FINALS!!! AHHHHHHH

I am going to use my blog this week to complain an explain why finals week is the worst weeks of the year. Most people already know that the week of finals is horrible, dreadful and pretty much makes u want to quit college. I would like to give a few ways that might help the scary week and make it a little more, well, not scary. I think that Clemson University should give at the least 3 days off of school to start studying before finals. I don't think it is fair to start the Saturday before the week. That is probably the worst thing the school could do. Boo to the school. I love Clemson but what a dumb idea. I also believe that if a student has two finals on one day they should have the right to switch it to a more convenient day to at least give them a try at making a good grade. Some things should change during the week of finals. Another thing that makes this time scary is the word... CUMULATIVE... what a scary word. One of the biggest reliefs in a college students life is knowing your final is not cumulative, hurray for the teacher. Well for the next week i will be preparing to make really good grades on finals, god knows i need to!

Friend or Foe?

The article that was given for us to read, I believe is very common and very smart in a successful company. How do you know if who you are hiring will get along with your present business or employees? When interviewing a candidate for your business it is hard for managers to learn about the character of the interviewee without asking personal questions which in turn might be crossing the line in the interview process. The part of the article that explains where a company had a program to train and keeps their employees at a seminar for about 10 hours to see if they were fully committed was a great idea. The only downfall is that after the seminar the employees might be a little tired with the way company does their business, but all around that shows that company that the candidate wasn't right for the job to begin with. Companies all around the world are starting to bring programs in to see how well an interviewee will gel with their current employees which helps their business to grow without hardships.

Team Work

Team projects are kind of difficult in college I am not going to lie. You might say I even despise them. It is very hard to get an entire group together to wrok on a project with so many different schedules and agendas. Most people in group work just dont want to come and meet, so they dont. On the other hand some people do not even have time most nights because of work, other classes or athletics. Concerning our group, I think this year in my business writing class, we have been able to do very well as a group and get a lot accomplished. Although we have had some instances where everyone has not been there but all in all we are able to do everything in time and at very high quality. In the future some things that might make the experience better is scheduling meetings when the team first gets together and make dates and times. Another idea is to send out e mails when the meetings are coming up. The problem of not coming to meetings seems to be the only mishap when it comes to college students and their studies. Hopefully these tips will help make our groups stronger.