Final Assessment

My first final semester is finally over and i can sit back and relax for a month and think about the upcoming semester.  I felt that i was more prepared going into my first semester because i went through SEOP in the summer time.  SEOP stands for Summer Educational Opportunity Program and it was time that we can brush up our skills.  It prepared me for college and the work load of it.  So coming into the fall semester, i felt academically i would do good at.  Socially, i felt that i accomplish a lot at Southern.  I'm apart of Men About Business, African Student Association, NAACP, and Black Student Union.  I'm also a model in cultural night a fashion.  When it came to time management skills i think i did pretty well at managing my schedule.  I made sure that i had time for fun and studying. 

When it came to my school work my goal was to get the highest grade i can get in each class.  I kind of lost that goal in the middle of the school year but still maintain decent and good grades in my classes.  I was lazy sometimes but still get my work done and try hard in it.  The one class i had a little trouble in was English 110.  I really didn't work hard on my essay and i was getting 70s on it.  I knew i could of worked harder on my essay but choose not to.  That's the one goal i have for next year is to work harder on my essay and better grades on it.  Another class that i was having trouble in was my economic class.  That was my hardest class i had and i fail two of the test i had.  I had to drop the class and i regret that the most.  But i made a ultimate goal that i wont drop another class at Southern again.  I'm going to work hard in each class i get and give a 100 percent in each class.  Overall, my goal next for my studies is to get my old football nickname back.  Back in high school, my teammates called me 4.0 because i had a 4.0 GPA that year.  I'm trying to get that nickname back and i feel like i will. 

Coming into my fall semester, i was very involve on campus.  I was apart of four organization on campus and I'm a model for ASA cultural night next semester.  I have experience a lot being involve in these organization.  For NAACP, i went to Washington DC to attended the Martin Luther King memorial service. It was a great experience to go and listen to different speeches about him.  Another event i went to with NAACP was a speech by reverend run at Yale University.   He was talking about family values etc.  Doing all these clubs and activities i was able to have good time management when it came to my studies.  I was able to do be involve on campus and do my work at the same time.  I made sure that my school work came first they the clubs and organization.  I feel like i was able to balance all of this and still have plenty of time for myself. 


Overall, i feel like i had a great first semester at Southern Connecticut State University.  I reach some of my goals that i wanted but i know i could of reach all of them.  I do feel like i had a great semester was able to experience many new things.  I started doing modeling for culture night.  Something that i never did in the past but started to do now.  Next semester will be a great one because i will already have experience already of college and i can set some high goals for myself.  I want to get all A's in all of my class next semester.  I want to make sure that i excel in academics and social aspect of college.

Final Video Project

Campus Safari-Caribbean Showcase

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One of the artistic performance that i saw on campus was The West Indian Society Caribbean Showcase back in October.  It was a fashion show that they put on for Southern students on campus.  It was a great show to watch.  I'm a part of a fashion show next semester also so It was a good experience to see what i will be doing soon.  The show also had performance by Southern dance team.  The kind of clothes that they displayed was West Indian clothes.  There were male and female models in the show doing runway.  Overall, it was a great experience to attend and i cant wait for my fashion show to come up.  

Learning Community

Having a learning community this year as a freshman was really good for many reason.  We had a opportunity to meet a group of people that we are going to have the same class for the fall semester.  We were able to make friends that will go pass this classrooms.  I felt that we became more closer of a class because of the learning community and more comfortable together.  It was a great experience to be apart of and i feel like the learning community should be use in other college as well.  Also, with a learning community, we were able to have a good connection with each other to the point were we can help each other academically.

Learning community build connection amongst the students in the class.  I feel like as a class, we are more closer then other classes at Southern.  The reason is because we have two class together back to back and we get to know each other more better.  I feel like that's a good thing about the learning community; the connection.  Most classes you don't build good connection with each student so when it comes down to present in front of your class; you get so nervous and don't want to present.  With the learning community, students are not as scared at to present because they know they have friends in the class. 

Overall, learning community are a great experience to be apart of and i recommend it for every college.

Life After College





Life after college is something that all college student has to think about and see what they are going to to do when they are done.  For me, life after college will be working full time in the work force in my career.  I'm a communication major specializing in video production field.  So i expect myself to get in the TV and film business after college.  I also expect myself to eventually move out of Connecticut after college.  I want to eventually move to New York to further my career.    I my goal is to get into the film and TV business and start directing movies and TV shows down the road. 

When i get out of college, i want to get into my career field immediately.  I want to get into the film business as a producer and director.  I want to be able to direct movies and TV shows.  I would like to start off working at ESPN or FOX news station first and then work my way up the ladder.  Thats my ultimate goal when i leave college and go into the work force.  I also want to own my film company one day.  I want to be able to have a film producation company that produce different kinds of movies.  My second goal after college would be to movie to New York to further my career.  I feel like New York is the right place for me and i would have so much opportunity there. 

Life after college is something very important that each college student should think about and have a plan on what they want to do. 

NAACP Safria #17

As a member of the NAACP, we did community work in downtown New Haven back in October.  We help people registered to vote for the upcoming elections.  It was a great experience interacting with people and helping them with the process of registering.  We had to stand outside the circus that was in town that night.  We went up to people and ask them if they were registered to vote and if not they we would encourage them to sign up.  Overall it was a good experience to help others and impact the community.  I would do it next year and the year after as well to benefit others.

Final Video Project

The final video project is more open then the midterm project.  We have to pick a problem that's going on and find a solution for it.  For me, my proposal is campus involvement at Southern.  Southern doesn't have a lot of school spirit as other schools does.  Many people are not involve on campus and barely goes to campus events.  I feel that its affecting Southern a lot.  So in my video I'm going to address all the problems that surround campus involvement.  With that i will bring about a solution to fix the problem.  For the structure of the video I'm going to try and separate it from my mid term video and make it more creative.

For this video, I'm going to have more slides then interview for this project.  The only interview that I'm going to have is with two president of clubs on campus.  I'm going to see what their opinion on the issue and what have they have done to fix their problem so their organization can benefits also.  For my slides I'm going to have different kind of clubs list their membership attendance and events they put on.  I want to see if the clubs are putting on events on the campus for students to attend and are they well attended.  I'm going to try and include myself more in the video then last video.  I want to introduce the issue and conclude also.  When it comes to being more creative with, i want to do like a sit down interview With the interviewers.  I feel that it would be more creative and professional if i structure it like that. 

The final video project will be more better and well organize then the midterm video project.  It will be more structure and creative then before.  I will have a better feeling for it and know what to present it better.  Overall, the final video project will be more creative and well organize.