About Me
Obviously my name is Samantha, I was born in Minnesota but moved to Alabama with my mother when I was less than two years old. I grew up in Daphne where I attended school and graduated from Daphne High School in 2010. I then enrolled at Faulkner State Community college where I graduated Sigma Cum Laude. While at Faulkner, I was president of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Secretary of Inter-club Council, a member of a leadership organization, and a resident assistant in the dorms. Needless to say, I was extremely involved. I ended up at South Alabama simply because it is close to my previous home.
Trying to figure out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life was not an easy decision. I went back and forth with numerous amounts of different degrees before I finally chose education. I grew up with a very limited childhood with my mother being a single parent who always seemed to be at work. I felt like my elementary teachers helped raise me more than my family did. Because of that, I feel like I need to be a role model to other children who may not grow up with the best family. I absolutely adore children and I would do anything to help make a child's life better.
In my spare time, if I ever have any, I just try and wind down by reading a book or watching a good movie with my friends. My life is nothing but school and work at the moment so I try and do my best to relax every once in a while.
Randy Pausch on Time Management
This is my first time of hearing about Randy Paucsh but I must say, the man is genius. Of course everything he talked about in the video is common sense but not many people think about time management on a day to day basis. I never even thought about starting with the "ugliest" step on a to-do list first. It makes sense though, start with the item on your list that is going to take the most time and effort with. Kind of like this class! I try to be as organized and on time as possible so I felt it very beneficial viewing this video.
Time management exercises and Time management Lessons
I usually do not have any problems with time management or planning what so ever but I decided to go ahead and read these pages anyways. I did the time management exercise and was amazed how much time a week I spend doing every day things like eating, sleeping, working, and going to class. I was left with 44.5 hours of study time. That is a lot, and I hate to admit it, but I do not think I could actually spend that much time studying! However, it is nice to know that I have plenty of time to get homework for class done.
