This is my first semester at Moraine Park Technical College and I am a part of the Student Senate. There is a senate for each campus and a team of students, who are there to create rules, make changes to help students and have those experiences in becoming a MPTC student easier. And to top it all off, we have fun!
To begin with, they had a Vice-President opening for the senate. Now, I am an all or nothing kind of girl to a fault so I am so proud to say, I did not nominate myself. I sat back, listened and learned. At my first meeting, we were organizing the ‘Teacher Appreciation Day’ party. We were voting on what to “write” on the cake. I put my idea out there and guess what? They voted unanimously, to use my idea! What a trip!
The next week after that the senate offered a free lunch if you signed up ahead of time and also played BINGO while eating with a bunch of other students I did not know. There were winners and people clapping for those winners. It was nice to see such great rooting!
There are always events to volunteer for and places to go within the state and even out of state. I am so glad I am apart of the Student Senate at Moraine Park Technical College and the opportunities it offers me.
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The end of Spring Break
It’s the last few days of Spring Break for my kids and for Moraine Park Technical College students like me! Hello again, and welcome back to the Scribbler. I was just doing my pre-algebra homework and thought I should stop on in and blog a bit before the week was out.
This week has been good so far filled with day-to-day jobs, work and a lot of homework. On Saturday I had the house filled with seven 8 year olds for my son’s 8th birthday party. WOW. My baby is going to be 8 on Monday and I cannot believe how fast things go. I wanted to start college a while back as I stated in a past blog. I think you either have to do it before you have kids or once they are in school. I cannot imagine trying to balance all of these things even two years ago when my youngest was just starting school. Everyone has their own strengths though so maybe you could do it all with little kids.
The things I am doing in my life feel like the right things to do and as my dad always said, “There is no greater freedom than doing the right thing.” I remember telling that to a troubled 9 year old once and then I asked her, “Do you know what the right thing is?” and she said, “Yeah, duh! Not the wrong thing!”
Exactly.
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
This week has been good so far filled with day-to-day jobs, work and a lot of homework. On Saturday I had the house filled with seven 8 year olds for my son’s 8th birthday party. WOW. My baby is going to be 8 on Monday and I cannot believe how fast things go. I wanted to start college a while back as I stated in a past blog. I think you either have to do it before you have kids or once they are in school. I cannot imagine trying to balance all of these things even two years ago when my youngest was just starting school. Everyone has their own strengths though so maybe you could do it all with little kids.
The things I am doing in my life feel like the right things to do and as my dad always said, “There is no greater freedom than doing the right thing.” I remember telling that to a troubled 9 year old once and then I asked her, “Do you know what the right thing is?” and she said, “Yeah, duh! Not the wrong thing!”
Exactly.
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Spring Break!
SPRING BREAK!
Welcome to the Scribbler! My third blog for Moraine Park Technical College. How is your Spring Break coming along? I think it wasn’t until last Monday afternoon while I was sitting in my pre-algebra class did I realize Spring Break was officially coming up! It was so hard to concentrate during the lecture knowing there would be a break in my day-to-day schedule. I am a student here at MPTC but I also have a family of five.
Normally I get up and take care of my kids. They are still little enough that they need me to remind them to stay on task, but old enough that they can dress themselves. (And let me tell you, back when they needed help with everything I thought the day would never come that I was free of that job.) So, normally I would get them ready for school and get myself ready for school, take care of the house, the dog, and zoom out the door. On the days I did not have class I would normally be doing homework, cleaning the house, working or getting to appointments I scheduled. Knowing the week off would be nice I also knew it would be different and maybe even more difficult.
Saturday, my daughter got on an airplane to go see her dad for the week. That was very strange and difficult since even when she is at a sleepover I miss her. We all got up at 3AM to see her off a Milwaukee flight by 8AM. My family and I then decided that we would go to the Milwaukee museum. Now, I think we just may be the last people alive without a GPS in the car or Internet on the cell phone. We use good ol’ fashion paper maps. Ever seen one of those? We drove around Milwaukee for an hour looking for the Museum. We even passed the street once or twice, but couldn’t get down it because it was one way. It was worth the hassle. My step son, my youngest child, my husband and I walked that museum for over two hours. My youngest is eight and he had a blast looking and telling us what he was seeing. What a trooper! On the way back home we stopped off at the Cracker Barrel. That is always yummy! That night until the next morning we all slept past 10 AM. That never happens; especially my little one who gets up at 7AM each day. I woke up with a cold. Errr!
Now it is Monday and it’s back to Pre-algebra and English homework, house cleaning, working and taking care of one less child this week. I already miss her and cannot wait until Sunday when I can go back to Milwaukee and pick her up!
What are you doing for Spring Break?
Make it a great one!
Kirsten
Welcome to the Scribbler! My third blog for Moraine Park Technical College. How is your Spring Break coming along? I think it wasn’t until last Monday afternoon while I was sitting in my pre-algebra class did I realize Spring Break was officially coming up! It was so hard to concentrate during the lecture knowing there would be a break in my day-to-day schedule. I am a student here at MPTC but I also have a family of five.
Normally I get up and take care of my kids. They are still little enough that they need me to remind them to stay on task, but old enough that they can dress themselves. (And let me tell you, back when they needed help with everything I thought the day would never come that I was free of that job.) So, normally I would get them ready for school and get myself ready for school, take care of the house, the dog, and zoom out the door. On the days I did not have class I would normally be doing homework, cleaning the house, working or getting to appointments I scheduled. Knowing the week off would be nice I also knew it would be different and maybe even more difficult.
Saturday, my daughter got on an airplane to go see her dad for the week. That was very strange and difficult since even when she is at a sleepover I miss her. We all got up at 3AM to see her off a Milwaukee flight by 8AM. My family and I then decided that we would go to the Milwaukee museum. Now, I think we just may be the last people alive without a GPS in the car or Internet on the cell phone. We use good ol’ fashion paper maps. Ever seen one of those? We drove around Milwaukee for an hour looking for the Museum. We even passed the street once or twice, but couldn’t get down it because it was one way. It was worth the hassle. My step son, my youngest child, my husband and I walked that museum for over two hours. My youngest is eight and he had a blast looking and telling us what he was seeing. What a trooper! On the way back home we stopped off at the Cracker Barrel. That is always yummy! That night until the next morning we all slept past 10 AM. That never happens; especially my little one who gets up at 7AM each day. I woke up with a cold. Errr!
Now it is Monday and it’s back to Pre-algebra and English homework, house cleaning, working and taking care of one less child this week. I already miss her and cannot wait until Sunday when I can go back to Milwaukee and pick her up!
What are you doing for Spring Break?
Make it a great one!
Kirsten
Monday, March 21, 2011
The Beginning
Hello everyone and welcome back! This is my second blog for MPTC and the Scribbler, how
exciting! I was thinking about what to write about this week and I thought that maybe I would
start at the very beginning… and no, I will not bust out in song with the Do-Re-Mi song from the Sound of Music! I was born…no wait, too far back. Okay, how about being afraid of going to school. Yes! That is where I will begin.
I have always had a fear of going to school. It started in High School and it ended when I was sick and tired of making choices based on fear. Do you share this feeling with me? If you do, than maybe you can take something out of this blog for your future. For me, I am a figure-outer-err. (Yeah, I know that is not a word, but it is a fun non-word right?)
I had to figure out what I was afraid of. Was it success or failure? Was it not fitting in or being picked on? What it time spent on homework? Was it whether or not I would pass quizzes or tests? Was it that I was not sure if I would make it in the field I chose and then have wasted my time and money? Could I afford to back to school? Well, after thinking about it I learned it was all of those things questioned above.
I then made a few decisions. One was I was going to go to Moraine Park Technical College! Secondly, I knew I needed all the help I could get so I asked questions and went to every event and meeting that I could to get ready for my career as a student. One of the biggest things I learned is that if I break something apart, it will never remain whole. So, I did not have to think about or worry about all of those questions. All I had to do was find my goal and do what I need to do to get there. I have daily goals, weekly goals, goals broken down by class and a goal of when I will graduate by. I don’t have to worry or think about anything except what is right in front of me and what I want out of my efforts. My fear of going to school has been winning for over 5 years. The relief I feel now that I am doing what I really want is far greater than the fear ever was and the experience I am having at MPTC has been a wonderful new beginning!
Make it a great one!
Kirsten
exciting! I was thinking about what to write about this week and I thought that maybe I would
start at the very beginning… and no, I will not bust out in song with the Do-Re-Mi song from the Sound of Music! I was born…no wait, too far back. Okay, how about being afraid of going to school. Yes! That is where I will begin.
I have always had a fear of going to school. It started in High School and it ended when I was sick and tired of making choices based on fear. Do you share this feeling with me? If you do, than maybe you can take something out of this blog for your future. For me, I am a figure-outer-err. (Yeah, I know that is not a word, but it is a fun non-word right?)
I had to figure out what I was afraid of. Was it success or failure? Was it not fitting in or being picked on? What it time spent on homework? Was it whether or not I would pass quizzes or tests? Was it that I was not sure if I would make it in the field I chose and then have wasted my time and money? Could I afford to back to school? Well, after thinking about it I learned it was all of those things questioned above.
I then made a few decisions. One was I was going to go to Moraine Park Technical College! Secondly, I knew I needed all the help I could get so I asked questions and went to every event and meeting that I could to get ready for my career as a student. One of the biggest things I learned is that if I break something apart, it will never remain whole. So, I did not have to think about or worry about all of those questions. All I had to do was find my goal and do what I need to do to get there. I have daily goals, weekly goals, goals broken down by class and a goal of when I will graduate by. I don’t have to worry or think about anything except what is right in front of me and what I want out of my efforts. My fear of going to school has been winning for over 5 years. The relief I feel now that I am doing what I really want is far greater than the fear ever was and the experience I am having at MPTC has been a wonderful new beginning!
Make it a great one!
Kirsten
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Welcome to the Scribbler!
My first blog through Moraine Park Technical College all just for you! My metaphorical door will always be open to you so read to your heart’s content and tell me what you think anytime! All just for you!
Who are you? You are current students and not yet students, or future students or maybe even members of society who don’t know they want to become students but are reading this and will then become students.
What? Ah, great question…nope, there will be no hidden messages in the spaces between my words and lines.
No subliminal codes, no hypnosis. Just me and the lot of you reading my words here in this blog. What a great time we are going to have! You are in for a treat. You are going to learn about my journey as a sage, events that will be going on at Moraine Park Technical College (that will be way fun) AND maybe even give you a tip or two if you ask for it on how to become a scholar here at MPTC.
Make it a great one!
Kirsten
Who are you? You are current students and not yet students, or future students or maybe even members of society who don’t know they want to become students but are reading this and will then become students.
What? Ah, great question…nope, there will be no hidden messages in the spaces between my words and lines.
No subliminal codes, no hypnosis. Just me and the lot of you reading my words here in this blog. What a great time we are going to have! You are in for a treat. You are going to learn about my journey as a sage, events that will be going on at Moraine Park Technical College (that will be way fun) AND maybe even give you a tip or two if you ask for it on how to become a scholar here at MPTC.
Make it a great one!
Kirsten
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