Week 5

So this is my final blog post of FSSP and I'm glad that I met all you guys, and thank you Zach for being a Great TA.(I capitalized the G on purpose, for emphasis, it wasn't a typo. Just thought you'll should know) This week was definitely a good one a little stressful toward the end but good. The good parts of the week: My classes started to get into more interesting material, oh, and we had Monday off, which I used catch up on sleep. On the downside they closed the rec center this week for repairs, so I had to get a little more creative with how I stayed in shape, well get back into shape, so I started running stairs and on Thursday I played touch rugby for the first time ever and it was a blast! I really hope that I can make the team in the fall and that I stop getting sick all the time. I hope to see all of you guys again, thank you for a wonderful summer session.
Best of luck on finals and LIFE.

Dr. Lubach and library

Dr. Lubach's lecture was amazing, I think what made it so awesome was that he made connections with his audience, and was very passionate about his subjects. The connections with the audience that  he made were from his own life or from the lives of others that he had encountered. He used great sensory detail, not so much that we fell asleep but enough that it kept us interested.  Dr. Lubach is a great orator and is very good at bringing out sensory details  for example when he was talking about the rocket launch " the windows shutter"  and then with the imagery  of "the rocket arching away", both things that you can easily visualize. Another thing that I noticed is he didn't use a high level of diction making it easy to understand.
The Library field trip this week was full of great information. It filled in the gaps that were left by the librarians presentation (i.e  : how to get through the tabs and get to the library resources.)   It was interesting to see how many steps it took to access some of the information that the library has subscriptions to. I learned that you can go and sort through things according to department and visit each librarians page and see their specialties and what pages you can visit relating to each dept. and that you can search things by key words.

The picture above is from an old bombed out church in Berlin.

Plagerism

From the plagiarism articles I learned that the offense of plagiarism in college is a far more serious than it was in high school. Even if you accidentally plagiarize something it can cost you everything. I was surprised at how  many things are considered plagiarism. I remember that my English teacher two years ago told us a good rule of thumb is unless you thought it up you need to site it. If you put too many citations in a paper then they can't do anything but ask why there are citations, apposed to taking you to court for academic dishonesty.

Libraians, and Careers

This week I found the librarians presentation to b far more interesting than I my inferences had surmised. During her lecture, I learned that the internet is far more vast than I had known, and that Google even though it casts a wider net it still, hardly touches ten percent of the internets resources. She said that if we need to do research the best way for us to search things on the internet is through the Libraries web site, since the library ahs thousands of subscriptions paid and on of the largest library systems in the world. I had no Idea that the scope of Google's draw was so small an that searching through the library gave me access to so much more information, The Career services field trip gave me a lot of information that I had already acquired because I was previously enrolled in the Career development class, however I didn't know that the books with all the potential careers existed and I am glad that I know this information now so I can go in there and try to figure out what I want to do with my life.

SRB & Majors/Minors fair

On Friday, during or field trip to the SRB, I learned that the SRB was indeed the home to many indispensable programs and offices designed to help students succeed and deal with potentially problematic situations. The offices on the third aimed at academic support; CLAS(campus learning and support), Office of international students and scholars, and the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity,  and LGBT Resources. The second floor was as far as I can tells for the administrative branch of the school; Dean of students, Dep. of Student Life, Disabled students program, educational opportunity program etc. The first floor had the children's center, lactation room, and Women's center, among the more commonly used resources on the first floor are a computer lab, Graduate division recruitment, multipurpose room and kitchen and student meeting room. All of the resources are extremely useful and should be used if you need them.

At the Majors and minors fair I visited the German and Slavic studies table and found out I am mostly done with my lower division German classes due to the Ap tests that I took and passed, Since I am so far into the minor I figure why not. I also visited the history departments table and found out that I can take upper division history classes without being an academic sophomore. Visited the anthropology table and listened to the things that they had to offer, and how many different types of anthropology there are. Beforehand I was only aware of cultural anthropology, and was unaware that Physical and biological anthropology existed.   

Egyptology/ Anthropology presentation

The presentation by the Professor of Anthropology really opened my eyes to what an anthropologist studying ancient culture would actually study or research. Before hand I thought that most of the anthropologists job was deciphering a civilizations cultures though texts and objects found by archeologists, I was unaware that there was a component of  an anthropology that involved going into the field like this professor had. he also mentioned that he had done work living with the locals and learn about there culture by living with them. that is some of the work that I have been interested in doing for awhile. I love being immersed in other cultures,  and learning how fundamentally similar we are but how completely different some aspects of our lives and cultures can be.
I am really glad that he mentioned the struggle that accompany being at a high level of the academic pyramid, and finding a job that pays well enough to pay for student loans. I thought that it was awesome that he was passionate enough about the material that he was studying to stick with it. I also though the fact that he had done some consulting on movies that I had seen. at times like these I realize what a small world we live in and what great minds and resources we have at this wonderful university.

All about me

Hello, My name is Alex Marsh. I enjoy hanging out with friends, even if we aren't eve doing anything besides just hanging out. I really like to read a good book, and just recently finished the Game of Thrones series and would highly recommend it to anyone who has time to kill and enjoys a intense book with tones of betrayal. I was an Athlete in High school, Participating all four years in varsity wrestling and track. Fun Fact about me is I speak German and love other cultures: In 2010 I participated in a three week exchange program called GAPP through my school. I like music in general I listen to a wide range of musical Genres and musicians, everything from Metallica to Deadmau5, Louie Armstrong and Led zeppelin. As far as movies Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Kings Speech, Get Smart, James Bond, and Over the hedge are probably my favorites.

I am a global studies major, however I am not entirely sure if that is what I am going to stay in, but then again from what I have heard most people don't figure it out for awhile. I do wish to continue my foreign language studies and possibly obtain a minor in German, Anthropology is also a field that has peeked my interest. Another field that I have always found fascinating was philosophy and the theory of "knowledge" and how do we know anything. I really enjoy the deep questions that make you question life, Try and make you answer that great question of "why?".