Tweeting or Twitting?!

                My Twitter experience was…interesting and expected.  Well it first started with complications about what the heck I was doing?!?! But I got settled in fairly quickly and used to the website after my attempts. Here it is-- http://twitter.com/#!/meganjosnyder  … I thought it was kind of cool how we got to see a different part of our peers by using social media in a different way other than Facebook.  Honestly, I looked forward to checking my Twitter account for the first couple of days just because I was curious as to what my friends were up to.  I think Twitter is just a nosey excuse for people though.  I mean, yes, it does have strong potential for the career aspect, but there isn’t really any other point to it for recreational use.  It’s just another version to creep.

                Since there is potential to finding jobs through social media, such as Twitter, I found the readings on the Six Degrees of Separation, Twitter Style--http://www.sysomos.com/insidetwitter/sixdegrees/) quite entertaining.  I learned that it would be beneficial to have a Twitter account to open up possibilities for future employers.  Especially since this reading says that we are only six steps away from practically everyone on Twitter.  An employer is bound to find employees through Twitter.  I also learned that it is better to engage your friends in Twitter through having meaningful tweets.  Putting in more to Twitter will result in a better outcome and satisfaction with it.  For example, tweeting that you are going to lunch is not very entertaining to readers.  Why not ask a question or explain a fact.  Twitter is a great way to connect so use it to your advantage.

                If I choose to continue my Twitter account, it will only be for the sake of having one or needing one in the future.  I believe that this can help my career someday, but that day is certainly not now.  Twitter is actually a valuable resource, even though I’m not exactly interested.

Teenager at Alcatraz Diversity Event

Awhile back, I made my way over to the MU,  expecting to listen to a horribly boring lecture on a diversity issue.  Well, in fact it was not boring at all and I enjoyed hearing Tim Tingle tell the tale of Clarence Carnes.  Tingle tells us a story based on the information he obtained from many interviews he conducted with Native Americans about the Teenager at Alcatraz.  Tingle didn't just tell the story, he made it come alive.  I think I enjoyed it so much because it was touching to hear about Carnes' challenges he faced in life, such as the decision he made to save a prison guard's life instead of killing him.  One thing that I will take from listening to this story is that everyone has a goodness in their heart.  It was very touching and was much more than I thought it would be.  Listening to this diversity event gives me the incentive to hear others.

Feeling my Best!

                My most memorable moment of my senior year is also where I felt that I was at my best.  It was the conference volleyball championship game, and I was a starting setter.  The ESC Raiders (my team) faced the SCAL Mustangs.  Now this game wouldn’t have been such a big deal accept for the fact that my school had been the conference champions for at least six consecutive years before my class.  My teammates and I knew that we couldn’t be the senior class to fail our school.  Well, both teams were pretty skilled and the match went to four games.  Honestly, I don’t think many people expected us to win.

We proved people wrong.  I won’t ever forget the explosive feeling after we beat the mustangs 25-21 in the last game.  The Raiders won and all I remember feeling were goose bumps and excitement.  I felt like I was at my best in this game because I gave it everything I had, along with my teammates.  All that practice and sweat resulted in a conference title. 

Well this feeling can be turned into other energy besides athletics.  This energy is a good example at how I know I will feel if I do my best here at Iowa State.  Studying and making an effort in my classes will result in good grades!  If I put in as much effort as I did in high school volleyball to my academics at ISU, there is no way to fail.  All I need is the mindset to succeed like the one I had in that volleyball match.

My first semester at Iowa State has already been full of surprises and challenges, but with a good attitude, I can manage it.  I just can’t wait for a break!!!!! The feeling I had after the volleyball match is a similar feeling I have when I work hard academically and get the results I want.  I motivate myself to do well and I’m looking forward to getting those results!

Beliot College Mindset List Reflection

              The Beliot College “mindset list” for the future college graduates of 2014 is very amusing.  In fact, it is a fantastic example to recognize how our generation is so different from those of our parents and grand-parents.  Everyday this world is changing and we are a part of it.  I found some of these assumptions on the list more believable, and also, I found assumptions I completely disagree with.

               Number 62 reads, “Having hundreds of cable channels but nothing to watch has always been routine.”  I whole-heartedly agree with this statement because this is a problem for me quite often.  Obviously, having hundreds of cable channels should result in hundreds of choices and things to watch, but our generation does not look at it this way.  There have been times when I’m simply not interested or just too picky in the shows that are on.  When our parents were this young they were lucky to have a TV in the first place.  This makes me realize how I take advantage of what I have because it is so common. 

                I disagree with the statement, “They’ve never recognized that pointing to their wrists was a request for the time of day.”  This statement is a low blow to our generation.  It criticizes our knowledge of a commonly used gesture in everyday lives.  If I was to point at my wrist for the time, my peers would know exactly what I was asking for.  Wearing watches is not common anymore and cell phone use is, but this gesture will most likely always be used in society.

                The graduates of 2014 are most definitely different from past generations because of the growth of societies and through technology.  Beliot’s list reminds people that humans evolve in lifestyle and knowledge.  Knowledge of the present is becoming knowledge of the past.  A large majority of that knowledge slips through the fingers of many as each generation passes.