March Madness

Hello everyone I am back and apologize for the long delay between posts. For those current Berkeley College student I hope everyone passed their finals and classes for the Winter semester. I am looking forward to my Spring semester beginning on Monday as I am taking some interesting classes next semester. Before I go into next semester I want to reflect a bit on my first semester at Berkeley College. I did very well this past semester finishing with a GPA around 3.9. I learned a lot over the past 12 weeks and a lot of it was shared with all of my readers. March has lived up to the title of Madness not so much for the NCAA Tournament that is going on but just everything that occurred in March. Speaking about the tournament I hope every one's bracket is doing better than mine. With all the upsets that occurred in the first two rounds I am dead last in my office pool. I have a slim shot since the distance between me and first is 10 pts. but we will see.
One of the last things I did in my Management class was talk about change in the workplace and in our own lives. We discussed how each of us handles change and learned some interesting things about ourselves. We also discussed the book "Who Moved my Cheese" by Spencer Johnson MD. It is a quick read and I encourage anyone who has not read the book to read it. It is based on 4 characters, 2 mice named Sniff and Scurry and 2 little people named Hem and Haw. It discusses how each of them goes about finding the cheese, what the cheese means to them and how they handle when the cheese is gone or moved. Now you may be wondering what is up with all this cheese but the cheese just represents what you want in life. What is your goal in life? What are your different "cheeses"? Mine currently is just to get through my bachelors program here, take the GMAT and get into business school for my masters. Simultaneously I want to make sure my family is taken care of and that my children are healthy and active. Those are my "cheeses" right now and they will change as time progresses. It is how i deal with that change when the time comes that makes the difference.
As stated earlier next semester is right around the corner. I am taking Oral Communication, Mind and Body, Web Design 1 and Graphical Business Presentations. The 2 classes I am excited about the most is Web Design 1 and Graphical Business Presentations. The Graphical Business class is just a PowerPoint 2007 class. Even though I have pretty much taught myself how to use PowerPoint any touch ups and new things can't hurt. The Web Design class is where the money is at though. If you know how to make really good web sites you can make some easy money. The good thing about it is most of it can be done straight from home so it works.
Okay here is the section you all have been waiting for it is Rebecca's Corner!!!! As stated in my previous post Rebecca will be a big sister to a baby brother. That's right everyone I got the pair on my first two times out. The new comers name will be Jose Benjamin Salles, a combination of my late grandfather on my mom's side first name and my middle name. After July this section will be called the R & J Corner. In more Rebecca focused news she took her first step the other day so it will only be a matter of time before she is up and running. Great for dad bad for mom who doesn't necessarily like to run. Anyway I will definitely be posting like I am supposed to now that finals are over, if anyone needs a tutor, tech support or for you HS students help with the college process just drop me a line through the post. Later everyone and enjoy the end of March.