This first blog entry is all about me. Tyler Austin. Even though my name is Tyler, please do not assume I am male. I am a girl and I do love my name. I am a fun loving blonde who works as a teacher's aide in an amazing pre-school. I love working with the children, but do not want to pursue a career in child development. What I really want to do is work in PR and Marketing. I am currently in my second year at Glendale Community College and plan on finishing with my AA after then Fall 2008 semester. I want to transfer to CSU Northridge by the Spring of 2009. I started college three days before I actually graduated high school. Because I work at a pre-school I has forced to take six units of child development so I began those the summer of 2006. So I had no Summer break until the end of July. I did really well my first Summer at GCC and thought college would be a breeze, until I started my Fall semester. Working full time and going to school full time was really tough on me. But I managed to get through the past two years.
I would love to always work in groups and teams, but doing so is not as easy as it may seem sometimes. Some people are not as committed as you may be and that makes the work you have to do a lot harder. I always put forth my greatest effort when working in groups. I make time to meet with other team members and try to distribute the work evenly. But again, others see group projects as a chance to let other people do their work. What actually motivates me to do my best is my boyfriend. Silly as it may seem. He ends up with straight A's almost every semester and he makes it look easy. For me though, I have to work really hard and study a lot. So he motivates me to do the best I can to get the best grade possible. On the other hand though, I can be really unmotivated and lazy and procrastinate a lot.
To keep me on track and on schedule I use a day planner. Every assignment is written in, all my appointments, class times, babysitting dates, work schedules, birthdays etc. Usually I will also print out a monthly calendar and write in specific assignments, especially for online class, so not to confuse them with other deadlines. I normally set aside Sundays and Saturdays for school work that not does have to be turned in previously. I like to get my work done ahead of schedule.
2 comments:
R #1
Tyler, I really like the way you set out your writing because it was very simple and easy to understand when you laid out your main points and went into more detail with each one. I have known you for a little more than two years now and from speaking with you and getting to know you for the couple of years, I believe that you are a very hard working and determined individual that will be able to do anything you put your mind to. Even though you said that being unmotivated and procrastinations can stop you from doing want you need to do, you have always proven to me that not even those can stop you. As long as you keep looking forward and you never turn back, I know that you will be very successful in the future. I also want to say that I feel very fortunate to have gotten to know you because we all need a motivation…and YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TRY.
Nalini R#2
I also found that the writing style in this post was smooth and engaging. I was drawn in to the narrative but I didn’t think about why it was easy to read. You have now explained it, by saying that Tyler laid out her main points and then went into detail. These are essential steps in the writing process and sometimes I think that might be one of my weak areas. I tend to write from a very personal narrative perspective and maybe the structure bounces around a bit.
For most of my career, I have been a marketing and PR professional and have written many press releases and sales letters. I am shifting into non-profit project management so I am now required to do grant writing and to publish research on our programs. Hopefully, this class will improve my skills.
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