INQ Final Draft

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Investment vs Innovation vs Motivation (14V)

Investment: investment is the accumulation of newly produced physical entities, such as factories, machinery, houses, and goods inventories.

Investment (own): putting time in to be able to work for something

Last week in our inquiry class we had a group discussion whether investment, innovation or motivation is more important. I believe that investment is very important because you have put a lot of time into something you will be able to succeed but I do believe that motivation is more important because I need to be motivated to be able to invest the time needed to work hard and become successful. 

My Own Room In The Library (14I)

A quiet place that I like to do my homework and study is the library. In the library you are able to rent out a room that has a white board that I like to do my math homework in. It is quiet and the room is all to myself. The rooms are located on the second floor of the library and if you go to the front desk they will assign you to a room. You need to sign up for a room in advance and more then one person is allowed in a room so if you want to work in a group you are able to all go into the same room. 

Stress Reliever (14A)

In order to relieve some stress I have gotten all my homework and projects done that are due when I get back from break before I left to go home.  It feels good knowing that I have my work done and wont spend my entire break doing work. School hasn’t been stressing me out as much as knowing about all my health issues that I spoke about in blog 14B. I hope that being with my friends and family who I haven’t seen in a long time will help me take my mind off of it.

            My friends are my greatest stress reliever. They always know how to make me laugh and make me happy. I have not told them about my health issues yet because I am nervous as to how they are going to react. I am hoping that in result of telling them what is going on with me will make me less stressed because I know that they are going to be there for me.

            In order to not overwhelm myself with studying but still prepare myself for finals I am going to study everyday but twice a day at shorter hours rather then one large hour. This way I am able to study in the morning and at dinnertime. This will leave the day for me to spend time with my family and then at night to have fun with my friends but still get good grades on my finals.

            I will not do any homework on thanksgiving so I will be able to relax and spend time with my family and friends. I need a break to just be able to relax and not have to worry about anything, I will take that day to realize what I am grateful for and see everyone who I have missed.

Living With Lupus (14B)

In the past couple of weeks I have found out that I am ill. I have lupus, which is an autoimmune disease, and the doctors also have found two large tumors in my thyroid. They are not sure if they are cancerous or not and I need to have multiple testing done during my winter break to find out if they are or not. Not only do I need to get testing done for my thyroid but also for my lupus at the same time. During thanksgiving break I will be planning my surgery date to fix my compartment syndrome in my legs. The surgery will hopefully take place during my winter break as well.

            I am thankful to have such great doctors that I know will take very good care of me. I know that I will be back to 100% and that no matter what the doctors are going to do the best they can do. I am also thankful to have such great family. We live two hours away from Southern Connecticut and they drive here every weekend to take me to the doctor. They are very supportive and they’re for me during this rough patch that I am going through. I couldn’t thank them enough for everything they have done for me in my first semester here at college along with all my other years that they were there for me.

            My cross fit gym is making t-shirts for me because of my lupus and are trying to have a competition dedicated to me and help raise money for lupus awareness. They wear the t-shirts every competition and they say a prayer for me every day. My older brother is the one who is most supportive of it. He is my best friend and has been supportive of me in everything I do. He is the one who is trying to make the competition for me and to raise money for lupus awareness. This makes me so grateful for all the great people in my life and things that I have access to unlike other people in different countries. 

Gary Morin Athletic Training (13I)

I visited Gary Morin who is the assistant athletic trainer here at southern Connecticut state university. He is also the director of the athletic training education. His phone number is 203-392-6089 and his email is moring1@southernct.edu. His office is located in the basement of Pelz. His cubical is the last one on the left side. Gary happens to be my advisor and we spoke about what classes I will have to take in order to become an athletic trainer. We also spoke about what classes I can take in the summer that the credits will transfer back to southern.