Importance of Being On Time

       The importance of being on time to class is under-stressed, especially in college. When you are late to a class, there are different effects that hurt you and your class as a whole. From the class's perspective, when you are late, you disrupt the class. Everyone loses their train of thought because they stop to watch you walk in. We all do it. It is human nature to look at something that is out of sorts. Being late makes the teacher hesitate in what they were teaching the class. Usually, they will stop the class and tell you what you had missed, dampening the learning of the rest of the class. When you are late, it takes you that much more time to get settled in. Typically when someone is late, they didnt intend on being late. Thus, they are quite rattled for some time. It is really hard to get focused and actually learn something that day in class when you were late.
       Being late to class can lead to things more dramatic in life. If you get in the habit of being late for classes, you may develop an attitude that its not a big deal to be late. With this wrong attitude you could be late for various things that are very important in life. It could just start of by being late for a doctor appointment, then lead to being late for a first date, then eventually leading to being late for a big, important job interview. So as you can see, it is very important to be on time to class. First off, it is very important to the learning of the class as well as yourself. Also it can lead to getting the wrong attitude about being late in life. Being late to class can ultimately lead to further struggles in your life.

Blog 1

             Every generation is drastically different from one another. Things come and go, and times change. People in their respected generation view the world differently then others of different generations. My generation, or class, is drastically different from people like my parents. After evaluating the Beloit College Mindset List, it becomes evident how times can change dramatically over just a few years.

            There are several numbers on the Beloit College Mindset List that I can refer to and agree with. Number 27, computers have never lacked a CD-ROM disk drive, is a good example. I totally agree with this one from my generation’s perspective. To us, it seems like computers have been around forever. It has become such a habit to see a computer with a CD-ROM disk drive. We forget that there actually was a day where computers didn’t have a CD-ROM disc drive. Another number I agree with is number 58. This one states that Beethoven has always been a good name for a dog. People in my generation really don’t know a lot about the musician/composer, Beethoven. We pretend like we do and would like to think that, but in reality we don’t know very much at all. However, the real Beethoven we know about is the dog in Beethoven, the movie. It is a classic movie in our time period and when we hear Beethoven, we think of the dog, not the musician. I agree with number 70, the artist formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg has always been rapping, as well. Our whole lives, we have seen Snoop Dogg all over MTV rapping. Therefore, when we think of him, we think of rap music. Number 62, having hundreds of cable channels but nothing to watch has always been routine, pertains to my generation, or class, also. I know that I am definitely this way. We have DirectTv at my house and more often then not I find myself flipping through channels wondering why nothing good is on. Our generation doesn’t really know what it is like to only have a couple channels or not even have T.V. at all.

            Although there are many numbers from the list that I agree with, there are some that I don’t really agree with at all. One that I especially don’t agree with is number 1, few in the class know how to write in cursive. I feel like there is no truth to this at all. I clearly learned how to write cursive in second grade and was forced to practice it throughout grade school. I don’t write in cursive anymore, but I sure as hell know what it is. I know that my fellow classmates are the same way. Another one that I don’t agree with is number 50, toothpaste tubes have always stood up on their caps. Personally, I remember the old school toothpaste tubes that didn’t stand up on the cap. I actually still use the toothpaste that is in a big tube that doesn’t stand up.  I know that not all of my classmates or ones from my generation use the old school toothpaste tubes like I do, but I know they know what it is.

            The Beloit College Mindset List explains the current lifestyles of people from my generation though a list format. Some of them are very true about what we have come to be; however, some of it is pretty ridiculous.  There are several numbers from the list that don’t really pertain to us at all.