I am in one of these uber-inspired moods right now. It's a good mood, as well, and not necessarily a bad mood. I am actually really optimistic.
I would like to become more balanced. So this is what I am going to start doing.
This semester is my last semester of highschool, and I plan to straighten out my brain, here.
I want to do so many things! Not even in school. Just with a tentative deadline of before the summer.
First of all, I am taking a full course load, again, this year. World Issues, Writers Craft, Peer Tutoring and Law.
I am actually looking forward to my schedule so much. I feel like I am going to learn a lot in World Issues, in Writers Craft I will also hopefully learn some skills I can put towards the book I am writing, Peer Tutoring is going to be fun and amazing and hopefully teach me some new skills. Law, I am mostly taking just because I am assuming I will get a good grade, but it will be fun, too. I think I know what my culminating topic is now, too.
I know I am not supposed to be putting too much pressure on myself, but I plan on doing something new. I will spend 20 minutes a day either reading, watching a "TED" talk, or other form of video podcast, or listen to a podcast. I figure this will be easy, because sometimes I am just sitting at my computer doing nothing, and I can watch a video lesson, of sorts. If I am at the gym, I can listen to a podcast, as well.
Most of the stuff I will be learning about will probably be philosophy, ethics, education or law related. But I also plan on learning more about economics. I think I mentioned before I bought a book on economics, and I just subscribed to a finance course on iTunes U.
I have been thinking about iPads lately. My mom has one, and I have wanted one for a while now. I am going to get one, finally. Hopefully. I need to save for it. But I have a bit of a head-start. Firstly, I need to pay my credit card bill. I hopefully will have it by the beginning of April.
I hate the way technology is sneaking it's way into education, but I have come to admire it, in someways. I think that technology can be beneficial in the classroom, with limitations. I think there should simply be somedays that are "No technology" days, and I think that using iPads to connect to other students and the teacher, outside of the class, is a good idea. I don't know. I am listening to a course/podcast on this topic. These are my opinions, though.
Lastly, I am writing my book. I have 2 chapters done. It is turning into an essay-esque, rant about my ideas of how society should be run and how we can achieve an ideal society. It's kind of a dystopia of a utopia. But I mix my own life into it as an example. So it's kind of an autobiography as well. I'm not sure where it is going. I should probably set out times to write, but in general I just write when I'm inspired, same with my blog.
In other news: my FlipCam hates me. I think I accidentally deleted the software on my computer for it. So, this means that I will not be uploading any of the youtube videos I made. I have iMovie on my iPhone, so I can make videos on my iPhone and edit them, but it is really annoying to use, too. I'll try to figure out what went wrong with my flipcam, and probably will have to re-install the software. Blerg.
I would like to become more balanced. So this is what I am going to start doing.
This semester is my last semester of highschool, and I plan to straighten out my brain, here.
I want to do so many things! Not even in school. Just with a tentative deadline of before the summer.
First of all, I am taking a full course load, again, this year. World Issues, Writers Craft, Peer Tutoring and Law.
I am actually looking forward to my schedule so much. I feel like I am going to learn a lot in World Issues, in Writers Craft I will also hopefully learn some skills I can put towards the book I am writing, Peer Tutoring is going to be fun and amazing and hopefully teach me some new skills. Law, I am mostly taking just because I am assuming I will get a good grade, but it will be fun, too. I think I know what my culminating topic is now, too.
I know I am not supposed to be putting too much pressure on myself, but I plan on doing something new. I will spend 20 minutes a day either reading, watching a "TED" talk, or other form of video podcast, or listen to a podcast. I figure this will be easy, because sometimes I am just sitting at my computer doing nothing, and I can watch a video lesson, of sorts. If I am at the gym, I can listen to a podcast, as well.
Most of the stuff I will be learning about will probably be philosophy, ethics, education or law related. But I also plan on learning more about economics. I think I mentioned before I bought a book on economics, and I just subscribed to a finance course on iTunes U.
I have been thinking about iPads lately. My mom has one, and I have wanted one for a while now. I am going to get one, finally. Hopefully. I need to save for it. But I have a bit of a head-start. Firstly, I need to pay my credit card bill. I hopefully will have it by the beginning of April.
I hate the way technology is sneaking it's way into education, but I have come to admire it, in someways. I think that technology can be beneficial in the classroom, with limitations. I think there should simply be somedays that are "No technology" days, and I think that using iPads to connect to other students and the teacher, outside of the class, is a good idea. I don't know. I am listening to a course/podcast on this topic. These are my opinions, though.
Lastly, I am writing my book. I have 2 chapters done. It is turning into an essay-esque, rant about my ideas of how society should be run and how we can achieve an ideal society. It's kind of a dystopia of a utopia. But I mix my own life into it as an example. So it's kind of an autobiography as well. I'm not sure where it is going. I should probably set out times to write, but in general I just write when I'm inspired, same with my blog.
In other news: my FlipCam hates me. I think I accidentally deleted the software on my computer for it. So, this means that I will not be uploading any of the youtube videos I made. I have iMovie on my iPhone, so I can make videos on my iPhone and edit them, but it is really annoying to use, too. I'll try to figure out what went wrong with my flipcam, and probably will have to re-install the software. Blerg.
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