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about Courtney Block:
My
name is Courtney Block I am in my Junior year of college. I wanted to study in being an
Elementary School Teacher because I am very creative, organized,
energetic, and friendly. I enjoy being around little children and being able to
teach them things that I know. It brightens my day to see their faces light up
and say "I got it!!"
Before
getting to college I lived with both of my parents and my two sisters, whom I
adore. Both of my parents served in the military and both earned the major
ranks. I've lived in many different places such as Nevada, Colorado (twice), Florida
(twice), Mississippi, Nebraska, and finally Mobile where I plan on staying. My
mom decided to retire after 20 years and 2 months. My father on the other hand
decided to stay in, and will be retiring within the next year.
I am a mother to a 10 month old little boy
named Derrick. His father is Brandon Bess, he is my boyfriend and hopefully my
soon to be husband. Those two drive me wild, but they keep me strong and keep
me working hard. When I get down time I do love to read interesting novels and
sit and watch TV. One of my biggest pet peeves is when things are unorganized.
Dr.
Pausch
While I was watching Dr. Pausch's video he discussed one major
topic , which was time management. He said that in order to be able to have
time management you have several different things that need to get established
first, such as making a “Plan.” Dr. Pausch discussed that you can always change
the plan but you can’t change it if there isn’t one set up in the first place.
Also he suggested that when there is a plan or a “To Do List” in place do not
put the worst thing there is to do last. I agree with this because in the end
that certain thing still has to get done.
All that I really know about Dr. Pausch is that he is a computer
professor at the University in Pittsburgh and that he has helpful online videos for
students.
Time Management:
In the Time Management Exercises all the suggestions that
they discussed are very helpful to me, but I believe the ones that will help me
the most is Stop Procrastinating, using a Planner, and Monitoring my time. I am
a huge procrastinator! I always tell myself “Oh I have one more day” or “Its
not due until next week.” Using a planner would be great just because I always
tend to forget what I need to do and at what time.
Monitoring my time I think would be helped also by using my planner so
that I know when I can spare time and make sure that everything is done.
