Thinking about time differently can help you achieve your goals because you're more organized about what you are doing throughout your day and it helps you realize that maybe you're using too much time on watching T.V or being on social media.
As I was reading 'Time for Success" I was really intrigued by how Preston says we cannot give 100% of ourselves to more than two things. I also really liked how he gave us steps as to how we can be successful in life by using our time.
My name is Gabriela Mendoza. This is my second semester at the Open Source Learning Academy. I chose to come back because it was a lot of fun the last semester. I am excited to be in OSLA to learn, to grow as a person. I love OSLA. Last year's experience was awesome! We learned about digital data, how to plan accordingly, empathy and sympathy, the nutrition label, and we applied for scholarships, learned more about colleges, it had everything. It was fun getting to learn certain things that'll be useful to us in the future.
One of my key interests for the second semester of the year 2020-2021 is nutrition. I will say I have connected with this subject. I am interested in nutrition, and I believe it is vital. At the beginning of this year, I knew a few facts and studied on my own, but the OSLA program helped me learn the depth of nutrition to then be able to inform myself, colleagues, and future members of the OSLA program. I do plan to continue my learning next semester. I want to know what nutrients, minerals, vitamins can do for your body and how your body takes these different types of benefits. I want to connect the body and health, and then see where I go from there.
I unequivocally can state that I have completed the hero's journey. At the beginning of this journey, I learned about the hero's journey how it is a template created by Joseph Campbell in which one goes on an adventure and comes back transformed or changed. At the beginning of my journey, I was a bit frightened but eager to be learning a different method, nonetheless. So I can say it was easy in the beginning. After a while, it can get tiring, but you need to do what you need to do, thankfully I had a helper/mentor, Dr. Preston. I often found myself stuck on what I should write or say, but I had my teacher, Dr. Preston to help me and support me when I felt unmotivated. There were also temptations, such as plagiarizing my masterpiece. When I don't know what to do and feel like giving up, I turn to plagiarize to get things done quicker. I wanted a fresh start. It was the beginning of the year, I was learning differently than what I was used to, and I also wanted to change how I write. As the days go by and the end of this semester is coming to an end, I can see my growth both mentally and in school, and that is what made me a hero.
In your average classroom, it's structured in a way where we have no choice what we want to lean, what we would rather do, we may even feel like we can't raise our hands because then the teacher will yell at us for not understanding what she just said. My colleagues did deserve the choices given to us it and we sure did honor it. When we give choices you show that you trust them. All of my colleagues presented masterpieces by our key interests chosen by ourselves in the beginning of the second semester. I believe OSLA is a lot more successful than a regular classroom. At the end of the day your basic regular classroom has students who feel drained, guilty, terrible about their learning. How do you know this for a fact? I know this for a fact because that was me. I got to see year after year how everyone is not learning anymore but just completing the work needed no matter how they got their answers, trying to pass each class for a piece of paper. OSLA embraces mistakes, and doubts. When we learn it is inevitable that we are going to feel stuck at some point, with OSLA you will never feel if whether you should ask a question because we learn its ok to ask questions, be curious about the world, and learn learn learn!
We need to be exercising at least thirty minutes per day. If you work in an office or are a student on a computer for more than seven hours, I recommend trying the Pomodoro technique, getting up for five minutes every twenty-five minutes, to stay focused. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you get up and walk around. If you are sitting, be sure to always maintain a good posture.
How often do you hear people complain about learning high school math? I know many adults that tell me they haven't done any high school math since high school. And I know some are doing very well, succeeding and thriving that don't use math, BUT others are stuck working as a cashier at McDonald's. Calculators are a HUGE help in todays society but only to those who need them, and I don't have anything against calculators, I love them. I sometimes use them myself, but here's why I try to stay away from them. I remember seeing my second-graders peers secretly using those calculators for their test that don't do well with high school math. It's always great to challenge your mind, and math is the perfect way to do this. Algebra 2 is critical and necessary to graduate, and when you graduate with a diploma, you get a little bit more job offers, so you aren't stuck working as a cashier counting money for the rest of your life.
A good baker takes into account what the weather is like. The humidity level in your indoor air affects the moisture balance in a recipe whether your baked goods fall flat, are too dense and chewy, or too dry and crumbly. Dry ingredients like flour, sugar, and salt will absorb moisture at a high humidity level. When humidity is low, they’ll get drier. For perfect cakes, cookies, and other holiday treats, you may need to increase or decrease the amount of liquids in the recipes, adjust the baking time, or keep your indoor humidity level under control. Humidity comes from water evaporating from lakes and oceans.
The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1938 by Ruth Wakefield. She said, "We had been serving a thin butterscotch nut cookie with ice cream. Everybody seemed to love it, but I was trying to give them something different. So I came up with Toll House cookie." She admitted that it was an accident and expected the chocolate to melt but it didn't. And that's how chocolate chip cookies were invented!
"I'm Feeling Good" by Nina Simone
Las chispas de chocolate fueron inventadas en el año 1938 por Ruth Wakefield. Esto dijo,"We had been serving a thin butterscotch nut cookie with ice cream. Everybodyseemed to love itbut I was trying to give them something different. So I came up with Toll House cookie." Que se traduce, estábamos sirviendo una delgadita galleta de nuez con nieve, todos lo amaban pero trate de darles algo diferente. Y así cree la galleta de Toll House.
Necesitamos entrenar por lo menos treinta minutos cada diá. Si está trabajando o eres estudiante que se sienta por más de siete horas recomiendo levantándose por venticinco por cinco minutos, lo importante es de que mueve. Y cuando se siente, asegurase de siempre mantener una buena postura.
Un buen panadero esta atento de como esta el clima. El humedad nivel adrento de tu cocina afecta lo que hornas. Los secos ingredientes como harina, azugar, y sal absorban humedad. Cuando el humedad es baja se secan. Por los perfectos pasteles, gallletas, y otros cosas vas a necesitar alomejor incrementar o ajustar el amounto de liquido en la receta. La humedad viene de agua evaporando de oceanos y lagos.
Today I read some previous masterpieces and I learned quite a few things. I learned about space, and planets in our solar systems. We were given some interesting facts like how NASA plans to send people to Mars in 2030. I also read about bullying, the ocean, technology and a person's career plan . I love the ocean and the Bermuda triangle just fascinated me. I didn't know there was such thing. At the end of the ocean presentation there was this photo of a shark and I didn't realize how HUGE they were and how we are a snail compared to a shark. But I enjoyed reading these presentations and what I got from it is for me it was easier reading a presentation and they had photos. I thought that is something I should do next time.
I've been in this OSLA program since January so I know the basics, and how things roll here so that qualifies me to give insights and advice to whomever is considering joining the Open-Source Learning Academy for 2021-22. Here is why I love and recommend this program, you have the freedom of learning anything and everything, For example, I am working on my masterpiece (a at the end of the semester project with some information about certain things) which is going to be about the nutrition label, and baking. I had to walk about eight miles to deliver some cookies which was unexpected but this became part of my story. I can share this with my peers and give them some information about the benefits of walking. So there is really just a freedom of learning what you want to learn, and learning about other people's learning. Instead of focusing on a certain unit we can focus on simply learning.
I have a lot on my mind. I am excited, frightened, tired. I am constantly thinking about school and what I plan to do in my future, there's never a time where I don't think about my future and that scared me. Just last night I woke up to get a glass of water and when I was returning back to my bed I asked myself that same question that I simply just cannot answer which is, "What is your plan? What are you going to do?" I am trying to get through each day, one day at a time. But I also think about my masterpiece constantly. I have this expectation and it seems perfect and exciting I just don't know how to do it but I want to I just don't know if there is going to be enough time because my masterpiece is going to be due on Wednesday.
For cleaning no one ever is truly finished. There is always something that needs to be cleaned to be spotless. In a relationship, the moment the other person says its over, its over. The feelings however still may be there. But when you don't feel anything about that person, no excitement, no anger, no regret, no guilt, no sadness, no attractiveness then it's truly over and you've moved on.
Today May 20 we discussed a lot. We were able to ask Dr. Preston a question on everything and anything. I asked him questions related to college, money, and life advice. He gave us the advice to be careful as to whom you spend the rest of your life with. He also told us about how we got accepted into Berkley and waitlisted into Stanford and why he attended UCLA. He did not know exactly what he wanted to major in because he wanted to major in everything. He told us the difference between a credit card and a debit card, and how credit is a card you can spend money on whatever but the amount of money you don't have on your card you will need to pay later and soon because they can cost you interest. A debit card is a card you have with a certain amount of money but you cannot surpass that amount, you can't buy something greater in value than what you have in your card because it will decline your card.
"Yeah, I know that guy" is used a lot in todays society. But what does it actually mean? This all depends of the person, but here's my definition of "knowing that guy". When I know that guy I at least know his/her name. I never claim to "know" a person just because I saw them one time in my class. When you know a person it's because you know something a stranger wouldn't know. If I am really close to the person I'd say something like this "Yeah, I know that guy, we are good friends" This explains that I actually KNOW KNOW the person.
Time stresses me out. I think about several times where I needed things ready and done whether it be a cake that I wanted to bring or getting ready to go someplace. When I was younger I didn't have to worry about those types of stuff, I never had stress when I was younger but now I practically experience it everyday.
This week I plan to have all the information on a nutrition label, and the science behind baking, such as what elements can change what in a dessert. I plan to have my cookies baked and done. Hopefully, I can deliver them before Tuesday. To be able to receive feedback as soon as possible. I plan to make a google form to get that feedback on Tuesday. I plan to make a video on my topics, I feel like it's faster, and I don't have to worry about grammar as much as I would have on writing. I want to record on Thursday and have it done edited on Friday.
I will know whether or not my masterpiece gave all the information needed by asking them questions about it. It's not a quiz to see how much you weren't paying attention nor that you didn't get it but rather it gives me the feedback I need, to see how well I gave the information out.
10 questions the reader should be able to answer:
- Where do carbs come from?
-What good are healthy fats for?
-What is the difference between saturated fats and trans fats?
-What are examples of healthy sugar?
-What happens when you consume too much sodium in your lifetime?
-Why are proteins necessary?
-What is a calorie?
-What are carbohydrates?
- What happens if you don't take your carbs?
-What happens if you take too much sugar in your lifetime?
I think the school board's decision was wrong. There are thousands of students going to school and it's not a humongous campus neither for everyone to maintain six-foot distance. I just wonder why they made this decision, obviously people still have to wear mask and maintain distance so its still not 100% safe. People are still at risk and there are a lot of students who act like four-year olds and don't care about the rules.
The definition of cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort experienced by a person who holds two or more beliefs, ideas, or values. An example of this is a lawyer who has to defend a client whom she/he thinks is actually guilty. Another example of this is the fable of "The Fox and the Grapes" by Aesop. A fox spies high-hanging grapes and desires to eat them. He is unable to reach the grapes so he convinces himself that the grapes are not worth eating and he justifies his decision, claiming to himself, that the grapes are likely sour and unripe. This story is illustrated in a way where it indicates that: When a person desires something and finds it unattainable, he/she diminishes it by criticizing the object of desire as worthless.
The pros of rain are it can be very relaxing. I see videos of rain falling on the floor and it has millions of views because of the effect it can have on people. The plants also love the rain, and I love the rain for the plants as well. When there is misty, beautiful rain it's one of the best feelings there is. The cons of rain is it gets wet. Getting wet when you are not showering or at the beach is very frustrating because there is a possibility of stepping in a puddle of rain and feeling disgusting. It also gets very cold especially when you aren't prepared for it. But other than that, the rain is not annoying to me. I like to cuddle up in a blanket and drink something warm like a tea, or chocolate.
How am I today? That is a great question. I am ok, although I have problems that I cannot stop think about. I am thankful for what I have though, and when you are thankful you are happy. Yesterday was a great, PERFECT may I say, day. I loved it, I was the happiest but that was yesterday. There are problems that occurred today such as, my mom thinks I lost her "expensive" earbuds, my mom found out I have my phone back when she took it away, my internet decided to stop working right when I was goin to work on my assignments, and my mom also went through all my stuff and found that I have supplements for weight loss that she forbid me to take. But other than that I am GREAT. I feel amazing, and I'm ready for a great week ahead of me.
Home is wherever you come to at the end of the day. It's where you can sleep and feel safe. A home can be an actual house, trailer, or even your car. There doesn't have to be any people living with you necessarily. A home is where you change, get ready, eat, bath, and sleep.
