14 - Halfway Reflection

1.) I have developed the behavior of looking ahead at the future assignments so i can think about them in advance. I think this is important for me because I am normally a huge procrastinator and these assignments are not easy to do when crunched for time.

2.) I felt like giving up quite a lot during the first half of this course, primarily because I would read the assignments and think "I have literally no idea what to do for this" or " I can't think of any ideas that aren't stupid". I missed a lot of assignments because of this. the main thing that has motivated me to push through and turn things around is the knowledge that this is the final elective I will take in order to meet my degree requirements, and that I absolutely must earn a passing grade. I do not feel tenacious as of now because my participation so far has been low, but that is changing and I may feel differently by the end of the semester.

3.) My three tips for future students are this:
           - Make sure to keep up with the assignments in the beginning so you will have a well-developed product/business idea to work with for the later assignments.
           - Take notes on the lectures even if you feel like they don't contain much substance, especially when the professor is talking through hypothetical business situations. This will help a lot on cupcakes.
           - Don't worry too much over how realistic your idea are at first. This class is more about going through the brainstorming and idea development process than it is about actually producing a winning business proposal. Take things seriously, but not so seriously that it stresses you out.



I don't know what kind of image they expect for this, but here is a fairly anatomically accurate depiction of a horse that I drew. For anyone who doesn't know, horses - as well as all other ungulates and lots of other animals - walk digitigrade, meaning they walk on their toes and their heels do not touch the ground. Horses take this to the extreme, because they have lost all of their toes except for one: the middle one. Hooves are just modified toenails. Essentially, horses go through life walking on just their toenails while giving everyone the middle finger. This just goes to show that even common animals that are familiar to us can be full of weird and wonderful traits.