The Little Things

This week has been one of the roughest. But in times like these, it's always good to embrace the little things in life. I passed the LO test on the first try, I meant my aunt for the first time, and Tha Carter V dropped today. Hope everyone has a great week and enjoys tomorrow's class.

Word Lesson Project

I am pretty grateful we had the Word document project this week. I say this because this provided a few tricks to help me write a document on why I deserved a pay raise. My boss asked for a list of the responsibilities I had when I first started the job and the responsibilities I  have now. This was the perfect way to put my new skills to use. I took advantage of what I learned and applied it to the document my boss asked for. I submitted the document yesterday and I am currently waiting on a response back. I should know the results by next week. Wish me luck guys.

Work Place Immaturity

In my career field, we get a lot of people that are looking for a fresh start. Newcomers come to this field at the age of 40+ years old. So being the young manager doesn't give you much leverage with these old folks that feel life experience is more valuable than actual work experience. I know life experience is valuable, but learning happens at all ages. So why not learn from the guy who's been in the job field longer.

I go on this mini rant because often millennials get criticised for being lazy, self-entitled crybabies. When in my experience, it's quite the opposite. It is mostly the old geezers that feel they are self-entitled to the world. Most millennials I know keep their eyes focused on what they want and work hard for it. Just this week one of our new guys did not show up for his shift. He claims he was not informed when a few days before they told him what time to come in. Instead of asking questions and reassuring himself, he just didn't show up. With his 46 years of life experience, you would think he'd know better. Well, I was wrong. When confronted, instead of taking ownership of his mistake, he just cried, whined, and shot out excuse after excuse. This is only one of many examples where situations like this have occurred with the older generation.

I know not everybody is like this. It is wrong to categorize an entire generation by the flaws of one or 2 people. Which makes me wonder why the media does that to my generation.

IS101 First Impression

At first, I thought this class was going to be an easy A. Especially when I asked former students who did not share the same instructor. As the instructor described the course on the first day, it became clear that this class will take a lot of work. But there is also a lot to gain from this class. I know I will gain a new set of skills that I will be able to apply both in my career and private life. As we move forward into the class, I look forward to working with the instructor and the students around me.