Jefferson Veliz   Professor Mark Jamison  FIQWS 10108  12/19/2018  Steps How I Became a Better Writing- Self-Assessment   Before coming to City College, I was scared because my writing skills were not the best. To begin with, I have struggled a lot this semester, which I had experience failure, but it turned me into a better student. As many people say “failure is the key to success” this quote has impacted my life in adapting to college because life is all about failures, which then become lessons. As a writer, I have developed tremendous writing and communication skills because of the amount of feedback I received and the …

Jefferson Veliz Professor Mark Jamison FIQWS 12/10/2018 The Magic of Revision Does revision play a role in our writing? The ted talk, “the magic of revision” by Obert Skye describes the importance of revision. Throughout his speech, he mentions the need of revision and how we are influenced by it. Revision may be seemed as a dreadful process, but it is what can take a mediocre writing to excellent writing. Revision is what takes our writing quality to the next level. Students throughout their high school or college career, who constantly avoid revision results in their assignments being inconsistent or lacking quality. Revising our …

Jefferson Veliz Professor Mark Jamison FIQWS 10108 03 December 2018 Investigating Careers Reflection Prior to this essay, the exploratory essay was done. The exploratory essay carried similar content as the research critical analysis. I understood the requirements of the paper by comparing the descriptions of the research critical analysis and the descriptions of the exploratory essay to see what new information I would need to add. The research critical analysis focused more into the research done after the final exploratory essay. And it takes a step a further because it did not only focus on majors, but more into careers …

Jefferson Veliz                                          Designing My Career   Introduction and framing the problem   Is living a design process? In the modern world, getting a higher education has become common, but choosing the right career is a dilemma student and adults encounter by keeping in mind, there is no such thing as a “dream job”. When choosing a college major or a career, students must be smart on their decision. Self-assessment is one of the steps required for students to be able to see their values. Also, the Design Thinking process is an important aspect that can be applied in choosing a major. It is necessary to …

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Jefferson Veliz Professor Mark Jamison FIQWS 17 October 2018 What is real or fake? Why it has become more difficult to differentiate what’s real or what’s fake? The ted talk “How to see past your own perspective and find truth” by Michael Patrick Lynch describes an argument about the dilemma on how the more information we access online, it becomes difficult for us to know if it’s real or fake. In modern society, new technologies such as the internet wise have makes us perceive more but comprehend less. In other words, thanks to the internet, we know more information about the world, however, the problem is if we understand the information. I …

Jefferson Veliz Professor Mark Jamison FIQWS 10108 10 October 2018 Can you have a job that contradicts your beliefs? Reflection Prior to starting my essay, I carefully read the requirements of my assignment to make sure I understood it. While Reading chapter 2, “designing your life” by Bill Burnett and Dave Barnet, I began to deeply understand the context of what the assignment was about. It was required for me to understand the importance of building a compass because it is an important aspect for designing your life. As a result, I knew my essay was about my beliefs about workview and lifeview, and how they interact with each other. Therefore, I met …

Jefferson Veliz   Professor Mark Jamison   FIQWS 10108   FINAL   Can you have a job that contradicts your beliefs?   Is life only about waking up to go to work? In society, people tend to misunderstand the meaning of a work and the reasons we were created. Life should be more than waking up to only work and clocking in and out. Life is a cycle, but it should be more exciting than depressing. Before judging work and life, everybody should ask themselves: what is their workview, and what is their lifeview? People tend to mistake the meaning of workview with careers and  just jobs to obtain money; however, workview is the …