Personal Challenge

My personal challenge for Capstone was joining the club baseball team here at USC. During about my junior year in high school I decided that I didn't want to play baseball anymore. It had just gotten really old, and I didn't want to be tied down in college by anything. Senior year rolled around and I still felt the same way so I ended up turning down a few offers to play for different schools in the state. None of them were to any prestigious schools they were all division 2. Because of this, deciding to play baseball here for the club team was not any easy decision. Also, I wasn't looking forward to telling my dad considering he's paying for my education here and I could have saved him a bunch of money by playing baseball somewhere else. I am very glad I decided to play though. My dad is just happy to see me playing again he doesn't care about the money as much as I thought he would. Also, some of my best friends I have made here I met from the baseball team, so thats probably the main reason why I'm glad I joined.

Capstone Social Event

The Capstone social event I attended was Hot cookie Friday. I went back in the beginning of the semester and forgot about writing a blog about it, so now I'm doing it two months later. I went to hot cookie friday with a few of my friends in Capstone. We just signed in and then sat and ate cookies for a while. It was also funny to watch David and Dr. Hickey show off their guitar hero skills. Oh, and the cookies were definitely hot. Since there were so many people they constantly had batches of cookies coming out of the oven. We all had a good time and left after about 20 minutes or so. I went one other time but it was way too crowded so I left once I got there.

Capstone Cinema

The Capstone cinema I attended was the one that was the presentation of the movie made by another University 101 class. I went to this one primarily because a few of my good friends on my hall are in that class and were going to. The movie was very funny and was well made. It was clear that they put a lot of time into making it. The movie was all about University 101 and the positive effects it has on a freshman at USC. One of the main examples they gave was that it helps you make new friends. This is definitely true considering all the friends I have made in our U101 class. The presentation was about 20 or 30 minutes long so it probably took a lot of effort to make. Also, one of my best friends Aaron made all the music for the movie so I thought that was really cool. I didn't go to any other cinemas so I have nothing to compare it to, but I think I picked out one of the best ones to go to.

Final Blog

Your overall impressions of the course? Was blogging in this class helpful to you in terms of your integration of course content and reflecting on your first semester of college?
Overall, I enjoyed the class but I was surprised by the workload. It wasn't that big of a deal because we had to take the class for Capstone anyway,but I was expecting an easier class. On the other hand, I made a lot of great friends in the class and it was very enjoyable. I always looked forward to going to class because our class discussions were always enjoyable since everyone got along. Also, I thought the World is Flat book was a little bland. It was interesting at first but then it just seemed like it wasn't going anywhere which made it difficult to read. I thought the work outside of class was a little too much, but it was still my favorite class to go to. I don't think blogging was too helpful so much with integrating course content, but it did help in reflecting on my first semester. I've never blogged before so it was a new experience for me but I definitely like this form of homework more than a worksheet or reading assignment.