Impact of Social Media

Just like almost everyone else in the world, social media has a pretty big impact on my life. I don't feel like I always completely recognize it because I grew up with it for the most part, but the more I think about it the more I realize that it's affected everything I do. The first thing I do in the morning when I wake up is check Instagram and then Twitter. I love looking at Instagram because I love looking at different pictures, but ironically enough I don't personally post pictures all that often. On the other hand, I mainly use Twitter to read news articles, whether it be Fox News, ESPN, or E! Online.  As crazy as it may sound to my mom, who wouldn't believe me anyway, Twitter has really helped keep me aware of the things going on in the world through the availability of online articles.  I find myself to be a little more educated because of the accessibility, although maybe a little less social.  Social media has also destroyed my ability to focus.  A night of homework that would realistically take me two hours will take about four hours because of how distracted I get by Facebook and Twitter.  This just goes to show that as good as all of this social media can be, it can be just as bad.

Same School, Different Degree

As most of you know by now, or I hope you know at least, I completed my undergrad here at Catholic.  I had a great 4 years here making new friends, exploring the city, and obviously learning a lot. At the end of every summer I couldn't wait to get back to school to see all of my friends and not have to meet a curfew. This year is different.  I was kind of dreading coming back to school, finding myself to be homesick before I even left New York and mainly dreading the fact that it wasn't going to be the same as the previous years.  Everyone graduated and went back home or somewhere new to work. So while I was looking forward to being back on my own, and not planning my night around a curfew or being yelled at to clean my room, I was really scared of the change. The first week was kind of rough. It was, and still is, so weird to walk around campus and not see any of my friends or anyone that I really even know for that matter. I can't meet them for lunch on campus or make plans to go out to dinner after class. While part of me is still sad about this, I've come to really appreciate the new friendships I've made through this program and I'm excited for where the rest of this year will take us! You guys are the bees knees.

MSBA Program

Unfortunately I am one of the few of us in this program who hasn’t found an internship yet. Instead of talking about my job hunting woes, I would rather address one of my favorite things about the program.  As a history major, everything that we have learned so far has been completely new to me.  Obviously it’s pretty scary and intimidating, but I actually find it to be more exciting than either of those things. It’s almost like I’m going to school for the first time. However, I think the thing that I most appreciate and enjoy about the MSBA program is the size of the class.  Because our class is so small it makes it easier to build relationships with each other and set a comfortable classroom setting.  I have a terrible fear of public speaking to the point where sometimes I don’t even want to raise my hand in class to either answer a question, out of fear of being wrong, or ask a question, out of fear of sounding dumb.  So you can imagine then that giving presentations has always been out of the question for me. However, with a class this small and with one that I’m feeling more comfortable around each day it is the perfect setting to practice in. Hopefully, by graduation I’ll be fearless (or at least able to finish a presentation) when it comes to public speaking.  I’m not even close to being at that point yet though, so Mr. McHie, please don’t call on me in class tomorrow!