Interactive Assignments
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Interactive Assignments
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Re: Interactive Assignments
SOCIAL MEETING ASSIGNMENT
Words:
- Ambitious, lazy, started, finished, tops, bottom
Ambitious, Lazy --> Aspiring, Idle
Started, Finished --> Begin, Conclude
Tops, Bottom --> Peak, Base
Sentences:
Listened to Matt’s aspirations to work with the Federal Government and was not idle to get it.
"Committed Aspirations"
- In my family, no one has worked with the Federal Government. That being said, I was interested to learn about Matt’s experience. If you want to be a part of the government, you have to be very dedicated in your work and skills. Matt mentioned the competitiveness to get a job with the Federal Government is very high. They advise you to receive certain certifications in order to be qualified for a position of your choice. Matt successfully received a certification in the computer science field. This certification helped boost his resume up from his competitors. He said getting that certification was very time consuming, but it was worth it in the end. I was very impressed to hear the amount of commitment Matt has in order to be qualified to work for the government.
Began our discussion talking about internships and concluded chatting about Italy.
"Distance Between Beginning and End"
- As Matt and I are both coming into our first meet up, we both did not know what to expect from each other. This led for me to start our meet up with something that I know we would both have in common, internships. I felt internships are a great way to start off a conversation with a classmate. This will give me a glimpse about that person and follow up questions about their aspirations in life. From there, it led to other topics to be mentioned and discussed. Internships, reality, family, traveling, food, and Italy. It is amazing how discussions are start off with a general topic and conclude with a specific topic.
The peak of the conversation was about the military base rules.
"Learning To Be Careful"
- As Matt and I were talking about our internships, Matt started talking more about what he learned during his time working with the government. One of the things that I found interesting was the military base’s rules. They do not allow cell phones anywhere near the base. There is a high chance a cell phone can cause one of the many bombs/explosions located in the base to ignite. After the news broke out about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones exploding due to battery issues, they government knew they had to be extra careful.
Words:
- Ambitious, lazy, started, finished, tops, bottom
Ambitious, Lazy --> Aspiring, Idle
Started, Finished --> Begin, Conclude
Tops, Bottom --> Peak, Base
Sentences:
Listened to Matt’s aspirations to work with the Federal Government and was not idle to get it.
"Committed Aspirations"
- In my family, no one has worked with the Federal Government. That being said, I was interested to learn about Matt’s experience. If you want to be a part of the government, you have to be very dedicated in your work and skills. Matt mentioned the competitiveness to get a job with the Federal Government is very high. They advise you to receive certain certifications in order to be qualified for a position of your choice. Matt successfully received a certification in the computer science field. This certification helped boost his resume up from his competitors. He said getting that certification was very time consuming, but it was worth it in the end. I was very impressed to hear the amount of commitment Matt has in order to be qualified to work for the government.
Began our discussion talking about internships and concluded chatting about Italy.
"Distance Between Beginning and End"
- As Matt and I are both coming into our first meet up, we both did not know what to expect from each other. This led for me to start our meet up with something that I know we would both have in common, internships. I felt internships are a great way to start off a conversation with a classmate. This will give me a glimpse about that person and follow up questions about their aspirations in life. From there, it led to other topics to be mentioned and discussed. Internships, reality, family, traveling, food, and Italy. It is amazing how discussions are start off with a general topic and conclude with a specific topic.
The peak of the conversation was about the military base rules.
"Learning To Be Careful"
- As Matt and I were talking about our internships, Matt started talking more about what he learned during his time working with the government. One of the things that I found interesting was the military base’s rules. They do not allow cell phones anywhere near the base. There is a high chance a cell phone can cause one of the many bombs/explosions located in the base to ignite. After the news broke out about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones exploding due to battery issues, they government knew they had to be extra careful.
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Re: Interactive Assignments
10 + 1 Steps - Integrated Network Structure
Integrated - Bringing parts together.
Network - To communicate with other people for assistance or expressing common interest.
Structure - Things that are put together to make it whole/complete.
Jessica Watson:
Integrated: unify, consolidate, combined, merged, assimilate, connected
Network: interconnections, clique, system
Structure: construct, form, framework, arrange
Matthew Waleyko:Integrated: composed, unity, relyance, rely
Network: system, communication, sharing, nodes, teamwork
Structure: struct, unit, organization, formation, organizations
Jessica Watson:
A unified clique can be formed.
Matthew Waleyko:
Organizations rely on communication.
Jessica Watson:
In order to form relationships, we need to communicate with people we do not know in order to pick up similarities. In my freshman year of high school, I decided to attend an all girls private school. I did not know anyone. Luckily, I could tell that some people were in the same boat as me. However, there were cliques already formed because some knew each other from middle school. I knew in my head that I needed to do something in order to not feel left out. First period came along and I decided to sit next to a girl who I thought seemed friendly. As I sat down, I complimented how nice her hair looked because it was very curly. She proceeded to acknowledge my compliment and note that she got her hair products from CVS. As she made that comment, I knew our friendship was unified. I responded by saying how much I love CVS products and the variety they have. She agreed with me and we started sharing what we get from there. As we are conversing, another girl chimed into our conversation. She stated how much she loved a specific product from CVS that no other store had. Both the girl I was initially talking to and I agreed on her statement and we all started chatting up a storm. At that moment, I knew our clique was formed.
Matthew Waleyko:
I have found communication to be a necessary tool that organizations need to survive.
At my internship, due to the high degree of regulations and complexity of computer simulations the entire organization needed a constant flow of information. A key example of the importance of communication would be the difference I experienced from this summer and last summer. Last summer I was stuck at the headquarters building as opposed to working with my project team at their location. In this situation I would meet with my supervisor a couple times a week and that is the extent of the communication I had with the team. Once I moved over to their location communication dramatically increased as I now had multiple meetings a day and could walk over to talk to other coworkers. With that increase in communication my productivity soared. I was able to complete work that would have previously taken a week, in a day as I was able to get timely responses to questions as opposed to waiting a few days to get a response by email. So in my experience the company and team’s productivity relied heavily on improved communication.
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Productivity
Jessica: Friendship
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Bonding
Matthew: Improvement
Dichotomy : Productivity / Friendship
Productivity: Efficiency, Effective, Capacity, Inspiration, Automation, Invention, Creativity, Innovative
Friendship: Helping, Community, Ally, Attachment, Companionship, Understanding, Bond, Unity
Innovation Helps The Community
Matthew Waleyko:
Innovation has greatly helped the community in which I grew up in via the local Navy research and development facility. This facility is focused solely on innovation and as a result their over one billion dollar budget has had a significant impact on the local economy and community. Because of this innovation a great number of federal employees lived in my town and I remember every year from elementary school to high school the teachers would send us home with forms for our parents to fill out. These forms gave the school hundreds of dollars for each student that attended whose parents worked for the government. These dollars ended up funding various school improvements that all children of the community benefited from such as updating the school textbooks. The facility’s need for innovative workers has developed an entire defense industry in my hometown. Nearly everyone of the 400 people that work at my company owes their job to the supporting of this one facility. This drive for innovation has led the facility to try and foster science, technology, engineering, and math in the students of the community which often leads to success in high demand career fields. I attended one such program where they paid high school student $800 to participate in essentially an engineering summer camp which helped set me and others in the community on a path to success.
Jessica Watson:
A couple of years ago, the first food drive opened up in my hometown. At that time, I was required to do a certain amount of community service hours in order to graduate high school. When I heard about the food drive opening up, I decided to volunteer there for the day. The coordinator told me I needed to be at the event by eight o’clock in the morning to help set up. That was very early for me when I was younger, but I was willing to do it for the community. When I arrived to the food drive, I noticed there were homeless people sitting outside the building waiting to be let in. I went inside to say good morning to the coordinator and went to work. She assigned me to stand behind one of the trays of food and help give a portion of it to each person that walked in. When the clock hit ten o’clock, it was time to eat. You can see the excitement in these people’s eyes when they saw food presented in front of them. While serving the food, I would glance over to see people’s reactions while they were eating. I noticed everyone’s mood changed in the best way. I did not realize how an innovation of a food drive in my hometown can make a huge difference in my community.
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Development
Jessica: Feelgood
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Heart-warming
Matthew: Accommodating
Matthew Waleyko:
This exercise has provided me with a greater insight in regards to the connectivity between even diametrically opposing words. The words that we chose for our joint dichotomy could not have been more different, productivity evokes cold efficiency and machines where friendship evokes warm feelings of being kind and supportive. This difference was reflected in our word pools with words like automation and helping but we were easily able to connect our felt experiences to the resulting structure. This was in spite of the opposing core feeling that the original words evoked leading to an understanding of how even opposing concepts can work together. Additionally, this exercise led me to realize, despite the feelings evoked, both words are rooted in improving life.
Jessica Watson:
After getting insight from this activity, I came to a realization that words and phrases can mean something different to the individual. As Matthew and I would talk about what we are going to talk about for each paragraph, we both had different ideas. This led for us to not have bumps on the road while completing this activity. Although we have different past experiences, we have similarities. For example, when we worked on the word pool together, I noticed that we were thinking the same words to use for our sets. This activity made me realize that by having different backgrounds is not a bad thing, it only helps you learn things you never knew before.
Integrated - Bringing parts together.
Network - To communicate with other people for assistance or expressing common interest.
Structure - Things that are put together to make it whole/complete.
Jessica Watson:
Integrated: unify, consolidate, combined, merged, assimilate, connected
Network: interconnections, clique, system
Structure: construct, form, framework, arrange
Matthew Waleyko:Integrated: composed, unity, relyance, rely
Network: system, communication, sharing, nodes, teamwork
Structure: struct, unit, organization, formation, organizations
Jessica Watson:
A unified clique can be formed.
Matthew Waleyko:
Organizations rely on communication.
Jessica Watson:
In order to form relationships, we need to communicate with people we do not know in order to pick up similarities. In my freshman year of high school, I decided to attend an all girls private school. I did not know anyone. Luckily, I could tell that some people were in the same boat as me. However, there were cliques already formed because some knew each other from middle school. I knew in my head that I needed to do something in order to not feel left out. First period came along and I decided to sit next to a girl who I thought seemed friendly. As I sat down, I complimented how nice her hair looked because it was very curly. She proceeded to acknowledge my compliment and note that she got her hair products from CVS. As she made that comment, I knew our friendship was unified. I responded by saying how much I love CVS products and the variety they have. She agreed with me and we started sharing what we get from there. As we are conversing, another girl chimed into our conversation. She stated how much she loved a specific product from CVS that no other store had. Both the girl I was initially talking to and I agreed on her statement and we all started chatting up a storm. At that moment, I knew our clique was formed.
Matthew Waleyko:
I have found communication to be a necessary tool that organizations need to survive.
At my internship, due to the high degree of regulations and complexity of computer simulations the entire organization needed a constant flow of information. A key example of the importance of communication would be the difference I experienced from this summer and last summer. Last summer I was stuck at the headquarters building as opposed to working with my project team at their location. In this situation I would meet with my supervisor a couple times a week and that is the extent of the communication I had with the team. Once I moved over to their location communication dramatically increased as I now had multiple meetings a day and could walk over to talk to other coworkers. With that increase in communication my productivity soared. I was able to complete work that would have previously taken a week, in a day as I was able to get timely responses to questions as opposed to waiting a few days to get a response by email. So in my experience the company and team’s productivity relied heavily on improved communication.
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Productivity
Jessica: Friendship
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Bonding
Matthew: Improvement
Dichotomy : Productivity / Friendship
Productivity: Efficiency, Effective, Capacity, Inspiration, Automation, Invention, Creativity, Innovative
Friendship: Helping, Community, Ally, Attachment, Companionship, Understanding, Bond, Unity
Innovation Helps The Community
Matthew Waleyko:
Innovation has greatly helped the community in which I grew up in via the local Navy research and development facility. This facility is focused solely on innovation and as a result their over one billion dollar budget has had a significant impact on the local economy and community. Because of this innovation a great number of federal employees lived in my town and I remember every year from elementary school to high school the teachers would send us home with forms for our parents to fill out. These forms gave the school hundreds of dollars for each student that attended whose parents worked for the government. These dollars ended up funding various school improvements that all children of the community benefited from such as updating the school textbooks. The facility’s need for innovative workers has developed an entire defense industry in my hometown. Nearly everyone of the 400 people that work at my company owes their job to the supporting of this one facility. This drive for innovation has led the facility to try and foster science, technology, engineering, and math in the students of the community which often leads to success in high demand career fields. I attended one such program where they paid high school student $800 to participate in essentially an engineering summer camp which helped set me and others in the community on a path to success.
Jessica Watson:
A couple of years ago, the first food drive opened up in my hometown. At that time, I was required to do a certain amount of community service hours in order to graduate high school. When I heard about the food drive opening up, I decided to volunteer there for the day. The coordinator told me I needed to be at the event by eight o’clock in the morning to help set up. That was very early for me when I was younger, but I was willing to do it for the community. When I arrived to the food drive, I noticed there were homeless people sitting outside the building waiting to be let in. I went inside to say good morning to the coordinator and went to work. She assigned me to stand behind one of the trays of food and help give a portion of it to each person that walked in. When the clock hit ten o’clock, it was time to eat. You can see the excitement in these people’s eyes when they saw food presented in front of them. While serving the food, I would glance over to see people’s reactions while they were eating. I noticed everyone’s mood changed in the best way. I did not realize how an innovation of a food drive in my hometown can make a huge difference in my community.
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Development
Jessica: Feelgood
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Heart-warming
Matthew: Accommodating
Matthew Waleyko:
This exercise has provided me with a greater insight in regards to the connectivity between even diametrically opposing words. The words that we chose for our joint dichotomy could not have been more different, productivity evokes cold efficiency and machines where friendship evokes warm feelings of being kind and supportive. This difference was reflected in our word pools with words like automation and helping but we were easily able to connect our felt experiences to the resulting structure. This was in spite of the opposing core feeling that the original words evoked leading to an understanding of how even opposing concepts can work together. Additionally, this exercise led me to realize, despite the feelings evoked, both words are rooted in improving life.
Jessica Watson:
After getting insight from this activity, I came to a realization that words and phrases can mean something different to the individual. As Matthew and I would talk about what we are going to talk about for each paragraph, we both had different ideas. This led for us to not have bumps on the road while completing this activity. Although we have different past experiences, we have similarities. For example, when we worked on the word pool together, I noticed that we were thinking the same words to use for our sets. This activity made me realize that by having different backgrounds is not a bad thing, it only helps you learn things you never knew before.
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Re: Interactive Assignments
10 + 1 Steps - Complex, Adaptive, Systems
Complex - Something that is not simple to understand.
Adaptive - Capable to change in a situation.
Systems - Collection of things working together.
Jessica Watson:
Complex: Confusing, difficult, challenging, vague
Adaptive: adjustable, modifiable, accommodative, trainable, managed
Structure: construction, arrangement, infrastructure, assignment, interrelation
Matthew Waleyko:
Complex: Complicated, composite, tricky,
Adaptive: Changing, becoming, evolve, flexible, new, growth, become
Structure: System, network, formation, systems, networks, programs
Jessica Watson: A vague assignment to accommodate with.
Matthew Waleyko: New programs become complicated.
Jessica Watson:
During my freshman year of college, I had no idea what to expect in college level courses. Mainly, the assignments distributed in class. I was not sure if these assignments were going to be straight to the point, like in high school, or digging between the lines to find more information. Unfortunately, it was the second option. My first vague assignment that was given to me in microeconomics. The assignment was so confusing that my other classmates and I had no idea how to even start it. We would read it a million times and no one had any idea what the professor was looking for. Since we were all freshmen, we were scared to approach our professor and question his assignment. However, after some convincing, I decided to go to the professor during his office hours and ask for help. When I went to his office hours the next day, the professor was very helpful to complete the assignment correctly. He directed me how to start the assignment and what to look for at the end. Little did students know that going to office hours are beneficial to do an assignment or project right, while getting a good grade.
Matthew Waleyko:
As a computer scientist I have to develop new programs all the time. Each and every program that is created is in itself a system which interacts with multiple modules, files and functions; however, each program often starts as something very simple. Over the summer I decided to try and make a program for fun that would utilize open source facial recognition code to identify people on my computer’s webcam. I started out with a single file that would represent a person through abstraction. After some time, I was able to have a rudimentary system which could identify me in a webcam. Because programs are never done it had to evolve so I decided to try and speed up this system. One way I did that was by having the program store the facial features of a person instead of recomputing them every time which required importing new libraries and storing the data in new files. In an effort to speed it up further, I then implemented parallel processing which required more libraries and dealing with one of the most complicated topics in computer science, threading. In the end this program I was writing went through several stages gaining complexity with each iteration, first starting out as a single file. The program then went through a process of becoming to achieve its purpose. Finally, I made it evolve to be quicker by adding new libraries and concurrent processing so that different parts of the system are now interacting with each other at the same time so what started out as a simple system became a complicated one.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Progression
Matthew: Evolving
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Developing
Jessica: Discovery
Dichotomy: Progression / Discovery
Progression: Progress, change, incremental, improvement, evolving, transition, growth, creating.
Discovery: Revelation, finding, uncover, detecting, identify, fresh, detect, idea, eye-opener, newfangled
Evolving leads to eye-opening revelation
Matthew Waleyko:
In my time at URI I had the opportunity to become a teaching assistant for CSC 110, survey of computer science. This opportunity arose from my stellar performance in the class during the previous semester. Seizing upon this opportunity I changed from being a student to a mentor of the students. Interacting with the students in class and via grading them allowed me to see concepts in new light and glean new insights. For example prior to being a TA I thought of “for loops” as just fancy “while loops” but after seeing how some of the students were utilizing “for loops” I realized that they were actually significantly more powerful in the right hands as they can traverse data neat and efficiently in ways “while loops” cannot. This revelation changed the way that I have programed ever since significantly improving the quality of my code. This experience also gave me the opportunity to see how many of the students struggled with this field of study, something I never considered as computer science is something that comes naturally to me. This revelation made me become more compassionate and try even harder to help the students that would come to my office hours.
Jessica Watson:
During the summer of my high school years, I was able to get an opportunity to work as an intern for a public media company that was ten minutes away from my house. During this internship, I was receiving an introduction in the field of finance and accounting. This internship was to reassure myself that I wanted to continue in those fields. As I was enjoying my time evolving my experience in finance and accounting, I was given a task that was not in either of those departments. Human Resources. I did not know the background of human resources, until now. Since I was an intern, I was not asked to do much, but enough to learn more about Human Resources. I was asked to manage I-9 Forms and on-boarding procedures timely and accurately. I also has weekly meetings with the HR team to make sure everything was moving properly and correctly. After completing those tasks for several weeks, it was eye-opening to know I enjoyed doing those tasks more than accounting. It was helpful to know for myself that there is not only finance/accounting that I can pursue in the future, but also human resources is something I will enjoy as a career.
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Learning
Jessica: Actualization
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Epiphany
Matthew: Realization
Matthew Waleyko:
Through this exercise I found myself reflecting on some of the reasons why I chose the words that I choose when trying to fit my abstraction and paragraph together. In my initial abstraction instead of the word program I used the word structure. In trying to fit the paragraph to the sentence I ended up going on and on how a program is a system. After seeing the paragraph being so contorted because I wanted to fit the sentence I realized that if I just took the word, structure, further to become program then I could rework the sentence and felt experience to fit together perfectly. This reflection showed me that I could solve issues by seeing why I was choosing these words and find a different solution to that why, in the form of changing the underlying abstraction.
Jessica Watson:
Upon completion, I realized that we are faced with challenges we do not expect at the moment. At these moments, we must adjust to them properly. First-time college experiences and internship opportunities are two ways we adapt to these types of situations that are out of our comfort zone. From these situations, we grow as people, while improving ourselves for the future. Matthew’s felt-experiences were similar to mine but in different scenarios. I realized how thankful I am for the opportunities that were presented to me in the past and currently in order to evolve myself and my future. I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for me and who I become.
Complex - Something that is not simple to understand.
Adaptive - Capable to change in a situation.
Systems - Collection of things working together.
Jessica Watson:
Complex: Confusing, difficult, challenging, vague
Adaptive: adjustable, modifiable, accommodative, trainable, managed
Structure: construction, arrangement, infrastructure, assignment, interrelation
Matthew Waleyko:
Complex: Complicated, composite, tricky,
Adaptive: Changing, becoming, evolve, flexible, new, growth, become
Structure: System, network, formation, systems, networks, programs
Jessica Watson: A vague assignment to accommodate with.
Matthew Waleyko: New programs become complicated.
Jessica Watson:
During my freshman year of college, I had no idea what to expect in college level courses. Mainly, the assignments distributed in class. I was not sure if these assignments were going to be straight to the point, like in high school, or digging between the lines to find more information. Unfortunately, it was the second option. My first vague assignment that was given to me in microeconomics. The assignment was so confusing that my other classmates and I had no idea how to even start it. We would read it a million times and no one had any idea what the professor was looking for. Since we were all freshmen, we were scared to approach our professor and question his assignment. However, after some convincing, I decided to go to the professor during his office hours and ask for help. When I went to his office hours the next day, the professor was very helpful to complete the assignment correctly. He directed me how to start the assignment and what to look for at the end. Little did students know that going to office hours are beneficial to do an assignment or project right, while getting a good grade.
Matthew Waleyko:
As a computer scientist I have to develop new programs all the time. Each and every program that is created is in itself a system which interacts with multiple modules, files and functions; however, each program often starts as something very simple. Over the summer I decided to try and make a program for fun that would utilize open source facial recognition code to identify people on my computer’s webcam. I started out with a single file that would represent a person through abstraction. After some time, I was able to have a rudimentary system which could identify me in a webcam. Because programs are never done it had to evolve so I decided to try and speed up this system. One way I did that was by having the program store the facial features of a person instead of recomputing them every time which required importing new libraries and storing the data in new files. In an effort to speed it up further, I then implemented parallel processing which required more libraries and dealing with one of the most complicated topics in computer science, threading. In the end this program I was writing went through several stages gaining complexity with each iteration, first starting out as a single file. The program then went through a process of becoming to achieve its purpose. Finally, I made it evolve to be quicker by adding new libraries and concurrent processing so that different parts of the system are now interacting with each other at the same time so what started out as a simple system became a complicated one.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Progression
Matthew: Evolving
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Developing
Jessica: Discovery
Dichotomy: Progression / Discovery
Progression: Progress, change, incremental, improvement, evolving, transition, growth, creating.
Discovery: Revelation, finding, uncover, detecting, identify, fresh, detect, idea, eye-opener, newfangled
Evolving leads to eye-opening revelation
Matthew Waleyko:
In my time at URI I had the opportunity to become a teaching assistant for CSC 110, survey of computer science. This opportunity arose from my stellar performance in the class during the previous semester. Seizing upon this opportunity I changed from being a student to a mentor of the students. Interacting with the students in class and via grading them allowed me to see concepts in new light and glean new insights. For example prior to being a TA I thought of “for loops” as just fancy “while loops” but after seeing how some of the students were utilizing “for loops” I realized that they were actually significantly more powerful in the right hands as they can traverse data neat and efficiently in ways “while loops” cannot. This revelation changed the way that I have programed ever since significantly improving the quality of my code. This experience also gave me the opportunity to see how many of the students struggled with this field of study, something I never considered as computer science is something that comes naturally to me. This revelation made me become more compassionate and try even harder to help the students that would come to my office hours.
Jessica Watson:
During the summer of my high school years, I was able to get an opportunity to work as an intern for a public media company that was ten minutes away from my house. During this internship, I was receiving an introduction in the field of finance and accounting. This internship was to reassure myself that I wanted to continue in those fields. As I was enjoying my time evolving my experience in finance and accounting, I was given a task that was not in either of those departments. Human Resources. I did not know the background of human resources, until now. Since I was an intern, I was not asked to do much, but enough to learn more about Human Resources. I was asked to manage I-9 Forms and on-boarding procedures timely and accurately. I also has weekly meetings with the HR team to make sure everything was moving properly and correctly. After completing those tasks for several weeks, it was eye-opening to know I enjoyed doing those tasks more than accounting. It was helpful to know for myself that there is not only finance/accounting that I can pursue in the future, but also human resources is something I will enjoy as a career.
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Learning
Jessica: Actualization
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Epiphany
Matthew: Realization
Matthew Waleyko:
Through this exercise I found myself reflecting on some of the reasons why I chose the words that I choose when trying to fit my abstraction and paragraph together. In my initial abstraction instead of the word program I used the word structure. In trying to fit the paragraph to the sentence I ended up going on and on how a program is a system. After seeing the paragraph being so contorted because I wanted to fit the sentence I realized that if I just took the word, structure, further to become program then I could rework the sentence and felt experience to fit together perfectly. This reflection showed me that I could solve issues by seeing why I was choosing these words and find a different solution to that why, in the form of changing the underlying abstraction.
Jessica Watson:
Upon completion, I realized that we are faced with challenges we do not expect at the moment. At these moments, we must adjust to them properly. First-time college experiences and internship opportunities are two ways we adapt to these types of situations that are out of our comfort zone. From these situations, we grow as people, while improving ourselves for the future. Matthew’s felt-experiences were similar to mine but in different scenarios. I realized how thankful I am for the opportunities that were presented to me in the past and currently in order to evolve myself and my future. I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for me and who I become.
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Re: Interactive Assignments
10 + 1 Steps - Dynamic, Decision, Making
Dynamic - Characterized by ongoing activity or change.
Decision - Coming to a conclusion by choosing something.
Making - The creation of something.
Jessica Watson:
Dynamic: Changing, lively, active, effective, busy
Decision: Choice, result, selection, finding, outcome
Making: Construct, produce, production, preparation
Matthew Waleyko:
Dynamic: Motion, adapt, morphing, adaptation
Decision: Determining, establishing, asserting, elect, determines
Making: Building, erecting, constituting, forming, growing, growth
Jessica Watson: Changing results of production.
Matthew Waleyko: Adaptation determines growth.
Jessica Watson:
I am currently the Vice President of Finance for my sorority in the Greek Life Organization. Before I started my term, the prior VPF was not the best performer for her position. She was very disorganized, not vocal of what needed to be done, and did not submit her paperwork in time. Her final results as VPF was not good enough. Because of these results, I knew I had a lot of work to do. I needed to catch up on the work she did not get done and improve the financial production. Throughout my term, I was able to be very communicative with my advisor. My advisor assisted me with procedures I was confused with, different ways to improve the sorority’s financial status, etc. Along with my advisors help, I stayed in touch with my chapter to remind them to pay their dues on time and have them reach out to me with questions, comments, or concerns. I noticed after changing my activity status and motivation as VPF, there was an immense improvement. Our financial status is way better than last year and no one was afraid to reach out to me about questions or concerns about personal money situations.
Matthew Waleyko:
I have found that being flexible and adapting to the changing world leads to better things. A nice example of this would be how I adapted to the current economic trends. When I first entered URI I was solely a finance major; however, upon seeing the world’s trend towards automation in all sectors including finance via robo advisors and simulations, I decided to also pursue a degree in computer science. This adaptation to the market from being at risk of being automated to being the one doing that automation has worked out extremely well for me. Now that I am close to graduating I have organizations champing at the bit to hire me. This opportunity requires me to make a choice between sticking to previous plan of going into the government or adapting and entering the private sector which would pay me $11,000/yr more. This choice that I will have to make illustrates that choosing to adapt will lead to more money and opportunities.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Accommodating
Matthew: Opportunities
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Planning
Jessica: Overhauling
Dichotomy: Accommodating / Planning
Accommodating: Helpful, assistance, obliging, support, assist, guide
Planning: Organize, prepare, scheduling, plot, plotting, outline
Scheduling assistance is helpful.
Jessica Watson:
Before applying to colleges, I needed to do well on my SATs in order to get accepted to the colleges I were interested in. That being said, my parents and I decided to find a tutor in order to prepare me for the exam. We thought scheduling the tutor to come to my house a couple of days a week would be helpful. One day she would focus on the math portion, another day she would be about the written portion and then end the week with the reading portion. This schedule gave me the opportunity to excel on my skill levels in order to prepare for all sections. It was so helpful to have a tutor assist me with certain math problems I was stuck on or even how to write a conclusion. Every session was beneficial. Having a scheduled assistance, as in my SAT tutor, allowed me to go to the college of my choice.
Matthew Waleyko:
Each semester at URI everyone needs to make the difficult decision on what their upcoming schedule will be. Every time I have had to do this I have been able to find people willing to help me with this complex decision. A good example of this would be my experience planning for the upcoming semester. When I met with my advisors they were able to give me a clear list of classes I need to take to graduate. This allowed me to establish a framework for the upcoming schedule. Meeting with my friends allowed me to gain greater insight on how I would like to spend my time next year. Their input encouraged me to sign up for more online classes to free up more of my time as I will have fewer commutes. A final instance of having help with my schedule was when one of the classes I needed to graduate was full. This fact was a cause of great anxiety as not being able to take this class could detraill all of my future plans. Because I ask for help from my advisor I was able to sign up for the class when more seats were added thereby putting me at a state of ease. Every time I asked for help with my upcoming schedule they provided insight that will improve my experiences this year and year.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Preparation
Matthew: Insight
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Benevolence
Jessica: Training
Jessica Watson:
Overall, I realized that after working with my group member that we all read certain phrases differently. Whether it be a side comment or a certain sentence written in an article or novel. Our assumptions are based on our personal background and experiences we went through in the past and present. As Matthew and I would discuss what we are going to write about from our dichotomies, we both said something different. Which is great! I enjoyed hearing his insight in what he believed the sentence meant when he read it. He already had an idea what he was going to write about as we were typing out our word pool. For me, I had to wait until we wrote out every word we thought and then typed out the phrase to know my felt-experience. It is amazing to know how every person process things differently. For example, if someone decides what they are going to wear tomorrow the night before or the day of. Our minds are one of the major components that makes us stand out from the others and makes us unique. I love being unique!
Matthew Waleyko:
In the writing of these paragraphs I found something interesting regarding the topics I wrote about. Despite having to connect to a structure derived from the characteristics of successful businesses I ended up projecting the thoughts that have been consuming me lately onto the structure via the felt experiences. My mind was able to derive meaning from the three separate words that connects with me and my experiences just as people viewing artwork does. When we created a new dichotomy and structure I was again able to project my recent concerns on that structure as I just received an email about the class I needed to get in to. The fact that I have been doing this allows me to see why dynamic decision making is a characteristic of a successful business. These three words allows for anyone to connect their life to this concept as everyone has had to make decisions in their lives.
Dynamic - Characterized by ongoing activity or change.
Decision - Coming to a conclusion by choosing something.
Making - The creation of something.
Jessica Watson:
Dynamic: Changing, lively, active, effective, busy
Decision: Choice, result, selection, finding, outcome
Making: Construct, produce, production, preparation
Matthew Waleyko:
Dynamic: Motion, adapt, morphing, adaptation
Decision: Determining, establishing, asserting, elect, determines
Making: Building, erecting, constituting, forming, growing, growth
Jessica Watson: Changing results of production.
Matthew Waleyko: Adaptation determines growth.
Jessica Watson:
I am currently the Vice President of Finance for my sorority in the Greek Life Organization. Before I started my term, the prior VPF was not the best performer for her position. She was very disorganized, not vocal of what needed to be done, and did not submit her paperwork in time. Her final results as VPF was not good enough. Because of these results, I knew I had a lot of work to do. I needed to catch up on the work she did not get done and improve the financial production. Throughout my term, I was able to be very communicative with my advisor. My advisor assisted me with procedures I was confused with, different ways to improve the sorority’s financial status, etc. Along with my advisors help, I stayed in touch with my chapter to remind them to pay their dues on time and have them reach out to me with questions, comments, or concerns. I noticed after changing my activity status and motivation as VPF, there was an immense improvement. Our financial status is way better than last year and no one was afraid to reach out to me about questions or concerns about personal money situations.
Matthew Waleyko:
I have found that being flexible and adapting to the changing world leads to better things. A nice example of this would be how I adapted to the current economic trends. When I first entered URI I was solely a finance major; however, upon seeing the world’s trend towards automation in all sectors including finance via robo advisors and simulations, I decided to also pursue a degree in computer science. This adaptation to the market from being at risk of being automated to being the one doing that automation has worked out extremely well for me. Now that I am close to graduating I have organizations champing at the bit to hire me. This opportunity requires me to make a choice between sticking to previous plan of going into the government or adapting and entering the private sector which would pay me $11,000/yr more. This choice that I will have to make illustrates that choosing to adapt will lead to more money and opportunities.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Accommodating
Matthew: Opportunities
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Planning
Jessica: Overhauling
Dichotomy: Accommodating / Planning
Accommodating: Helpful, assistance, obliging, support, assist, guide
Planning: Organize, prepare, scheduling, plot, plotting, outline
Scheduling assistance is helpful.
Jessica Watson:
Before applying to colleges, I needed to do well on my SATs in order to get accepted to the colleges I were interested in. That being said, my parents and I decided to find a tutor in order to prepare me for the exam. We thought scheduling the tutor to come to my house a couple of days a week would be helpful. One day she would focus on the math portion, another day she would be about the written portion and then end the week with the reading portion. This schedule gave me the opportunity to excel on my skill levels in order to prepare for all sections. It was so helpful to have a tutor assist me with certain math problems I was stuck on or even how to write a conclusion. Every session was beneficial. Having a scheduled assistance, as in my SAT tutor, allowed me to go to the college of my choice.
Matthew Waleyko:
Each semester at URI everyone needs to make the difficult decision on what their upcoming schedule will be. Every time I have had to do this I have been able to find people willing to help me with this complex decision. A good example of this would be my experience planning for the upcoming semester. When I met with my advisors they were able to give me a clear list of classes I need to take to graduate. This allowed me to establish a framework for the upcoming schedule. Meeting with my friends allowed me to gain greater insight on how I would like to spend my time next year. Their input encouraged me to sign up for more online classes to free up more of my time as I will have fewer commutes. A final instance of having help with my schedule was when one of the classes I needed to graduate was full. This fact was a cause of great anxiety as not being able to take this class could detraill all of my future plans. Because I ask for help from my advisor I was able to sign up for the class when more seats were added thereby putting me at a state of ease. Every time I asked for help with my upcoming schedule they provided insight that will improve my experiences this year and year.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Preparation
Matthew: Insight
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Benevolence
Jessica: Training
Jessica Watson:
Overall, I realized that after working with my group member that we all read certain phrases differently. Whether it be a side comment or a certain sentence written in an article or novel. Our assumptions are based on our personal background and experiences we went through in the past and present. As Matthew and I would discuss what we are going to write about from our dichotomies, we both said something different. Which is great! I enjoyed hearing his insight in what he believed the sentence meant when he read it. He already had an idea what he was going to write about as we were typing out our word pool. For me, I had to wait until we wrote out every word we thought and then typed out the phrase to know my felt-experience. It is amazing to know how every person process things differently. For example, if someone decides what they are going to wear tomorrow the night before or the day of. Our minds are one of the major components that makes us stand out from the others and makes us unique. I love being unique!
Matthew Waleyko:
In the writing of these paragraphs I found something interesting regarding the topics I wrote about. Despite having to connect to a structure derived from the characteristics of successful businesses I ended up projecting the thoughts that have been consuming me lately onto the structure via the felt experiences. My mind was able to derive meaning from the three separate words that connects with me and my experiences just as people viewing artwork does. When we created a new dichotomy and structure I was again able to project my recent concerns on that structure as I just received an email about the class I needed to get in to. The fact that I have been doing this allows me to see why dynamic decision making is a characteristic of a successful business. These three words allows for anyone to connect their life to this concept as everyone has had to make decisions in their lives.
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Re: Interactive Assignments
10 + 1 Steps - Unique, Innovative, Capabilities
Unique - Something that stands out.
Innovative - Thinking creatively.
Capabilities - The ability to do something.
Jessica Watson:
Unique: Rare, uncommon, different, one-of-a-kind, individualized
Innovative: Creative, unusual, unique, alternative, extreme
Capabilities: Ability, opportunities, able, work, accomplish
Matthew Waleyko:
Unique: Special, remarkable, distinctive,
Innovative: New, original,
Capabilities: cause, potential, capacity, faculty, power, aptitude
Jessica Watson: X To be able to do something extremely rare X
* Doing something extremely rare. *
Matthew Waleyko: Remarkable power is new,
Remarkable is new power,
New power is remarkable.
Jessica Watson:
My family and I enjoy traveling to Aruba every once in a while. When we are in Aruba, we always relax on the beach and drink our carribean cocktails. During the past time we went, my brother and I decided to something so extreme. We went parasailing. It was so easy to to sign up for because there was a tent on the beach that advertises different water sport activities to participate in. That being said, my brother and I walked up to the tent and signed up! Moments later, my family and I were on a boat riding to the area where parasailing occurs. My brother and I were so excited to do it because it was something we have never done before. As we were gearing up to go up in the air, my heart was racing. When it was time for lift off, the nerves went away. The view of the whole island was rare. Something I have never seen before. I could actually see the other side of the island and the water beyond it. It was extraordinary. Although the view was gorgeous, it was absolutely silent. It was like having a conversation with my brother in the quiet section of a library. It was one of the most rare moments I have experienced in my whole entire life.
Matthew Waleyko:
For the first time in my life I have some semblance of power. Currently I have to make a choice between three employers that are all competing for my skills. The fact that I can choose is real power. I have had choice in the past but never in a manner where I am the one with the power. A good example is choosing the college I would attend. There is a choice in that instance, but there was no real power as I am choosing what school I get to give money to. The power of my upcoming choice stems from the fact that the employers are willing to give me money and are actively pursuing me. This is the first time where my choices have real consequences on others and that is something that should be remarked upon.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Adventurous
Matthew: Contemplating
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Empowering
Jessica: Thrills
Dichotomy: Contemplating / Adventurous
Contemplating: Consider, deliberate, speculate, examine, inspect, evaluate, regard
Thrills: Emotions, excitement, amusement, tingles, tension, experiences
Regard exciting experiences.
Jessica Watson:
During my junior and senior years of high school, I used my brother’s car to commute back and forth to school while he was in college. I always regarded when it would be my time to get my own car as I was driving back and forth to school. My brother had a black Hyundai Sonata and definitely got the job done. Allowed me to pass my road test and take trips to the mall with my girlfriends. It was a great experience to go through and not bother my mother anymore for rides to places. The end of senior year was approaching and it was almost graduation day. One Saturday afternoon, my dad suddenly left to do a couple of errands. Hours later, I got a call from my dad to look outside the house. I ran to the front door and opened to see a black car in my driveway with a big red bow on top! I knew it was for me. I was so happy to finally get my own car! I was filled with so much excitement. So much excitement that I started crying and thanking my parents for getting me this car. It was the best experience I have ever gone through in regards to getting my first car. I still have my car till this day.
Matthew Waleyko:
Humans are the sum of their experiences and the exciting ones are often the most important and should be remembered. One of the most exciting experiences I have had would be when I rode an elephant in Thailand. My mother took me to a camp where the structures were made of bamboo and I had to climb a tower to reach the elephants height. While I waited for the people in front of me to board the elephant, I had the opportunity to feed bananas to them. I can still remember the slimy feeling of the elephant trunk grabbing the banana from my hand. Once I stepped on the elephant’s back I was able to get on a seat and buckle myself in. As the elephant walked along the trail I remember that the cutest baby elephant was following the elephant in front of me. Half way through the trail the “driver” asked if I would like to ride on the elephants neck instead of the seat. This option added to my excitement as I got out of my seat to sit where the driver was sitting and the elephant walked back to the starting point. It is experiences like these that make up a person and should be regarded.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Grateful
Matthew: Happiness
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Joy
Jessica: Gratitude
Jessica Watson:
Throughout our final activity, I came to the conclusion that humans who grow up differently can go through similar experiences. Both Matthew and I have experienced extraordinary activities that we will never forget. It creates value to our life. That way we can share these experiences to others and feel honored to have the opportunity to do them. I still remember when I discussed with Matthew about my volunteering experience with a local food drive and how it warmed my heart to help others that are in need of energy. Going through these experiences made me who I am, a better person. Creating my future, my value. Who would’ve known that these different types of opportunities can be used for a college course. I am thankful this course has allowed me to do that.
Matthew Waleyko:
Throughout these exercises I have seen them consistently achieving their goal of adding value to the group. A prime example of this in the current exercise would be the felt experience I wrote for the joint structure. This felt experience was was influenced by Jessica’s previous work on this project. Because she wrote about an exciting experience on vacation my mind was primed to think of a similar topic. Because of her contribution to the group I thought of and ended up writing about an exciting experience I had on vacation. This experience brought back warm emotions I had when seeing the baby elephant which made me nearly well up with tears. This emotional response has personal value and was based on the value created by the group. Examples like these show that the algorithm we used worked as intended and creating value for everyone involved.
Unique - Something that stands out.
Innovative - Thinking creatively.
Capabilities - The ability to do something.
Jessica Watson:
Unique: Rare, uncommon, different, one-of-a-kind, individualized
Innovative: Creative, unusual, unique, alternative, extreme
Capabilities: Ability, opportunities, able, work, accomplish
Matthew Waleyko:
Unique: Special, remarkable, distinctive,
Innovative: New, original,
Capabilities: cause, potential, capacity, faculty, power, aptitude
Jessica Watson: X To be able to do something extremely rare X
* Doing something extremely rare. *
Matthew Waleyko: Remarkable power is new,
Remarkable is new power,
New power is remarkable.
Jessica Watson:
My family and I enjoy traveling to Aruba every once in a while. When we are in Aruba, we always relax on the beach and drink our carribean cocktails. During the past time we went, my brother and I decided to something so extreme. We went parasailing. It was so easy to to sign up for because there was a tent on the beach that advertises different water sport activities to participate in. That being said, my brother and I walked up to the tent and signed up! Moments later, my family and I were on a boat riding to the area where parasailing occurs. My brother and I were so excited to do it because it was something we have never done before. As we were gearing up to go up in the air, my heart was racing. When it was time for lift off, the nerves went away. The view of the whole island was rare. Something I have never seen before. I could actually see the other side of the island and the water beyond it. It was extraordinary. Although the view was gorgeous, it was absolutely silent. It was like having a conversation with my brother in the quiet section of a library. It was one of the most rare moments I have experienced in my whole entire life.
Matthew Waleyko:
For the first time in my life I have some semblance of power. Currently I have to make a choice between three employers that are all competing for my skills. The fact that I can choose is real power. I have had choice in the past but never in a manner where I am the one with the power. A good example is choosing the college I would attend. There is a choice in that instance, but there was no real power as I am choosing what school I get to give money to. The power of my upcoming choice stems from the fact that the employers are willing to give me money and are actively pursuing me. This is the first time where my choices have real consequences on others and that is something that should be remarked upon.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Adventurous
Matthew: Contemplating
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Empowering
Jessica: Thrills
Dichotomy: Contemplating / Adventurous
Contemplating: Consider, deliberate, speculate, examine, inspect, evaluate, regard
Thrills: Emotions, excitement, amusement, tingles, tension, experiences
Regard exciting experiences.
Jessica Watson:
During my junior and senior years of high school, I used my brother’s car to commute back and forth to school while he was in college. I always regarded when it would be my time to get my own car as I was driving back and forth to school. My brother had a black Hyundai Sonata and definitely got the job done. Allowed me to pass my road test and take trips to the mall with my girlfriends. It was a great experience to go through and not bother my mother anymore for rides to places. The end of senior year was approaching and it was almost graduation day. One Saturday afternoon, my dad suddenly left to do a couple of errands. Hours later, I got a call from my dad to look outside the house. I ran to the front door and opened to see a black car in my driveway with a big red bow on top! I knew it was for me. I was so happy to finally get my own car! I was filled with so much excitement. So much excitement that I started crying and thanking my parents for getting me this car. It was the best experience I have ever gone through in regards to getting my first car. I still have my car till this day.
Matthew Waleyko:
Humans are the sum of their experiences and the exciting ones are often the most important and should be remembered. One of the most exciting experiences I have had would be when I rode an elephant in Thailand. My mother took me to a camp where the structures were made of bamboo and I had to climb a tower to reach the elephants height. While I waited for the people in front of me to board the elephant, I had the opportunity to feed bananas to them. I can still remember the slimy feeling of the elephant trunk grabbing the banana from my hand. Once I stepped on the elephant’s back I was able to get on a seat and buckle myself in. As the elephant walked along the trail I remember that the cutest baby elephant was following the elephant in front of me. Half way through the trail the “driver” asked if I would like to ride on the elephants neck instead of the seat. This option added to my excitement as I got out of my seat to sit where the driver was sitting and the elephant walked back to the starting point. It is experiences like these that make up a person and should be regarded.
Jessica Watson:
Myself: Grateful
Matthew: Happiness
Matthew Waleyko:
Myself: Joy
Jessica: Gratitude
Jessica Watson:
Throughout our final activity, I came to the conclusion that humans who grow up differently can go through similar experiences. Both Matthew and I have experienced extraordinary activities that we will never forget. It creates value to our life. That way we can share these experiences to others and feel honored to have the opportunity to do them. I still remember when I discussed with Matthew about my volunteering experience with a local food drive and how it warmed my heart to help others that are in need of energy. Going through these experiences made me who I am, a better person. Creating my future, my value. Who would’ve known that these different types of opportunities can be used for a college course. I am thankful this course has allowed me to do that.
Matthew Waleyko:
Throughout these exercises I have seen them consistently achieving their goal of adding value to the group. A prime example of this in the current exercise would be the felt experience I wrote for the joint structure. This felt experience was was influenced by Jessica’s previous work on this project. Because she wrote about an exciting experience on vacation my mind was primed to think of a similar topic. Because of her contribution to the group I thought of and ended up writing about an exciting experience I had on vacation. This experience brought back warm emotions I had when seeing the baby elephant which made me nearly well up with tears. This emotional response has personal value and was based on the value created by the group. Examples like these show that the algorithm we used worked as intended and creating value for everyone involved.