2nd Team Meeting

Brenda Cooper's rejects are doing spectacularly. We have decided on an individual part of our overall theme of immigration. Many of our sources dealt with the Arizona immigration law, and we decided to focus on that. In our presentation we decided to show a few clips and a powerpoint where the class assists. We hope to do the required presentation for this project, we feel as if it will be easier to do it earlier, so we don't need to deal with it later in the semester. So far all our members have been doing their work, it's a great group to be in.

-Hannah Heninger, Marissa Shields, Claire Vaterlaus, Jordan Groff and Jared Ballard

ID page for JCOM 2010: Me, Myself, and I

My name is Michaela Ann Ferguson. Although my name looks like Michael-a it is said Mckayla and yes there are a number of ways people try to say it. I am a junior in college and have finally decided what I want to major in. I started out in business but realized I chose that major because I didn’t have any idea what I wanted to do. I plan to switch my major to Journalism with an emphasis in Public Relations and to minor in Psychology.

I was born in SLUT (I have always wanted to use that because I find it extremely funny, especially when in class on Thursday we talked about how Salt Lake City is the vainest city with all the plastic surgeries.) I was raised in Layton and my family currently resides there. I have grown up in a family that loves physical activities and have been snow skiing since I was 5 and solemn skiing since I was 9. Other activities I enjoy include: running with my dogs, sewing, being out doors, finding new adventures with my friends and family, and one of the most recent adventures my family has discovered is the love for SCUBA diving. A few years ago we went to Fiji where all we did was SCUBA dive. In Fiji, while SCUBA diving, the guide had us; underwater, remove our breathing devices in order to allow shrimp (like in Finding Nemo) clean our teeth. This was an experience I definitely won’t forget and I have a hard time explaining the feeling in words.

I also love music and anyone that can sing or play an instrument captures my attention. I would have to say most my media use comes from the internet for research on topics that interest me, I have to research for school, and finding new music. More often than not though I find myself also watching T.V. to gather information about the world and what is going on.

Michaela Ferguson

(801) 663-1976

Michaela.ferg@aggiemail.usu.edu

Mary Caraccioli Interviews John Huntsman

I really loved Jon Huntsman's book Winners Never Cheat Even in Difficult Times. Here is a video of him answering a few questions about the book and his past experiences. I really enjoyed the interview, especially this part.

"When there is fear, anger and frustration, there is a tendency to want to cut corners. There is a great tendency to let stress outreach ourselves. Then we do something very very foolish that we may spend the rest of our life regretting. The way that determines our character and integrity most is when we are under stress. This is a wonderful time in our life to be honorable and straight and ethical in all of our dealing." -Jon Huntsman

I agree, stress causes stupidity often times. If we can develop true character and deep integrity, then no matter how stressed out we are or how difficult circumstances are, we can decided not to cheat. I 100% agree with that that principle. Everyone needs to live there life and make decisions based off of principles, not circumstances.

James Stephens

Entrepreneurs can change the world

I really like this video about Entreprenuerial Spirit. I think it applies directly to what we learned in class from Professor Dave Clark. He taught us about looking for things that are broken and what how we should constantly be aware of things that need to be fixed or can be improved. This video talks a little bit about how "turbulance creates opportunities for success." It teaches that all you need is a single brilliant idea in order to make a difference. It promotes the idea that individuals can make a difference and I definitely agree with that. Just good be aware and observe and come up with ONE brilliant idea.

James Stephens

My Blueprint

I am so glad that we were able to do the blueprint assignment. It has completely changed my way of thinking. As I came in to school, I had no idea what I was going to do as a career. As the semester went on, I started to get more and more lazy. When we were introduced to this assignment and told we had to have it done in a week, I was really upset. I was really against it and was fighting it as much as I could. But I had to do it in order to get points. So I sat down and just hammered through it. The more I got through it, the more I got interested in it. It was at that moment that I realized how behind I am in planning my education. When you get in to school, there is always a little bit of time to figure things out, but my time was up. The time is now for me to look in to a career. I had not taken time to figure this out. I was just going through the motions and doing the work. As I did my four year plan, it got me excited about what I was getting myself into. My generals were pretty much all finished and it was time to pick a major. I found a whole new excitement and fire to finish out school. The reason I was getting lazy was because I was getting restless and bored with classes that I had absolutely no interest in. If I had not done this assignment, I would still be stuck in that deep hole. I would have no idea what I want to do and still be walking around in circles chasing my tail. Dr. Fawson, if you are reading this, I would definitely keep this on the list of assignments to keep on for next semester. It has helped me out immensely.

Seek first to Understand....

Throughout my life, I have always held my friends high. I have always tried to be the absolute best friend that I could no matter what the circumstance. But now that I have taken a step back and looked at what I do to them, I realize that there is a lot that needs to change. I noticed that I haven't really been listening to them. Whenever I would talk to them about a rough time they were going through, I would always say that I know how they feel. When in all reality, every one's situation is completely different than anyone else. That is what we are taught in 7 Habits. If we learn to actually listen to people, we will become very effective at communicating our thoughts and feelings to others. This obviously has to do with Seeking to understand, and then be understood. It has completely given me a paradigm shift in my life and things have really changed. I have grown closer to my friends because of this simple tool. It has been an amazing experience and I am going to continue to use it for the rest of my life.

Britt Crane - Law of the Harvest

I love this video.  I just bought a car and this video helped me to put things into perspective.  I felt like this would be a good video to show everyone because most of us are poor college students and we all have or will buy a car.  The point that I want to bring up is that too often we feel that we need things now that we truly do not.  The story of the golden goose is still one of my favorite stories and it applies well with this video.  We always seem to want super nice things, who wouldn't? But we see more and more people going into debt for ridiculous reasons.  We need to learn to be patient and the value of hard work. Its like we think that we need or deserve things NOW, right when we want them, without ever having done anything to get them or be deserving of them.  I feel like this is a dangerous pattern in our society. The Inside Job comes to mind.  And like this video points out if we can just be somewhat patient and work a little we can get what we want and come out on top.  First things come first.