Week 4 Personal Reflection

With the schoolwork polling up, the only creative thing that I have been doing is coming up with creative reasons for why it's acceptable to be wasting my time.  Next project: come up with creative ways to force myself to actually get things done.

Week 4 Class Reflection

Class this week was interesting.  We got to sample some extremely high quality brownies, and the lesson learned was that peanut sauce does not work well on brownies. The lesson learned I'd the experimenting with food is fun, but be careful with what you are doing.

Week 4 Personal Reflection

So after the brownie activity, I thought I would give "creative cooking" a try. I made a mac and cheese burrito. And it wasn't bad! I think I'll still eat them separately, but it wasn't terrible! In fact, I am a big advocate of finger food and this allowed me to eat without utensils, so that was a plus. And just because I didn't like it, doesn't mean it wasn't good. Just like the resume editing, something that I liked would not necessarily be liked by the reader. It just depends on preferences. For now, I think I'll stick to eating mac and cheese separately from burritos. 

Week 4 Class Reflection

The brownie activity was interesting. I liked the concept of the same thing but adding a little bit of something can change it drastically. I also liked and thought the resume editing was very beneficial. The tie in of the brownie activity along with the resume editing was good. Sometimes it just helps to have an extra pair of eyes to make something better or get another perception. I think the exercise of answer questions with active thinking of what the interviewer is looking for will be extremely helpful in interviews. Not only that but when we take tests, we can format our answers to what the teacher is hopefully looking for.

Week 4 Personal Reflection

I have a huge passion for music.  I play three different instruments and I also love listening to music.  Whenever I hear a new song that I like, my brain feels the need to automatically memorize every single lyric.  In general, it usually takes a few days to a week to memorize a new song if you work hard towards it.  However, being the impatient person that I am, I want to know it instantly.  At first, I believed this to not be a possible task until I realized I have something that most people don't: a photographic memory.  I am able to take pictures of things in my mind and then mentally remember those pictures later.  For example, while studying for a test, I can "take pictures" of the pages of my notes in my head.  Later on during the test, I can recall these "pictures", the information on them, what information was highlighted, and what it said on different areas of the page.  This really helps cut down on the amount of hours I have to study.  Anyways, I used this technique of a photographic memory to "take pictures" of the lyrics as I learned them.  After utilizing my natural talents, I was able to learn a full, 3 minute song in just under 30 minutes.

Week 4 Class Reflection

The past few classes have made me realize that there are all different kinds of creativity.  From photography to baking, people express their personal creativity in many different ways.  I thought that the activity where we had to guess different ingredients in the brownies was very interesting.  It's definitely not something you'd think of, which is exactly what makes it creative! I thought it was cool how our professor incorporated aspects of his life that he liked into the different brownie mixes.  Even though I was not brave enough to try all of them, I still liked the idea all the same.

Week 3: Personal Reflection

During this week, I began thinking about the requirements I need to accomplish for graduation. For the engineering honors program, I have to fulfill three pillars that represent breadth, depth, and community and professional development. I began thinking that I might want to add a minor to my education that will fulfill the breadth pillar. To fulfill the pillar, it would have to be in a non STEM field. I began thinking of minors that would be fun, but at the same time look good on a resume. At first, I began thinking of a language such as French because employers like that, but I wouldn't have liked it a whole lot. So, I began thinking of classes that I took in high school that I really liked. This brought me to history, but I didn't think employers would care as much. I continued thinking about it and I realized that I could try religious studies. I always loved learning about different religions in history class and I could tell employers that it helped me gain a better prospective of different cultures around the world and I could connect with more people as a result. Through my creative thinking, I was able to decide on a minor that would fulfill that would be interesting and look good on a resume while fulfilling the breadth pillar for the honors program.