Weekend Review

Hello everyone and welcome back. Hope everyone's weekend was great and that they accomplished everything that they needed to do. My weekend was hectic since Friday as i had a bunch of homework and household issues that i needed to tend to. I can honestly tell you that i do not know how i am functioning right now given the fact that i got very little sleep this weekend due to a combination of homework and letting my wife sleep in. The good thing about this past weekend was i got to spend a lot of time with my kids just the three of us. It is a rarity that i get to enjoy because of school and work but i can see the light at the end of the tunnel of my college career here at Berkeley College. I am scheduled to graduate in April and i am just counting down the days until the big graduation day. Of course my education will not stop there as i intend to pursue a Master's degree in my field and possibly a PhD down the road. I cannot believe that it has been two years since i not only entered Berkeley college but have been blogging as well. It only seems like yesterday that i received that phone call from Ms. Carol Covino, who is the head of the Berkeley Bloggers. It has been enjoyable to have taken part in something that Berkeley College was just implementing and i will have to determine if i will continue to Blog post-graduation.

That is all still a long way off and we are currently rushing toward the end of the fall semester. I cannot believe how time flies but it does and it seems like those two years went by in a blur. I am currently sitting in my Persuasive Communication class waiting for the class to begin in about 30 minutes. It is an interesting class to say the least as we have covered so far many different types of persuasion, everything from debates to movie reviews. Many may not think that a movie review is a form of persuasive communication but think about how many people refuse to see a movie because it got bad reviews? Many movie goers rely on the movie reviews to determine whether they will see a movie or not especially since the price of a movie ticket is between 10 and 11 dollars. In other news the director of my department gave us some news that GE sold their Security branch to United Technology. This is important to my company as we are a Security System provider and our monitoring and business software is support by GE Security. It is going to be interesting to see how this sale will effect us moving forward. Our director also told the department that we should be proactive in learning new IT trends and software and to stay as current in our knowledge as possible. This is extremely ironic given the fact that it is very difficult for us to find time to do that during work hours and even if we do there is a good chance it will be disturbed. There has also been times where i have tried and it has been looked down upon so i don't know what is the right thing to do. I figure now i can do it because if someone tries to punish me for it i can always say my director said i could, barring that it is not affecting any of my other tasks.

Well time seems to be crawling ever so slowly toward the beginning of class. I have no idea what will be in store for tonight but i am sure it will be interesting. I have my second exam on Thursday in abnormal psych and i am hoping to do a lot better than i did on my first exam which i was not fully prepared for. If you like psychology then you have to take abnormal psych with Professor Suchoviki. He is thorough and in depth and will give you all the information you can handle. This is actually my second psych course and i have to say over all i think the whole department is great so pick and choose who you like. Anyway i have to wrap it up, join me again next time.

Midseason Review

Hello and welcome back to the blog. I still need to come up with a better name for my blog, any way before getting down to business I and every Yankees fan in Berkeley would like to congratulate them on their World Series win. It will be an interesting off-season as the Yankees will look to fill holes needed to make a run at the 28th championship. Registration is now open for the Winter semester so register now and avoid any issues with Financial Aid and Student Accounts. We have now made through half of the Fall semester and most of us have already gone through our midterms. Lucky for me I do not have any midterms in any of my classes so that helps ease off any mid-semester stress.

I have register for the Winter and I now realize that the closer you are to graduation the harder it is to find classes. I am down to internships and electives and personally i do not feel like taking all my electives in the building but it is difficult to find any open online classes. My hope for the future is that after week 6 or 7 that online classes will be made available for all students. The other interesting thing i noticed is career fairs and professional business panels. All of these events take place in the daytime which means evening students have to take a full or half a day to attend these events. Personally i would like to see if some of these events can take place in the evening or on a Saturday. Most of the evening students have jobs but maybe looking for a new one and these events can be crucial to achieving that goal.

In other business, Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching and that also is the official beginning of the Holiday season. The time where we reflect on the year that has passed so quickly and plan the future. It is a time where we spend time with those that love and care for us and it is a time that we are to reflect on what we are thankful for. This has been a tough time for the economy and i know for one thing is i am thankful to have my job both at DGA and here blogging for Berkeley College. Think about what your plans are for next semester and remember to always aim high.