1. It was a real struggle coming up with my human capital. I'm not good at bragging about myself. It was also difficult thinking about my next move and exit strategies, because I never thought my idea was going to need to be as fleshed out as it was. It was very frustrating to have so many assignments that required interviews. Being in a place I knew nothing about, I felt it more a risk to try to interview random people. But I was honest in not completing the assignments, then I go to comment on posts and see people with "interviews" that did not seem legitimate. I could have easily faked interviews with people and gotten points. I just chose to have integrity about it.
2. The actual blogging aspect. I used to have a sports blog a few years back and all the blogging here inspired me to start it back up. The fact that the blogs served not only as a place for assignments, but also a place for commentary, showed me my potential in blogging about things I was actually passionate about: sports.
3. No. I don't see myself as an entrepreneur. I have maybe developed a more business savvy mindset, but I never intended to become an entrepreneur after this class and that hasn't changed.
4) What is the one recommendation you would make to the students who are going to journey down this path in the future? What would you recommend they do to perform best in this course? What would you recommend they do to foster that mindset?
4. Make sure they know that they're going to have to interview strangers. I can't stress this enough. If I had known I was going to have to interview people, I would have taken the class while I was in Gainesville where I was in a more comfortable environment and my hours were more flexible so I wasn't having to go interview people after work at 6 at night. I would recommend to keep pushing themselves to be successful. There are a lot of assignments, but if you sit down for an hour or two, you can knock out a lot of them and be worry free for a week or so.
My face once I complete this semester.
Hello Sarah! I really appreciate your integrety and the honest feedback you gave on this blog post. I also did not expect to have so many assignmnets that required interviewing strangers, which made me felt not comfortable at first, because I am an exchange student who are new to gainesville. But after doing interviews for couple of times, I started feeling more comfortable. If you like , please check out my blog.
ReplyDeleteHello Sarah! I really appreciate your integrety and the honest feedback you gave on this blog post. I also did not expect to have so many assignmnets that required interviewing strangers, which made me felt not comfortable at first, because I am an exchange student who are new to gainesville. But after doing interviews for couple of times, I started feeling more comfortable. If you like , please check out my blog.
ReplyDeleteHey Sarah, I think that you made some good points. The interviews were definitely a major portion of this class, and it is something that threw me off every time I had to interact with random people about an idea I couldn't hardly describe. I also think that having a good plan for getting the assignments completed is integral to successful completion. Good job, here's my post: http://intellectualramble.blogspot.com/2016/04/final-reflection.html
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteI also don't think I want to be an entrepreneur, even after taking this class. You seem to be really honest and not cover up anything! I think the set up of this class is different than anything I have ever taken so I do think it is important to explain that to students before they decide to sign up!
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