Current Event

Current Event

Article: How to get a job if you are overqualified

This article is about how difficult it can be to get a job when you are over qualified. Though most believe that it would be easier for someone with many qualifications to get a job, but in reality it can be difficult. This article includes ideas, advice towards getting a job and not intimidating your employer. It also informs you on how common this issue can be, and how this affects the economy. The author believes that the most important thing is to stay truthful and blunt when you talk to a hopeful employer and if there are underlying reasons behind you looking for the job-like a lack of income- to say this during an interview.

Opinion (restated): always be truthful to the interviewer

Fact (restated): Be blunt when it comes to the job search and economy

Fact (restated): This happens more than many people think.

Adams, Susan. N.p.. Web. 10 May 2013. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/05/02/how-to-get-a-job-if-youre-overqualified-2/>.

Career Interest Project

Realistic		Social
Investigative		Enterprising
Artistic		Conventional

1.  What were your three most dominant modes from the first assessment?  After reviewing the job titles under each top mode, list three careers/job titles of interest to you beneath each top mode. 1.Artistic
A. Editor
B. Book Illustrator
C. Writer

2.Social
A. Criminal Justice
B. Librarian
C. Visual arts

3. Realistic
A. Animal Sciences
B. Veternarian
C.Marine Sciences

2. What were your three top career clusters from the second assessment?  After reviewing job titles under each career cluster, list three careers/job titles of interest to you beneath each top career cluster.
1. Art & Entertainment
A. Sketch Artist
B. Photojournalist
C. Police sketch artist

2. Communication & Media
A. Editor
B. Theater Critic
C. Literary Editor

3. Social Science
A. Sociologist
B. Counsling psychiatrist
C. Antropologist

3. Did you notice any overlap of careers?  Are there any job titles of interest which you saw listed on both inventories?  What were they?  Are you interested in those jobs?  Explain.
I am interested in being an editor or journalist, I am also interested in working with criminology. Both tests suggested psychiatry and writing opportunities, as well as art opportunities. I am interested in both the crime aspect of psychiatry, I would like to know why someone does or behaves the way they do. I am also very interested in writing.


4. Choose three most desirable careers to you.  What types of education and training are needed for your top three job choices?For Editors I would need an English major and some things pretaining to Journalism or writing.
For scientists I must work hard in science, passing all of those classes as well as some background with math. But most likely I must do well in chemistry.
For a sketch artist I would just have to do well in art and know how to represent myself well.



5. Outline a plan of how you will reach your career goal.  What steps can you take while still in high school to ensure that you can achieve your career goals? 
To reach any of these goals I will need a college degree and a relating major and good grades.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1. He was a regular guy, running errands for his wife.
2. He is often a hero, helping others, but always intelligent
3.Mrs. Mitty is a very busy person and doesn't treat him very well
4.Because what he thinks he is able to be who ever he wants to be and live the life he wanted, no matter what. I agree completely, you can be whoever you want in your imagination.
5. You've got to follow your dreams, going for the jobs that you would like in your fantasies.
6. "Sheena can you look over these results, I don't understand this?"
"Oh deffinatly." I took the paper from her hands and looked at the findings/
"According to the hair found at the scene, the perpetrator is a 30 year old white male, with a nasty smoking habit, an addiction to alchol and has dark brown hair."
"You were able to get all that infromation from hair?"
"Yeah it's science."
7.I look down at the crime scene photos, looking for the small details others have missed.  The computer is beeping in the corner, the DNA test I had run had a match. I couldn't get my eyes of the pictures though. How could they have missed this? There was a man, standing right behind the room divider his hands pressed to the scene. This was one for the books, maybe a book of my own.
8.I think he did it because he wasn't happy with the life he has now. If he went back to school or found programs that he could take part in, he'd be able to follow one of these ideas he had.
9. Vision as a kid: Soldier, FBI agent, famous athlete
 Visions now: Navy Piolit, Captian, Doctor, villian
Actions in school: keep yourself healthy, be athletic, keep grades up
Actions at work: Don't be afraid to do overtime, turn in work on time, show up on time, work hard, talk to someone about your goalsl.

Listening Checklist

Listening Checklist

Copy this checklist into a new blog entitled "Listening Checklist".  Put an "X" beside each statement that applies to you.

_____ 1. I am not a good listener.

__X___ 2. I need ways to improve my listening skills.

_____ 3. I have a hard time remembering something I hear.

_____ 4. I do not ask a question when I don't understand what is being said.

___X_ 5. When I am angry or upset, I do not listen.

_____ 6. I cannot listen to what is being said, unless it is completely quiet around me.

_____ 7. I have difficulty concentrating on what my teacher is saying.

_____ 8. I do not know how to listen effectively.

_____ 9. I think of other things while the speaker is talking.

_____ 10. I only listen to information I find interesting.


What is the difference between hearing and listening?  Explain.

Hearing is when something goes in one ear and out the other, listening is understanding and remebering what someone says, knowing that it may help you one day.

Week 9

Entry 27:
Education
do well in college
get a b honor role for the rest of senior year
get exemptions for exams
Carrer
get a job I like
do well
put a good bit of money into savings
Personal Growth
remeber to relax
play the guitar more
write more

Entry 28:

The Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Teens, allowes students to learn of the things that each of them should be done to do well in school as well as life. By expressing how to be more productive by keeping assignments written down, and staying organized. It also teaches how to learn healthy habits that will help overall  in a working situation, like how to deal with others and have a positive out look to what is going on in most situations. I also learnt things about me, finding out that I have a win-lose mind set and that I need to change my way of thinking to help myself as well as others. Some of what I’ve learnt about myself was hard to hear, but I believe that it may help me in the long run. I learnt that we have to find a balance, allowing you to work hard, as well as relaxing. It’s easy for me to get caught up in work, to spread myself to thin and forget about myself every now and then, but it’s important to put in time for just me as well as others.
 I was careful to write down what was required of me in order to keep everything in order and schedule out what I need to do. Writing a mission statement helped me keep my goals in mind, this helped because it’s easy to get caught up in the little every day things, I think that a mission statement helps you remember that the future is not some far off distant thing, but something closer than imagined. I think I’ve gotten better at staying organized, in the end this helped me keep focus, and turn things in on time. I enjoyed the cartoons but really I didn’t read it for that, but for the ideas within it. These ideas helped me reflect on myself and decide what habits I have to change to help myself.
I enjoyed some aspects of the books, such as the stories and the helpful tips, I though didn’t care for a lot of it, he was trying too hard to make it something for children but all and all I don’t think he needed to, we may not be counted as adults, but we are intelligent and can easily read a book without pictures. I also didn’t like that there were so many things that were irrelevant to the text, such as drawings and quotes. I would’ve liked it to be relevant and make more sense than it did.
I still have to work on keeping a win-win mentality. It is going to be a lot of work but I believe it will be worth it. I tend to slip into a win-lose idea when I am not trying to stay positive, I also need to work on working with others instead of doing all of the work. I am aware of these problems and will work hard to improve this.  I would recommend this book. Though I believe that most of this is obvious ideas, instilled in people’s minds at a young age, it helps you keep the end in mind, stay focus, and remember the important things in life. I believe that all and this entire book was very helpful, especially when keeping in mind that I am going to college soon and would like to start off on a good note. This book helped me, and I now know how to keep on this road and stay productive.

Week 8

 Journal Entry 22:

BODY

1.)     I eat a nutritious diet and try to stay away from junk food. sometimes

2.)    I exercise regularly. sometimes

3.)    I get enough sleep. always

4.)    I take care of personal hygiene.always

5.)    I take time to relax. sometimes

MIND

6.)     I regularly read good books, magazines, or newspapers, or I listen to the news. always

7.)    I play or listen to good music. always

8.)    I write or draw. alwyas

9.)    I attend cultural events, watch uplifting movies, or view educational television programs. sometimes

10.) I learn new skills and develop my talents. sometimes

HEART

11.)  I laugh out loud at least one a day. always

12.) I make deposits into my Relationship Bank Accounts. sometimes

13.) I make deposits into my Personal Bank Accounts. sometimes

14.) I use my talents. always

15.) I develop new relationships. always

SOUL

16.)  I pray or meditate regularly. always

17.) I keep a journal. always

18.) I read poetry or other inspiring literature. always

19.) I ponder my decisions and situations in life. always

20.) I enjoy nature by going on walks, looking at landscapes, or taking time to enjoy a sunset sometimes

 

Journal entry 23:

I stay informed and current on both health and fitness information

I am fully aware of my need for furits, vegtables, viatmins, and minerals.

I get the right amount of sleep

I rest or relaz when my body needs it

I deal with stress efficticely and positevley

To me, healt and renewal means: keeping my body at tip top shape

Yoga

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tues:scrambled eggs, chips, salmon and rice

wedn: toaster struddle, chick fil a, spagetti with maraniar sause

thurs: a bagel with cream cheese, a bagel with strawberry cream chees, chicken and brocclie

fri: special K cerel, a bagel, (I don't know what I'll have for dinner)

No

Nope I know I eat badly, I am fully aware

I could make my own food instead of buy it.

Tues: theater teck (lifing and hauling heavy objects)

Wed:  walked a dog

Fri: I plan on dancing

Vic, though he is not as well known as I'd hope, he is amazing and though he gets crap because of his hair or ethneticity he is amazing and I love him.

Kellin Quinn, though amazingly goregous he get's a lot of problems because of his high pitched voice but doesn't let it effect him.

 

Jack Black is one of my favorite comedians, actors, and his band is just hilarious. He never stops making me laugh, and even if he gets crap for how he looks I love him and he's amazing.

I relate with Kellin alot, we both get crap for things we can't control like height and the pitch of our voices. I don't usually feel good about myself but I'm getting better. Not, I don't work out enough and I just like food to much. I can't the end.

Alchol

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Journal 25

I feel depressed all the time, I have depression. I pull myself out of it by spending time with friends or doing something I love. I can talk to my mom or friends, the listen because the understand, they've been there.

 

Week Seven

Journal Entry Twenty
Nature_ bees
School_ students work together to get a good grade
Family_ chores
Community_ I volunteer at library and ASPCA
Work_We all have to work together to get things done, and work well.
There's diversity within my life because my friends and family don't see the diffrences between people but the personality within them.

Journal Entry Twenty One
1. Sheena Bo Beana
2. Zurich, Switzerland before Cary
3. Read and take bubble baths
4. That's My Boy
5. 3
6. Well poop!
7.My favorite band is a tie between Nirvanna and Pierce the Veil
8.Either Vanilla with hot fudge or cookie dough
9. I go to bed on school nights at 8:30 on the week end 1 am
10. I love to write
11.My sense of humor
12. English
13. Math
14. A dog, I like to cuddle and I love food (at least I'm honest)
15. An old chevy truck, blue, with bench seats
16.  My eyes
17. It depends on the people I like to be by myself but I do good with friends.
18. That I write poetry
19. Going home to see my puppy
20. Just all of us siting around watching a movie
21. SO much fun, I do it all the time
22. Paris, Texas it just seems like a cool place
23. Paris, I lived near there and we never went
24. To Hawaii, it was amazing
25. Massanuton (it was awful spiders everywhere it was poop)
26. In Zurich, I love it
27. What I'm going to do some time in the future
28. Dancing
29. Hockey
30. The Fault in Our Stars  by John Greene
31. Fall I can wear jeans and tee shirts, I love it!
32. My friend Chris (though Amber is a close second)
33. Halloween
34. Indoors
35. A journal or a pet!!!!!

Week Six

Journal entry 18
1. two or three things I wish may parents understood about me are:

• That we have sperate tastes
• that I am not going to drop everything to do something every time they ask
• That there is more to my life than just school, and that school is hard work

2.  Two or three things I wish my teachers understood about me are:

• I have a life out side of school
• I have other classes not just there
• There are things that they teach us that I'll never need in life

4. Two or three things I wish my friends understood about me are:

• That sometimes I want to spend a day just chilling with a good book or movie
• I have to like all of the things they do
• I get bored of doing or eatting the same things evrery day

5. Two or three things I wish my brother understood about me are:

• That I don't need to be popular to be happy
• That we are completely diffrent people
• That there are things me that mean more to me than he would think

Some one I know who is struggling with a proble is:
Jillian, she is going through a lot of stress when it comes to colleges.
How can I make her feel comfortable, acceptable, and understood around me?
Let her know that I'm here for her and can help her if she needs it. Don't cause more problems for her or remind her of the stress.

Journal entry 19
1. spacing out
2.pretend listening
3.selective listening
4. word listening
5. self-centered
     a. judging
     b. advising
     c. probing

Week Five

Journal entry 15:
I would like to think that I am a win-win thinker but if I were to be truthful I'd think that I'm on the edge between lose-win. It doesn't effect me that much but I know for a fact that there have been sometimes when I will let others walk over me in order to avoid confrontation.
Journal entry 16:
The tumor twins are competition and comparison, they can cloud ones views of them selves and cause you to think of yourself in a negative way. These things have a good side and a bad and I think that a little bit of it is good, but a lot is bad.
Journal entry 17:
I win- win situation in my life happened recently. My friend and I are in the same English class and we spend a lot of time doing work for that class. We had to write a paper but didn't know if ours were good. We sat together on my couch for hours, bouncing ideas off each other and helping with sentence structure, grammar, and the paper as a whole. We both got high grades, and I know that if we hadn't worked together our papers would not be as good as they were.

Week Four

Journal Entry 13:
1. My plan for the month is to slowly begin to make a plan for my future, decide if I want to go to Miller-Motte, and call Appalachian or Greensboro.
2. My biggest time wasters are TV, books, and my phone
3. I am defiantly a pleaser I don't want to but I am
4. I rewrite my notes earlier
5.For a while I've been procrastinating not calling the colleges and painting, I haven't painted in a long time
6.My first block this week is my interview with Miller-Motte, then a test in English on Friday.
7. My fear is my fear of heights, I'm extremely scared of them and this fact makes me plan around avoiding escalators or air planes.
8. I don't let peer-pressure effect me but my mother and friends influence me, but in a positive way.
Journal Entry 14:
1.I love setting clear expectations, it helps me from getting my hopes up for things that are ridiculous and to work hard to get that.
2.Challenging myself. I always think that I can't do things, I say can't a lot, but I try my best to work hard to break these beliefs and challenge my self.
3.Say your sorry, is the best thing I can do, always admitting when your wrong helps you succeed.
4.Listening is a big thing for me my father is bad at hearing and its tough when you don't know if someone is listening or not. So listening helps you understand how other people feel and how you can help others.
5. I am always loyal to my friends they mean everything to me, so when loyalty comes in I can tell you there are very few things that mean more to me.
6.I love small acts of kindness, it reminds me that there is good in the world, that there's magic, and that life can be worth while.

Week Three

Eight

1.My mother makes a positive impact on my life. I like that she is very open minded and thoughtful. She always wants to help people and puts their problems ahead of herself.

2.I'm surrounded by my friends and family, we are hanging out eatting food and laughing.

3. I am terrified of heights but I would cross it for my family, friends, and pets.

4. If I could spend a day studying anything it would either be egypt, fairy tales, or Rococo art

5. I love to write, read, draw, paint, sing, dance, walk my dog, daydream, sleep, shop

6. I was deeply inspired at the biltmore estate a couple of summers ago, I just wandered through the halls thinking of all of the stories, the adventures, and the experiences that took place within those walls, at that moment all I wanted to do was write!

7. I think they would say that I am a really loud person thats always smiling and working to do what I think is right.

8.I think that a dog represents me, I am always trusting, always seem to be smiling and getting others to smile and all I want to do is laze around all day.

9. If I could spend the day with anyoene it would be Edgar Allen Poe, he was an amazing writer and there are so many mysterys behinde his death and life and I am so interested to know more about him.

10. Creative thinking,I'm artistic, good with words, I like working well with people and I am good at memorizing things.I also am good at speaking, writing,listening,singing, music, and I like to think that I'm pretty humorous person, even if people don't agree with me.

Nine

"We're all mad here." Alice's Adventures in Wonderland   

"What doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger." The Dark Knight

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return." Moulin Rouge

"This morning we all saw each other a certain way.....we were  brain washed." The Breakfast Club

"Don't dream it, be it." The Rocky Horror Picture Show

"Here's a curse, may all your bacon burn." Howl's Moving Castle.

Ten

My mission is to do something fun, something I love, and work hard to suceed. I really would like to do well and get in to a good college. But I want to have fun while I do it. I don't want to go to class and feel that I am stuck in a rutt bored and depressed. I would like to do something fun that doesn't feel like a total waste of time. After college I don't know what I want to do but I do know I want to write on the side. I love writing and I want to give others the escape I found within the pages of a book. I want to do something that will give interest people and it's a good outlit for my thoughts.

Eleven

Alot of the time I am labled as a loner, scene, emo, or just weird. I'm ok with these lables they don't bother me and I'm used to them. Emo and scene are genera's of music and it doesn't matter to me what others think.I never wake up in the morning and worry if I look 'emo' or if I go against the normal. I'm ok being myself and I am happy with who I am.

Twelve

My mission statement is to be happy. It doesn't matter what I do as long as I work hard and do what I can. My mission is to go to a college, not get stuck in a rutt, and to be who I am and have fun, no matter what I do. I'd like to keep the right kind of people around, the people who will be there for me no matter what, and treat them with the respect they need. I want to be a person who I can be proud of, and so can my parents.

Week Two

Number 4
In school it helps to be proactive because you are more likely to turn in your work at the right time and the work will be better written and well done.

Number 5

I always worry about me future, now that I'm a senior I can't escape the thought that I will be stuck with here while my friends all go out and do something is horrifying. The only way I can think to stop this stress is by spending more time with my friends, focusing on school, and wait patiently for a response.

Number 6
The author is trying to teach us that sometimes you have to make a mistake to know what the right thing to do is. This reminds tme that it is ok to do something wrong because good can come from it.
One habit that has been passed down to me that I would like to change:
How loud I am.
The history of that bad habit is:
My dad is extremely loud and this means that it is easy for people to think I am mad or yelling when in the end I am not.
This bad habit has affected my life in these ways:
It's easy for people to jump to conclusions and cause issues when I really don't mean any thing bad.
By changing the habit:
People will stop complaining about how loud I am and I will be less concious of it.
To change the habit:
I will work hard to speak quietly and maybe even get my hearing checked.

Number 7
self-awarness: the ability to know things about yourself, like if the ways you learn, think, and what is best for you.
coinscience: knowing what is right from wrong
imagination: knowing that there are many possibity not just the first one that comes to mind
 will power: the ability to control your actions and thoughts.

My Goals For This Year

Academic
1. Get excepted into a good college
2. Graduate with good grades from that college
Non-Academic
1.Stress less
2.Get a job

Get excepted into a good college
step 1: volunteer and get involved in order to have your application stand out
step 2: start an application
step 3: have someone write a letter of recommendation
step 4: keep your grades (and GPA) up while waiting for a response.
step 5: talk to someone in the school let them know you're hoping to attend their college
step 6: wait for the response

Week One

Get in the habit
I always rewrite my notes, it is the only really productive way I study, I also write everything down. I try to stay organized but I find that about half way through the year I start to slack and stop writing down my homework, I still turn everything in but I just loose organization. I would like to stay organized and work hard, turning everything in.

Paradigms and principles
Lyrics to the songs I love usually involve never giving in and not letting what people say get you down. They have inspirational undertones and can't me smiling.

Personal Bank Account

• Keep promises to yourself

1. I tell myself that I'll wake up earlier in the morning and do that
2. I promise myself that I'll stay organized
3. I try to keep my promises and rewrite my notes often

• Do small act of kindness

1. I offer to help people with their homework (especially my friends)
2. I volunteer at Eva Perry Library
3. I volunteer at Spca of Wake County

• Be gentle with yourself

1. I try not to be so hard with myself
2. I never make plans that I can't do (to depleate my stress)
3. I work hard to keep my body healthy

• Be honest

1. I don't make excuses
2. I tell my friends and teachers the truth
3. I admit when I'm wrong

• Renew yourself

1. I treat myself to bubble baths
2. I set aside days where I can just read or pamper myself
3. I allow myself alot of time to sleep (I love sleep)

• Tap into your talents

1.I write everyday
2.I get organized in things that I actually enjoy
3. I take classes that interest me

My learning style/My strengths

1.Linguistic
2. Musical
3. Intera-personal
4. Naturalism


So I had to do one of these quizzes for my English class with Ms. Mobley, and I have to say this quiz was better than the one that she gave us. According to this quiz I got a 100% in Linguistics (different from previous quizzes where my results were pretty inconclusive and small). Here I have rather large scores in Linguistic, Musical,Intra-personal,and Naturalistic.This means that I do my best work by rewriting notes, and creating rhymes and odd little things in order to remember vocabulary and similar things. My other quiz was inconclusive but I know that I am more of a verbal person and I write everything down. I know this about myself but this really reminded me of the best ways for me to learn.

About Me

A.  My goal for this semester is to suceed in my classes and have a good final semester.
B. I have bloged before I think it is a pretty helpful tool and we're using things like this in many    of my other classes, we even had a website in math.
C. I think you should know that I took this class my freshman year before we had a text book or anything I was informed that I could take this class twice with a credit.I'm just trying to do well this year and will be on the best of my behavior.  I'm just looking to graduate.