MONDAY 9/17

IC101
Today: We discussed goals. You all have set really good goals for yourselves. Now comes the hard part, making sure you accomplish them. We focused on goals to accomplish for Freshman year (short-term) and goals to accomplish for graduation (long-term). We talked about why they are important and the steps to take to ensure we accomplish them. You submitted your Goals/Expectations Essay today. I look forward to reading them. I will make comments, grade them, & have them back to you no later than next Monday.

Homework: We will finish out introduction presentations on Wednesday. I have some youtube clips I want to show you after the presentations that build off of our goals discussion today and will build on our discussion for Friday. I want you to think about the 6 goals you have for yourself and give some thought to potential obstacles you might encounter while working towards accomplishing these goals. In addition, keep giving thought to the civic engagement project. Do we want to do a group project? Several smaller group projects? Individual projects? The Fair on Wednesday will have good ideas if you are stuck. We will start discussing 3 Cups of Tea next week. Make sure you refresh yourself on the book.

IC212
Today: Quality discussion today. Nice job. We talked bout how all "bad" neighborhoods have streets named after trees. Stay away from them. We also discussed Chapters 9 & 10. Our discussion focused on 3 main areas: a) Generic qualities managers look for when hiring employees, b) The 4 basic principles in making people decisions and why each is important, & c) the 5 steps in making important staffing decisions and why each is important. Revisit the Peter Principle (people rise to their level of incompetence), you might see it again (wink, wink) .

Homework: Read & be ready to discuss Chapters 11 & 15. For Friday, bring in at least 1 idea for the semester research project. My goal for Friday is to have everyone know the direction they will be taking with this project. You will be able to accomplish a lot on Friday so make sure you take advantage. Anytime you can use class time to get out of class work done is a good thing.