UNCC and Forestview Meetup

This week in English was more productive than last week. On Wednesday, we met with Forestview students and talked about college readiness. I personally enjoyed this activity and found it very beneficial for the high school students. I wish my senior year high school English teacher arranged an opportunity that allowed me to talk to current college freshmen. I never had the privilege to sit down and talk to a college student on a one on one basis when I was in high school. In fact, if it weren’t for my older friends that came home for break, I really wouldn’t know much about college. I think that the UNCC and Forestview Meetup was a great opportunity for incoming freshmen to talk to a current freshmen about college and ask curious questions and get honest answers. I really enjoyed interacting with my small group and sharing my own experiences with them about college. I felt like I did help them become more college ready by giving them advices and tips about college. Hopefully, we can do another activity with the Forestview students because I really like to help people. In this picture below is a picture of my small groups’ chart to show all of the external influences (people, places, and things) that effect how you think, how you act, and what you do. 

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This has probably been the easiest week for our English class. We did not do much in our Monday class and didn’t have class on Wednesday. I don’t know why we didn’t have class on Wednesday but I was not complaining. I used the extra free time to reflect on my inquiry project and brainstorm ideas on how I am about to complete my inquiry project. I like how in Margarita’s Blog she questions if the environment or the people around you have an affect on your ability to learn. I feel like this topic is very relatable to me because in my midterm paper, I talked about how my peers and my surroundings impacted my ability to learn. I don’t know if I should be excited that freshmen year is coming to an end, its bittersweet moment. This year flew by, I still remember my first night in college but on the other hand I’m also ready for summer to start! Only 7 more weeks!