Final week

This is the last week of class, so it has been pretty busy, but hopefully it will all work out for the best. i have enjoyed myself in 455 this year. and will never forget how much fun i had

I missed the last class, where we could decide to donate blood or watch the rest of the Electric Car movie. I had a good reason to miss due to the fact i was doing some group work, thinking that i would not miss alot of important information in class that day. I am in the creative inquiry part of the class and i have completed all the necessary assignments for it.

Today in class we were talking about how many iphone users we have in class, well i am writing this blog based on that question because i was one of the 3 people in class who have one. Jason asked us if we use the mapquest app on the phone. i said that i do, because in my car i definitely do not have a navigation system, so i use the one on my phone. I like the iphone app because it has alot of additional features on it that a regular navigation system has. I like it alot and i definitely use it way too much, but i dont see any problem with that.
Thanks

I have been struggling to figure out why my posts were not showing on my page, and i finally realized that the link that i sent u was different from the page where i was writing my thoughts, i copied and pasted it so now everything should be up to date. Sorry for the confusion, but anyways, this week has been good so far, we beat Miami in OT down in ot, so it definitely takes alot of pressure of us, but we still are very hungry to win the rest of our games this season. As far as class goes, it could be better but i am not complaining too much. I just need to pick it up and do better. So from now on, i will post all my thoughts on this page even tho it says eng 304 but it is really for MGT 455/497.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Today i have been thinking about how much work i have been doing in school for the past 3 weeks, i have been studying for tests and to tell you the truth i have been thinking of how proud i am for doing that while having football practice and all. I dont think i have worked this hard in a very long time

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Advice

My advice to the upcoming Eng 304 students is just to make sure that you enjoy yourself as much as you possibly can. The class itself is not really tough, you can make it as easy as you want it to be. Make sure that you attend class so you dont miss any really important assignments. i also noticed that to receive a good grade in this class, just make sure that you do what you are told and everything will work out in your favor.

Ethics research

In our ethics research, Matthew and i decided to look at the drug and alcohol policies for colleges and universities all across the nation. We actually went deep into the Clemson policy which was just passed on february 29, 2008. The amnesty policy is MAAP, which stands for Medical Alcohol Amnesty Policy. The policy just states all the rules and what you have to do in order to obey these rules.

Ethical Lapses

As i read the article i thought it was very informative and interesting. I enjoyed reading it but it didnt really surprise me too much. i was noticing that alot of the ethical lapses that occur are never discovered or brought out because many companies do not want their name to be linked with scandalous activities and have that bad reputation. During the article i found out that some of the cases are solved individually and some are solved with the help of the company.

Writing on the web

I think that there is a big difference between writing on the web and writing on paper because there are so many different options in which you have to consider. When you are writing on the web you should be more short and precise with what you say because people do not have as much time to spend on the computer and read something rather than them reading it on a written paper. Also when you write on the web your options as far as style and color are much more handy, because on paper you have one color. I would rather want to write a paper on the web.

Free Write

This week has been very busy for me,i had so much work to do, but the important thing is that i got it all done. My spring break was extremely relaxing for me. I went home to Atlanta and i got to see all my family again which is always a good thing. On thursday morning i left Atl and drove up to Charleston to hang out for the last weekend of spring break. it was also very relaxing. We stayed at a beach house in the city of Isle of Palms which a very nice place to live. The house we stayed in was right by the beach. I hope to go back there real soon.

Lies on Resumes

As i was reading the article, i noticed that lying on a resume is a popular thing around the world. I would have never guessed that about 50% of people applying for jobs lie on their resumes. It is not fair to the people who are telling the truth obviously because their chances decrease because of the people who make their resumes sound almost perfect.

Reading this was not a surprise to me because i have heard of a numerous amount of occasions where people have been caught lying and cheating of things of this sort. If you get caught in this situation it will lead to nothing but big trouble for the future. So i always go with the safest route which is telling the whole truth.

Presentation

When it comes to the presentations in class all of them were interesting because they were things that i never knew about. I was glad that i got to see all of them. I Learned a lot of new things and i hope to use them in the future.

The Presentation that stood out to me the most was the one with the chicken. I thought it was really cool that we had a chicken in the classroom and it wasn't going wild.I never knew that you could tame a chicken like that.

Mock Interview

As i had my mock interview it helped realize how important it is. It is good to show the person interviewing you that you are confident about yourself. i learned that confidence is a major plus in the interviewing category. this interview has helped me realize what i need to work on and also how to present myself.

Overall i am happy with how the mock interview turned out. I also got some pointers that will definitely help me out in the near future as i prepare for my real job interview.

free topic

I guess since it is a free topic i will just write about anything that comes to mind. Well for instance as i woke up on this Sunday morning, i walked outside to see how the weather was going to be for today. As i looked at my car i notice that something does not look right about it, so i walk over to it and walk around the car and i notice that my car is leaning over to one side. I looked down at one of the tires and see that it is completely flat. I thought to myself how in the world it could have happened, but instead of wasting time i drive to the car shop to put some air in it.

After reading all the articles about cover letters, i would never imagined how important a cover letter can be. I never knew that something such as a cover letter could increase your chances to get a good job greatly. The advice given about cover letters are very beneficial to me and i agree with everything that i read. Many company's who are reading applications have to go through so many resumes and cover letters, but the first thing they look at is the cover letter. Based on the cover letter decides whether the company will go into further reading of your application or if they just move to the next one. Finally, i must agree with the fact that researching the company is a very smart thing to do.

Interviews

I read many of the articles and found the ones i read to be very interesting and helpful. They answered any questions that i would ever have about going into an interview and knowing what to do. In one of the articles they were talking about if you were having an interview over the phone and what to do. They basically said that you should try and dress up in your suit and talk on the phone because it makes you feel as if you were actually sitting in someones office. Learning that was helpful because when i was younger, i actually had a interview over the phone, i know it was an important job but i would still have tried it. Another article was explaining how to deal with stress during an interview. That article was most helpful to me because i can nervous about interviews real easy sometimes. Hopefully when it is time for me to start taking interviews more seriously i can remember everything i learned reading these articles.

Pesuasion

I found a article written by Caroline Kennedy and it is about the support of Barack Obama as a Presidential candidate. I chose to compare this article to MLK's letter and the army recruiters presentation. Ethos in Kennedy's article could be found easily when she kept going on about all the stories and entertainment she had celebrating her land. MLK establishes his ethos throughout the entire speech, just by the choice of words in which he used and also by how he states how he is a leader. In Kennedy's article she really didn't really have any examples of logos, but while i was reading it she did make some very reasonable and logical announcements which helped her out a good bit. As far as logos goes, i would say that the army recruiters showed many examples of that. They said that you could take out student loans while in college, but if you join the army, the army will pay all that money back to the school which you borrowed from, which means you can pocket all the rest of the money along with paying for your school. Pathos was displayed throughout Kennedy's letter along with MLK's speech. For Caroline Kennedy, she stated many facts using family members, and when you start to include family members, times can start to become very emotional. In MLK's speech he used very strong quotes which have very powerful meanings which can also be very persuasive and emotional at the same time.

My life in ten years

In ten years i definitely want to see myself being very successful. There are many things that i have in mind to become successful in, whether it is one of them or all of them. In ten years i can see myself playing football in the NFL and making millions of playing the sport i love. Along with the money issue, i also want to be married with kids living comfortably with money not being an issue. That is what i have alwasys wanted to get to as i was growing up and now that i have a very big opportunity to do so, i have no choice but to take full advantage. Things could not have worked out any better for me especially since i am on a full scholarship to Clemson University. In ten years i can also seeing myself working for a established company at a head position because of my business management major which i am pursuing for now. Mainly once again i just want to be living comfortably with a family.

me

My name is Etta Etta-Tawo. I went to high school in Georgia. i play football for clemson university and i enjoy it. i have 3 younger brothers who all are still in georgia playing football also. as far as school goes, it is not the worst thing in the world to me but i still do what i got to do to survive in college, so i am proud of myself for that