Anime vs. Cartoons

One of the major projects that rounded off my 2016 was my final research assignment for EN319: Advanced Composition. Because our professor allowed us to work with formats besides the traditional essay, I elected to do a self-curated slideshow presentation comparing the history of Japanese anime and American cartoons.



As the intent behind this project is for it be browsed without my curation, I won't elaborate too much on its content, but I hope you'll enjoy my presentation, if not also learn something from it! (If the embedded slides do not work, this project can also be found here.)
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Updates!

Wow, it's been a very long time since I posted anything on this blog! Looks like the last time was in (*squints) 2016 and lot has happened/changed since then!

Probably the most important of those changes is that I am now pursuing just an English for Education B.A., not double majoring with that and Secondary Education. This change happened towards the end of 2017 as my long-term goals began to sharpen and I determined that keeping the Education major would be a much longer route to those goals. From my perspective, although I will not be finishing the program, I believe it's given me an excellent foundation in the basic aspects of teaching, regardless of the age level I will be working with in the future.

On that note, my aforementioned current long-term career goals is to teach English composition at the college level and I am inching ever forward. Dropping Secondary Education shaved off 1.5 - 2 more years as an undergrad and I am now in my last semester, hurtling steadily towards graduation with a B.A. in English with an emphasis in Education. I'm more than excited to close this chapter of my life and move on to the next one - grad school!

As for this the fate of this blog, I had wanted to keep it up to date after finishing my Technology for Education class, but found that difficult with the workloads of the following semesters. I will try, though, to start posting things here over the remainder of this semester. This blog will most see major projects from my previous classes and in the future, hopefully projects from my graduate level classes, as well. By the time everything is posted, this blog will probably resemble a portfolio more than a site for rambling and listicles, haha.

That's all I have to say for now! I will hope you will look forward to future updates!
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Thoughts on Exams

Infographic on exam attitude readiness (source)



Tomorrow, I'm taking two of my three exams for the week - back-to-back no less.

Oddly enough, I find myself not too stressed about the upcoming ordeal. That's probably because, between writing posts, I've been going over the materials for my classes. It's been refreshing to break up long periods of staring at a screen with looking at a decidedly non-digital piece of paper. That aside, my exam stress-levels have benefited immensely from the generosity of my professors. Among my remaining lecture-based classes, all of my professors have been so kind as to provide us with study guides for our finals, and from my past experiences in their classes, I know using the study guide will boost my exam readiness by leaps and bounds.

Study guides aside, I remembered that your attitude on exam day can really influence how well you do, too. I came across the attached infographic last week on one of my social media sites and thought I'd share it here. On that note, I'd also like to recommend this college resources blog where the infographic came from, Students Toolbox. This blog gives a lot of tips on how to get through the daily grind of school with colorful infographics and offers pleasant printables to help get you organized. For all my fellow collegiates, let's do our best on these exams! You've got this and so do I! Have some Shia to cheer you on!
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Resources: Videos

For a student with papers to write and projects to finish, going on YouTube would seem counter-productive to, well, productivity. However, YouTube is an invaluable wellspring of videos that aim to inform and educate viewers in digestible and visually engaging videos. Here are some educational channels (and one website) that I've watched over the semester that you might find interesting!
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What's Gonna Work?


Ruminating on the recent topic of stress, as well as finishing up some projects, has brought to mind a particular. There's an old Nick Jr. preschool program called "The Wonder Pets" that follows a trio of classroom pets who go travel around the world to save the animal in distress. The program always had this one song play in the first half of the show and the chorus goes something like "What's gonna work? Teamwork!" Teamwork certainly works, but not every team works, unfortunately.
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Resources: Presentations

In addition to term papers and final exams you might be wrestling with, you might have a presentation or two to give before the semester's end. Instead of recycling that one slide on PowerPoint, try something new with these great online presentation editors!
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Resources: Stress

Try as you might to avoid, stress is a inevitable factor of college life. Some of us college students are not only juggling several classes, but we might have a family, a job or two, and maybe even personal issues to juggle all at once. Plus,with the conclusion of this semester coming up and the impending holiday climax of December, everything can just feel like too much. As we take a look at some stress-reducing resources, take a breather and treat yourself to a nice, calming cup of peppermint tea if you can!
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