Millennials & School

Millennials 

I could not think of a title so I just titled this blog, millennials. Now, being born in the late 90's would classify me as a millennial. Now if you were to bring millennials up to your grandparents or parents, what would they think of when they hear millennial? Some of the things I heard were pretty much in this list: Lazy, entitled, think they are special, addicted to phones, etc. Now, is this true? Well that's a source for debate. 

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Most of my classrooms I mostly sit with people that are a year older than me or a couple years older than me. They would be classified as millennials because it is a safe assumption that they were born in the 90's.  I saw this really interesting video that maybe most of you reading this blog would want to hear about. It's about millennials and why we are so complicated as a generation. One of the things that I have been struggling to do with my generation is form solid friendships and relationships because most people are on the internet more than they have conversation with one another. It low key sucks because sometimes when I sit with a group of friends, there is going to be a moment where everyone will be quiet and just be on their phones.

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 Sometimes it even influences me at times and do my best to change these destructive habits. I see this mostly in my communication's class, where everyone is on their phones 5 minutes before class. Thank God I sit with my group and we are all really talkative and don't really rely on phones to have meaningful conversations. It's ironic though, how in communications class, there is no one communicating. Oh the irony! This basically impacting me to develop stronger relationships outside of school because at school, mostly I just want to get in and get out. I value my friendships even though I joke around with them. I hope my generation will not be lost and will not lose the traditions of having an effective relationship with one and another. 

Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace

School of Thoughts

School of Many Thoughts

One of the things how school has made me realize about my personal life, is the way that many people think. Not only that, but what they think of subjects in this world. When I was in High School, I already knew that college was going to be a place where many individuals would have their own set of ideas and beliefs. I was ready for this type of environment especially because I know that since there are many conflicting philosophies and beliefs, there would be a lot of disagreement between myself and other students. 

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I believe I addressed on side of the way students think in my last semesters blog but I do not remember since I recently did delete it. 

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Being in school has made me become independent in my own way of thoughts. Why? Because I know that I do not hold the same opinion of almost any subject, as most students do. Which is why sometimes I'm afraid to jump in the conversation because sometimes I do have many things to say and respond to many students claims but because the fear of the backlash, I will not. I have been engaged in really fiery discussion and that is fun when you're doing it with friends, but maybe not strangers.As I've been growing up and coming to college, I've became a little more vocal. I just see that so many people think the same thing and use almost the same thought process and their reasoning behind their thinking. Through college, I have learned to become a little more of an independent thinker, usually having a different approach of many topics of discussion. I hope that as we go through the year in English class, I would be able to offer a different point of view rather than what would I consider the norm. 

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If you reading this blog, mostly have different points of view than the norm. Be unique and independent. Somebody's viewpoint could always change and see the reasoning behind your point of view and could probably change the way they think. That is my goal at least. 

Balance

Balance

There was a quote that got my attention a while back and it said, " A long time ago, people who sacrificed their sleep, family, food, and laughter were called saints.... Now they are students"

I can agree with this statement to an extent because now being a full time student and a part time worker can take its tolls. Of course, I decided to take the job that I did and pick out the schedule for school that I did. However, I really do not like how in a federally funded university we have to take general ed. To me personally, it is a waste of the first 2 years that could be used to focus on a major of our choice. I wish it could be a choice because for some people, they do not know what their major is and they have not decided so they need to take a lot of classes to see what their likes and dislikes are. However, some of us know what we want to do and we have to take an extra 2 years to study things that we do not need to study that is not gonna be beneficial to life. This is not to insult anybody, this is my opinion. To me, it's like high school all over again. The thing I was trying to escape. 

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Overall, now I am getting less sleep especially waking up on Thursdays because I am working all the way until 2 am from Tuesday to Thursday. I do not know how I am doing it but school can be stressful at times because when I get home, I want to take a power nap but cannot because I have to worry about homework from classes and readings. I do not know whose idea it was that college had to be a stage of homework overload because rather than benefiting students, it can actually be destructive. I guess our education system could change. I am open for that idea. This is college however, it is what it is and I think I cannot do anything about it. From what I heard, college is getting easier but it does not compare to what has happened in the past. My high school teachers told me that their professors were much more strict and old fashioned with chalkboards and would not take questions until the end of their lectures. However, I am just happy to be living as such a time like this. Times are changing.          

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Beginnings of this Semester

This Semester 

It's been a really long break. At least this is how I feel because all I would do is just work and relax at the house doing extracurricular activities and that's how the day went. Now that the school year started, I realized that I made a huge leap of faith without even thinking about it and now I have a load of homework that I didn't plan on having. However, I am grateful for the opportunity to even be coming to school on this day and age where the federal government is granting students with free money which in itself is controversial. I am also grateful that I am a part time job so I can pay for my own books and other extracurricular things that this life demands with choices that I make. I really hate however that school is just much more expensive and that books are also super expensive. The most I had to pay for one book so far was my economics book with connect costing almost 200 freaking dollars. Like what the heck man? 

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But like I said earlier, I am grateful to be working a job that pays a good wage that I could pay for that. This semester has a lot of reading to do which means that my weekends will most likely be busy because I will have to catch up on homework and assignments on the weekend. If this is what it's going to take to graduate in about 4 years rather than 5, I would rather take it because usually Financial Aid stops funding after the 4th year. What I would recommend every person who is reading this, do not pull out loans. Rather, work a job or a summer job so you can save up for tuition so you won't have to pay back the banks loans with interest. The last thing you want to worry about when starting off in life is about paying back loans. Other than that, this school year is opening up the doors for me to make new friends and work together in groups for projects. I do miss my fall experience having a 3 hour break and not worrying about so much homework. Now all that has changed and I am back to doing business by doing homework. God give me strength because I am not used to this.