Confusion Quickly Figured Out!

It’s already week 8, time is flying by. For my Arts in the Contemporary Society we have a research paper due that I actually found very interesting. At first I was dreading the assignment because it required quite a bit of research, reading, writing, etc. But once I started working on it, I actually enjoyed writing it!

Our assignment is to pick a contemporary artist from a list that was provided to us and write about them, their work, and how we feel about their work. I am a very opinionated person and I love expressing how I feel. This class is definitely for people who have a lot to say about different topics and ideas!

In my New Product Development class we are taking a test this week. It is an online class, so when it’s exam week we only have to worry about the exam and no other work. Normally we have reading, writing and a discussion board to participate on but our professor is nice enough to let us focus on the just the exam without having to do other work around this time. This helps us to not get overwhelmed. On Blackboard he posts a review sheet to give us an overview of what we should concentrate on. This way you don’t have to spend all day reading over all the chapters and can study the important parts instead. I have grown very fond of online classes and I am excited to take more next quarter. This will definitely help me out because I will be busy with my internship.

My friend Ale and I are now both part of the SGA and the International Business Club. The other day we were talking and realized that we have totally different requirements for our Internships but were both studying the same thing. The difference is that she only needs one internship but I need two! I was quite shocked when I found out because I thought that everyone needed to take two internships (600 hours) in order to graduate with a Bachelors Degree. Come to find out it’s because she started in the summer of ‘05 and I started in fall of ’05. The internship requirements changed in the fall, therefore she only needs one. The Berkeley staff was very helpful at explaining this to her. She was really worried that she would have to attend an extra quarter just to fulfill the requirements. In a way I’m glad I have to take two internships. This way I get more exposure to the business world, and get more of an idea of what the marketing working environment is like.