Another exciting week finished at the fine institution we call now home. For last week's Int 95 seminar, one of the librarians presented her life and the importance of research to us. There were several objectives I learned from the Librarian such as which items we should utilize for a paper. An example she suggested was books written after the event because they are satiated with adequate research and offer a more accurate depiction of what happened. Another point the librarian made, was that students need to cite their sources or else professors will think we plagiarized our papers. So friendly advice... CITE YOUR PAPERS!
What else did I learn? Hmm, well I realized the librarian lived a fairly privileged life due to her family's ability to travel over seas every other year. I felt sad to hear that, because I also realized how difficult and cut throat society has become. Back in the day people could travel and attend college easily and now competition has become so fierce that most people do not encounter the opportunity to travel or attend any university. I hope one day society calms down and students are not inundated with pressure it just seems unjust and as if youth is being taken away from the next generation.
Moving on, on Friday our Int 95 group explored the career center. I discovered the career center offers a multitude of resources for students who are searching for jobs, internships, and information about grad school. One important thing I learned was that student can come in during the day time and there are people waiting to help with resumes and cover letters. I also grabbed a ton of brochures about my major and the road it leads down as in career wise or even graduate school. I can see myself visiting the career center often actually, so I found this to be a productive activity!
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