Roosevelt University First Year Seminar

ACP 101: 2014-15 Students' photos, thoughts, and experiences

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Book written by Roosevelt professor 

ACP 101 - section 02

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My first Lakers game! 01/27/2016

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Book written by Roosevelt professor 

ACP 101-section: 02

-Martin Potros

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TIB

My TIB essay in a nutshell said that I believe that the little things in life that we do for others are the things that make the world go round. Be it holding the door for a stranger or helping someone find where they need to go. The little things we do for each other make society better. I believe if you do just one random act of kindness each day no matter how small your outlook on the world might change quite a bit for the better.

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My Time at RU

So far at RU I've had a great time learning and getting to know the city of Chicago. The classes are engaging and require high levels of student involvement, Roosevelt clearly strives to be a school that operates like a family it seems and is a great environment to learn. I think that being here and going for higher education is paramount to success in the modern world, and that the many of the principles Roosevelt stands on are principles that this country should stand on in order to better itself. 

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1 paragraph summary of my this I believe

My “This I Believe” essay was all about second chances and living life to the fullest. My father was diagnosed with a heart failure and my family and I were told that he wouldn’t be around for long. Since that day, I made the conscious decision to do the most and get the most out of each and every day given to me and to not take important people in my life for granted. This kind of event also forced me to do a lot of growing up when I was younger but I feel like it was very good for me. It forced me to be more mature and recognize what is important in life and if something really matters, you cant let it go to waste. It became my life motto that time is precious and that is something I will truly never forget. -Claire Wilson ACP

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1 Parapgraph reflection on some element of my college experience here at roosevelt

Since I couldn't submit it to the actual tumblr page, I will be emailing my reflection. When I first graduated high school, I expected it to be just like the movies. I envisioned huge campus with lots of sororities and fraternities and crazy partying. Since I came to Roosevelt, there really isn’t much of that here. I am actually pretty grateful about that. The student-to-student contact is totally different because we live in the city. There are some students who have lived in the city their whole life and can navigate their way around every nook and cranny in the entire city. Then there are some students like me who come from very small (and usually closed minded) towns. This creates a certain type of protectiveness amongst students. We care for one another. There is always someone willing to walk you where you need to go if you’re too nervous to go alone, a sense of community. Since this is a social justice school, there are many accepting student who go here and there’s no need to be afraid of who you really are. You feel safe. I’ve been so lucky and I am so grateful to go to a school like Roosevelt in the heart of such an amazing city. Claire Wilson (ACP)

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Communicating: Coming to Roosevelt has honestly changed me as a person. Coming into this atmosphere of social justice has created me to be a better human being. I have experienced other cultures, made new friends, and have gotten a higher education all in one semester so far. Roosevelt has taught me to treat everyone equally and to not judge others based on who they are. I personally came here for this reason also because I believe people in this world should all be treated equally no matter what they look like or who they want to be individually. 

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Career Development

The career development counselor helped me in developing my resume. I had troubles in organizing the whole thing, she helped me in that. Also, I did not know if I should or should not put my volunteering actives on my resume, she said "volunteering work helps a ton in a resume" and a bunch of other stuff about putting volunteer work on a resume and to present legitimate detail about it. I've never had a job so she said "its completely okay" for it. Resume is for your experience and what you've done is noteworthy. 

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I went to the Moral Monday protest back in October. Moral Monday was protesting the budget cuts for social programs that helped support many people living in Illinois and recognized that if a small tax was implemented on the "Wall Street of Chicago," it would generate almost a billion dollars for the social programs that are currently being cut. During this protest, we marched to the Chicago Board of Trade and shut the building down. Later on, the people who were performing civil disobedience, were arrested and taken to the jail on state street. Me, and some of the other people from Rise, brought snacks to them and donated to their bail fund.

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Roosevelt Univesity

Roosevelt has been an eye opening experience for me. I came from a small town in Wisconsin where if you did not leave at 18, you most likely were not going to leave at all. My high school lacked diversity so to come to Roosevelt where there is more diversity than I can imagine is great. The social justice aspect of the school is great, nothing like I've ever experianced. It takes some getting used to living in the city but it's been wonderful.

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You don't know what you've got untill its gone

Many times in life we dont appreciate what we have untill we lose it. This is true with significant others, family members, friends, hobbies, pets and much more. I love baseball and have played my entire life. Senior year of high school i got kicked off my team, and was unable to finish. College has given me a chance to fufill life long dreams, and continue playing baseball.

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This semester i have been in activities that Roosevelt offers to students to integrate and feel more confident with Roosevelt as students;like massage, interact with dogs and more activities make us feel part of this organization. Also i can say that this university is doing a good job about sustainability to be a university green and taking care of the environment. 

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Reflecting Back

Coming to Roosevelt, I was a pretty close minded, simple headed teenage guy that paid no attention to the surroundings that did not affect me. This class showed me the importance of creating a sustainable environment for the future. Not only that, but also gave me a clear vision of what equality and social justice actually means. Working with both of these categories showed me the importance of engaging in an important matter, being social justice or equality. These subjects are problems in our society today, and they will not be fixed until everyone realizes that there are problems within these topics. Roosevelt does a great job of making equality, social justice, and going green be heard, and taken into account with everything that is done here.

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Coming to school at Roosevelt has shown me a new perspective on living. Coming from a small town where not much happens, it shows you a new way to living. So far, it has been a new but fun learning experience. I'm glad to have met so many good people, and experienced new things that I never would have if I wouldn't have come to school in the city. I'm excited to see where the rest of my college experience takes me.

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Village Learning Academy

If you are thinking about a career in teaching, I would highly recommend you volunteer at a school to see how things work form a teachers point of view. This semester I spent a lot of time at the Village Learning Academy, working with a kindergarten class. Doing this really helped me realize that I want to work with children in the future, and I got the chance to actually shadow a teacher on fridays when I don't have class. It is amazing how much you can learn from just being in a school on a weekly basis. Even better, you are no longer the student, and the kids there look at you as a teacher. You get hands on experience working with little kids, and you learn new ways to deal with all kinds of situations, from ever excited kids to crying ones. Volunteering can really give you a sense of not only what you can expect as a teacher, but it can help you figure out if this is a career path you really want to follow.