Blog 10

I've never had a problem with addiction with my family or myself. I've never had a problem with addiction in any of my friends. Aside from smoking one Black&Mild every day, I'm not addicted to anything and even this addiction doesn't exactly have a great big hold on me, I'm not at that point where I couldn't stop even if I wanted to. The only reason I don't stop is that there's nothing really keeping me from doing it.

Blog 9

I can't ever say I've actually acted with prejudice or have been a victim of prejudice, so I don't have any anecdote or story about that. I've laughed at some race jokes but those were always light-hearted and the person in question was not offended. Other than that, not much really happened in my life in the way of prejudice. I guess I'm just lucky to have avoided it.

Blegg 7

Test Anxiety! I have barely any test anxiety. I don't get nervous on tests. A lot of times I don't even get nervous for tests I didn't study for. The only time I really get upset in any way is if there is a test that I forgot about completely. And then I'm rushing in the minutes before the class to get it all in so I can vomit it out. The only thing I can really think of to help with this is to set a schedule of when my tests are and update it as soon as I get new information about upcoming tests.

Chapter 6 - Blyg 6

So, we retain 10% of what we read? Well, that seems about right. When I think back and remember things that I read, I can only recall a small portion of it. Whereas the fact that we retain 50% of what we hear and see can also be applied to my memory, I can remember way more of what I hear and say than what I read. 70% of what we say: well, that's of course true, it came out of our own head. So naturally even if the brain isn't able to remember exactly, it can at least use clues to figure out the rest because it was the original maker of the idea. I can't really use any of this information for my benefit because these values seem to be fixed. I can't force my brain to retain more of what I read no matter how much I'd like. I'll just have to make the best use of everything I can the way I've been doing.

Chapter 5 - Blug 5

Right now all my classes are easy except for Freshman Seminar, this class. This class presents me the biggest reading challenge I have at the moment. And it's not the content the content that provides the reading challenge. It's the amount of reading required. With my busy schedule (just like everyone else) it becomes very difficult to keep up with reading, especially if the material has no merit to me. It's frankly boring and if it was more interesting it would be a lot easier to read. And no, I don't think anyone can tell me, "Oh that's life, you're always going to be reading things you don't want to, get over it." That's not true, I will always be reading things, whether for my job or legal documents, and I'm not going to dismiss them thinking, "Oh, it's boring" because when something determines the immediate outcome of my life, it becomes very interesting to me and easy to read. I definitely can't read the freshman seminar book any more easily, but the other important things in my life will certainly be that way.

Chapter 4 - Blag 4

There's not a specific instance which I regret but more of a long term decision is what I'm not happy with. I have let my fitness get away from me when I moved into America. I used to be in great shape in Moldova, and it was easy. There's not much to occupy yourself with there if you're lazy. You get outside and play. Also, the food there is all organic and great for you, nothing to slow you down. In America it was another story: plenty of television to watch and plenty of fatty foods I didn't think twice about eating. So then I put on some weight and let it slip away from me. I should have been more careful about it because now it is still an issue. Going back I would have known better what to eat and to get the right amount of exercise because it is much harder now.