Archive for April, 2012
« Previous EntriesSpeaking a little more colloquially than usual, it should be known that I love grad school. This may sound strange because sometimes loving things that can challenge you is not our first inclination. The Masters in Communication and Leadership has definitely made me work hard. Now that I am almost done, I am being asked [...]
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It has been an interesting and overly emotional week or so. It is finally hitting my classmates, professors and myself. After 2 years, 4 semesters, 48 credit hours (but who’s counting?), the graduating class of professional school counselors, class of 2012, commences on May 16th. Although we still have another week of classes, 3 more [...]
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Hello everyone!!! In the words of my boyfriend, I would like to “switch up” the previous topics of my blogs and instead focus on the convenience of online classes. On Friday the 13th, I left Buffalo after work to spend some time in Horseheads, NY (outside of Elmira) with my family for my paternal grandfather’s [...]
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April has been a wild month! On April 2nd, my older sister, Christie, got married on the beach in Florida! I spent the whole first week of April relaxing and celebrating with my family poolside, under the sun! But maybe I shouldn’t have enjoyed myself so much. Because the adjustment back to “life in Buffalo” [...]
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Hi again everyone! It is clear to me that time really does fly by. I cannot believe that we are almost through April and graduation will be here before I even realize it! These eight-week classes really expedite the time! In Health Impacts on Academic Success K-12, we learned about the acute and chronic issues [...]
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This past weekend was my 24th birthday. Curious as to how I spent my 24th birthday? Taking a NYS Teacher Certification Exam! Aye! At Southside Elementary School in South Buffalo, I took the Liberal Arts Skills Test (LAST) from 1-5pm. Four hours of sitting on a hard kid’s chair at a desk reading passage after [...]
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I went to see the fiction writer, Zadie Smith when she was in town a few weeks ago. This was an entirely pleasant experience. She was brought in as part of the Babel series that Just Buffalo puts on. I was so excited to see her, as she is one of my top five fiction [...]
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Are you feeling prepared for finals? They are only two weeks away! I am already feeling a bit underprepared, which I will hopefully be correcting in the upcoming weeks. Test taking is definitely a skill with a lot of strategy involved. There are pressures of time, accuracy, and basic knowledge of the material. Developing test [...]
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Thinking about being in the last month of my master’s degree along side friends that have become family and future colleagues is a lot for me to handle. I will be walking across the stage, shaking hands of professors that have taught me so many things about my profession and have helped me become a [...]
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This past Friday, Becky Livingston came to present on social media’s role in business. The President of Royal Apple Marketing had some great insights on how to manage social media. The diversity that social media can offer is an asset, but also can be a threat if not approached correctly. Livingston covered 5 key topics [...]
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