood what he was saying. I then explained my side. I talked to him about an eye for an eye situation and told him that it will never solve anything. He looked at me and said you know what you are right. He stilled believed what he believed but I at least let him see both sides of the spectrum. That being said Critical thinking is a way to openly listen to both sides of an issue in order to find pieces of things from both sides to combine and use to fix an issue. This way both arguments are acknowledged and used to make a brighter future. Two other words that I learned this week was Trailblazer and implore. Trailblazer means pathfinder. A person who finds the set path that will lead them into finding the career choices for them. Implore means to beg.

(Final Blog) Hard Work and Determination Creates the Whole Nation

When looking at my midterm grades I was disappointed with myself and I knew I could’ve done way better. Seeing those grades gave me an eye opener to what is not only expected from the university but also expected in order to succeed in life. For me to get the grades I got made me understand that I have been being too lenient in my work, but also motivated me to work even harder. Not only to just pass but truly succeed in the class with good grades. In two of my classes I could clearly see that right now I am not where I know I could be at. I admit I did struggle at first with understanding fully what was being asked of me in my assignments. One thing I do know though is that I refuse to quit. I will change that grade into the grade I know I am capable of getting.

I have also had some successes. In my English class I continue to impress my professor when it came to my essays. She really enjoyed what I had to say on many topics as well as the stories I created with some of the other papers. In my math class I am showing great progress, by raising my hand in class and answering questions and solving problems on my own. Even though I am not perfect I am trying to do all that I can to succeed in my classes. Even in the ones I struggled with the most. In order to correct the mistakes I made with my math class I took the initiative to sign up for all the tutoring sessions given to us, go to all of my teacher's office hours, and asking my classmates who understand the work and getting good grades to help me, so that I may pass my next test. I have a chance to make it and I will make it by any cost. In math, practice makes perfect, so I will practice my butt off until I get the grade I not only want but know I could get.

In my INQ class I decided to ask some of my classmates who are good at blogging to help me with my blogs so that I may post a blog that my professor is looking for, one that will meet all the requirements needed in order to get a good grade in it. I know that I could make it in this class. It’s just a matter of hard work effort and help from people who want you to succeed. For the next semester I now know that if I want to succeed in my classes I must use all the resources given to me. Not just the resources given to me by the teacher or the DRC office but also the help from friends who are willing to help you. If I am struggling with something I must be clearer in what I am asking help with. In other words, when I knew I was struggling with blogging the first thing I should’ve done was ask the teacher what she was looking for in all. How many blogs and how the format is supposed to be.

So next semester I will make sure I understand what is being asked and if I need help to use all the resources given to me to clarify and help me with whatever I need help with. Success indeed comes from hard work and determination. Even though I can’t change the fact that I got the two grades, I can change the decisions I make in order to change those grades to better grades. Always work hard and never slack, because if you do the things you wish to accomplish may become failures in a flash of an eye.

Who's That Critical Thinker Blog A

Critical thinking gives many cognitive and intellectually skills to identify, analyze, and evaluate the truth in certain claims and arguments. Critical thinking helps organize personal opinions and issues between two people in order to come up with some conclusion to their arguments. It also helps you make reasonable, intelligent decisions that will greatly affect you and others around you. A critical thinker has an open mind to the different possibilities of things. Not so much as thinking outside of the box but more taking what is already being said and thinking of scenarios of what would happen if they applied it in a certain way. So to me a critical thinker is more thinking of the bigger picture of an issue rather than limiting it to one aspect of that certain issue. Critical thinking is important because it helps people as a whole with understanding, creating, and criticizing arguments that can change the world. It is also important because it helps working men and women by helping them solve problems, think creatively, and communicate their ideas to their co-workers. Critical thinking is beneficial to everyone in many ways, whether it’s in problem solving, voicing opinions, create ideas, preventing disasters, fixing mistakes, and organizing issues in order to come together with a conclusion or agreement to any issues that may occur. Critical thinking has also helped me in many ways as well. In my English class all we do is think critically. We had to think critically when writing essays in a narrative formative, argumentative form, or any of the styles of writing. I remember we had to write a compare and contrast essay about an issue of our chose. I choose to do my essay on music and its influence on children. I had to think in a critical way in order to not only voice my thoughts about the topic but also give valid and supportive arguments of why I felt the way I did about the issue.

Mastery

Blog V Tyquan Chardon Professor Gaurino INQ 101 10/17/13 The highest point in which you perfect or closely perfect a certain skill is what many people believe is mastery. To me I believe that becoming a master at something means you advance that skill to an even higher height, using the skill to create a new form it. Mastery isn’t just simply mastering something and being known as the person to accomplish that. What you don’t realize is that the state and form in which you mastered that task or skill may not be perfected because it needed that extra push. Thing is sometimes, matter of fact most of the time it isn’t meant for you to master it. The next generations to come will always add more to what you started and make it even stronger or better then what you made. Don’t take it as a bad thing though because without you the bases would have never been thought about. Mastery is created through the generations not just from one person but many people create a masterpiece. Mastery is formed through a union of generations all adding their own input and ability. That to me is what mastery is. One word that I learned in the work we have done was transcendant. It is the state in which you rise above or go beyond. So to be transcendant you are a person who went far beyond the limits of a person skills. The second word I learned was reverential. It is characterized as the word reverance which is a feeling or attitude of deep respect for something.

Sotomayors Truth

Blog B Tyquan Chardon Professor Gaurino INQ 101 10/17/13 Sotomayors book was an uplifting yet exciting book to me. It taught you the values of hard work and overcoming obstacles in order to achieve your goals. Yes many things may come in your way to try to discourage you but if you keep a level head and fight for what you believe in and want you will make it through your life the way you wanted it to be. In the book Sotomayor was discussing to us the struggles she had with her life. Losing her father from alcohol ultimately made a big impact on her as well as her mother, causing her mother to go into a deep depression. She tried everything she could to take care of her mother as well as herself. Another obstacle that constantly tried to hinder her abilities to succeed was her own illness, in which she obtained at birth, but she didn’t stray from her goal. She knew what she could become and fought to make that possible. Now that I’m done with the introductions, I would like to tell you about my six word memoir.

Through the eyes of my peers

Blog A Tyquan Chardon Professor Garuino INQ 101 10/15/13 The blogger that I choose to talk about in my Blog that I believe is A work is “Live, Love , Laughs” blog. I choose her blog because it kind of described the meaning of failure similar to the way that I did. First of all she discussed how failure can make you or break you. It can either drive you to fight harder to get better or make you feel unaccomplished, which makes you break down and quite. One thing that I loved that she said is that society cannot put failure into a category; this is because it is hard to label the word failure on a set of scales. The reason it cannot be measured is because they see failure as one set thing, while many people describe failure in different ways. In fact “Live love laughs” blog described failure from more than one point of view, which to me shows that she didn’t just take this subject and stayed in a simple minded state. She took it a step further. She was simply taking the premises of the issue and linked it to many scenarios then connected those scenarios into what she thought failure meant. To pretty much sum this all up. I believe that she was thinking of failure as something that has no time limit, no discrimination towards anyone. It is something that affects everyone in its own way, and because of that it makes it hard to just say that failure is amounted to a size in scales. It kind of reminds me of what I said in my own blog. Without effort and practice, failure is assured to you but strength comes from the person who efficiently works hard to overcome failures”. What I was trying to say was yes we all have our failures but in order to determine if we truly failed is all up to the individual. It’s up to whether you are dedicated enough to overcome your failure or to let it take you over. I felt that Live Love Laugh point not only described failure but also let you understand in a more personal aspect of what failure also meant to her.

lecture me

Blog I Tyquan Chardon Professor Gaurino INQ 101 10/12/13 In this involvement piece I admit that it was hard for me to find a lecture that I participated this week. I found one actually. I am a student who has a disability and because of this disability I have to go to an appointment every Thursday around 9:00am at the DRC office to discuss my progress in my classes. I told one of the members named Mrs. FareChild that I was struggling in two courses in particular. Our discussion was pretty much finding ways to help me improve in these classes. She advised me to talk to professors for help and staying for office hours, so that my grades may go up. Three important things she told me was that she believes that the reason why it was hard for me to catch up is because one Instead of asking questions that will ensure my understanding of the work I just go with the first thought of what the professor means and role with that. The second thing she believes hinders me is the fact that when I see something I don’t understand at first I shut down and say I can’t do it. The final point made was for me to make sure that I am using all the resources that is needed to help me.

Vocab Blog

Blog V Tyquan Chardon Professor Gaurino INQ 101 10/12/13 Many people have their own views on what failure is to them. In some cases you may think that the state of failing is when you prove unsuccessful. So a lot of times it discourages a person in believing that they lost, but to me failure isn’t just proving unsuccessful. To me the true state of failing is unraveled when you lose faith in yourself and quite. I say this because if you keep trying you can eventually learn to succeed in what was difficult for you but if you quite you all together stopped all possibility of accomplishing your obstacles. True failure is in the person’s will power not in the fact that they messed up and was unsuccessful. If you proven to yourself that you can’t continue, then yes you failed but if you keep trying failure will be nothing but a memory. Never quite and keep fighting because if you do failure will not even be an option in your life. Other then knowing what failure is I also learned one other vocab word in this lesson. One of the words I learned was innate. Innate pretty much means something existing within you from birth. Its kind of like saying that you were born with the talent to a certain skill. So in that case you had the innate ability to do this skill without much training or help.

Gritty skills to overcome failures and mistakes

Blog B Tyquan Chardon Professor Guarino INQ 101 10/7/13 Saturdays Blog In class last week we discussed about how gritty a person was. Being gritty is how much time and how efficient are you when it comes to studying for a class which can effect what happens in your class. It exploits your cognitive skills to make you aware of the things you do to be successful in class. For me I know that I am good at many things when it comes to my work like being able to speak but there are times where I mess up. The areas I mess up in are the areas of time management. So yes I personally do handle my work but because I wasn’t gritty enough to do it before hand I ended up finding myself trying to do it last minute. As for this week, we have been discussing about making mistakes. Are we able to make mistakes and is there room to do so. I believe that yes we can make mistakes in our lives or in school but what we do to fix that mistake is on ourselves. If we just sit there and accept the mistake and never do anything to change our mistake we will just fail. But if we perform in a gritty way we may not only fix our mistakes but also succeed in all that we wish to succeed. These two components work as a team to help us in everything we do. It's not just a matter of what we decide to do to make it better but being able to make mistakes and use our Gritty skills to fix that mistake. Being gritty helps us to change our failures to success. Without effort and practice, failure is assured to you but strength comes from the person who efficiently works hard to overcome failures.

Let Failure Be your Strongest Link

Blog A Tyquan Chardon Professor Guarino INQ 101 10/13/13 Failure is the state in which you are unsuccessful in accomplishing a certain goal. Kids are the ones who take failure harder mainly because they feel they owe it to their parents to succeed. In many cases kids believe and feel that they can’t mess up. A lot of it comes from the way their own individual families treat them. It’s almost like they are afraid to mess up. In other cases kids are very successful so they feel pressured to continue to succeed. When they do mess up they are afraid of the outcome that may come next. Honestly there really isn’t a place to fail and feel like you still succeeded. Well there is one place but that place is unreachable at the time. Now yes even though failure hurts many people it also makes people stronger in some cases. For instance, when a boxer goes in the ring to fight he puts his all into winning. He uses his skills the best he/she could but still loses. Instead of taking that loss as the end of their career, they train harder to make themselves get better so when they do go back to fight they will be ready. Sometimes failure destroys our drive to go on but there are times where it just builds our confidence. Personally for me I believe that failure will at first harm a person because of their personally feeling of being embarrassed but eventually it will make anyone the most confident person. It all depends on the timing and person that is all. You know how some people say that failure is second to none in the face of admiration. That’s exactly the point. Sometimes it just a matter of learning from a mistake to gain happiness and feel pleased with yourself. So my advice to you is don’t let failure make you lose hope and feel like quieting. I say this because you never know how fast you may change and become the best at what you was bad at to begin with.

My Mistakes

Blog B Tyquan Chardon Professor Guarino INQ 101 10/13/13 Before I graduated from High school I was a little scared at the fact that I was going to college. This fear came over me when I realized that I was going to a even greater chapter in my life. I was afraid that I might fail and pretty much took my mood and made it feel bad. When I got here I saw that it wasn’t as bad as I thought and convinced myself that I could do this. The thing is I still believe I can succeed in college but there have been some things that I have failed at since I started college. One of my mistakes was managing my time wisely to get my work done on time. I think many times I convince myself that I have all this time so I could just sit back and relax for a bit. Then next thing I know I am trying to quickly but make sure it’s right to make it on deadline. Ways I have been trying to stop this is by doing my homework as soon as I get out of class. I would head straight to the library so that I have no distractions. I know that at times I get tired and just want to take a nap but I feel I need to at least set an alarm to wake me up at an ample time to get my work done. This Blog is late right now and even though I have a reason for that, I am just going to just finish it now. After this I will do what I am suppose to do so that this may never happen again

Johnsons Family Vacation

Blog 3 Tyquan Chardon Professor Guarino INQ 101 10/7/13 Today was a memorable one. I say this because after I left from class I was told that there was a reunion for the UAP summer program students. It was like a whole party for us. When I got there I was surprised about how many people attended the party, especially since a lot of the students complained about how hard it was to pass the program. I am so glad I went because I got the chance to talk to some of the kids I became friends with before I made it to southern. We all created bonds with each other through helping each other with home work and when we had free time to relax. Yes the program taught us to be ready for the actually college experience but it also allowed us to create bonds and enjoy others company. I am truly glad I went to that program. Even though we were all students I felt like we were all just one crazy family and the awesome teachers were our aunts and uncles.  Being with such a diverse group of students with many different personalities kept me at peace, even with all the work we had to do. UAP student’s rock!

The Path Worth Working For

Blog A Tyquan Chardon Professor Guarino INQ 101 11/12/13 The path Worth Working For In life we are all placed in a path where certain obstacles may try to come and temporarily knock you off track. Right now I am facing one of those obstacles. A challenge was placed before me where I needed to put extra effort into it in order to overcome it. The challenge that is placed before me is Blogging. Blogging is something I never had experience doing but I can grow to learn. At the time I couldn’t understand what I was doing wrong. Every week I presented a blog and it seemed as if every bit of effort I put into it, it wasn’t enough. I felt at one point I would never get it right, but you know what I refused to give up. I have a goal to make it to and I will do whatever it takes to succeed in this work. I decided to ask for help. I brought my issue to my Professor because she knew exactly what she is looking for. One thing I am not is a shameful person who’s afraid to ask for help. I also asked one of my classmates to help me in the process when I am not with my professor because she understands what was being asked for in the blogs. I know when I struggle in something, the only way to help me is by asking for some assistances. Blogging is not going to decided my life but it will decided if I pass this class and if asking for help is what it takes to make it I will surely ask for help as much as I can to succeed. I learned “what doesn’t kill you at first will only make you stronger”, but depending on what steps you take to overcome it, it can either make you or break you. So if you are struggling in anything in life, the best advice I can give is to keep fighting and ask for help because that extra push may be what you need to get back on track, so you can continue to walk the path that is destined for you.