Dear Spring 08

Dear Spring 08 classers.....

Take what you can from this class! It's very informative and helps you gather information that you're going to need after graduation!

Angie loves to have interactive students. So, show that you're interested and that you want to learn how to have successful documents!

The interview is a plus because you get the real experience for a grade!

I loved her class, and if I had to take it again I would. Be prepared to do a little of work for the client, but it's a learning experience.

Good luck!

Jessica

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I had a great Thanksgiving besides being sick a lot of it. I hope everyone else had a great break as well...

p.s. i love my group!

Group work

I really like to work in groups. There are many pros and cons of working together with people, especially with people you don't know. Being an architecture major requires working well with others. Projects will always be divided up into different areas, and people with stronger attributes work on certain areas.

I have appreciated working with my group. We have all put forth an excellent effort to come together and form a great proposal. Fortunately, we all have different talents and have done well together.

Interview

The interview set-up helped me figure out several aspects of the process. I enjoyed getting to play the part and putting together my resume and cover letter. Also, I really liked getting feedback on my resume and cover letter.

The process helped me to better grasp the idea of getting a job in the real world. I also was able to get a feel of how a real interview would work.

Chicago....

This was a first time for me. I have never been to Chicago and didn't really know what to expect. I went to NYC with Architecture last year and was hoping it would be similar to the city because I loved it so much.

However, that was not the case! It reminded me of NYC minus the easiness of the subway system and the cost of everything! I think the convenience of things in NYC made the trip a lot nicer because we were not only able to get around easier, but we could buy things cheaper.

When we were in Chicago, we were able to visit Sears Tower, which was awesome, the IIT Campus, Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple and many other places. If it tells you anything, I took 500 pictures!

I'm going to NYC in 2 weeks, so I hope that I will be able to visit things that I didn't get to visit last year. The marathon is taking place while I will be there, so that should be interesting! I will be sure to post some pictures!

a presentation to remember...

All of the presentations I thought were very cute! It was awesome how everyone had their own ideas, and researched what they could about each.

One of the ones I will remember clearly is the Keg-a-rater one. I thought it was such an off the wall topic. You can definitely tell what was on his mind, or maybe a hobby?

I thought the entire idea of having presentations on what we desired was great. It was a fun way for us to get to know the class and be a little creative.

Whatever

The picture on your blog, Angie, is adorable. I would love a kitten! Especially a kitten with a cool frog hoodie.

Helpful Tips

There were several articles on the website given that I thought were helpful when creating or revising resumes. One of the articles was called: Just One Job? Three Tips
For Creating a Broad Resume.

This article had several tips in case a person applying for the job only has had one previous job. The article also gives advice on how to "color" your page to make you look like a skillful, willing employee.

Another article that I thought was interesting is: Five Tips for Writing CVs
For Overseas Employers.

Since I am an Architecture major, a CV is a crucial part of my process of seeking jobs. This article had a lot to offer in case I wanted to apply for a job overseas. There's a couple different aspects of a CV that completely differ from an original resume. For example, when listing your job experience on a resume, you start with the most recent and end with the earliest job. For a CV, it is the complete opposite.

These articles are great when creating resumes or getting ready for interviews! I enjoy reading the articles and learning more about being a success!

Getting a JOB

Several of these articles caught my interest. One especially because of the field that I am studying right now: Ability to pull an all-nighter can be as useful as a B.A. If this were true...show me where to sign! In my major, Architecture, all-nighters are as common as eating the wind blowing. Every semester, we are required to complete tasks that push you to the limit. Some tasks, being harder than others, take longer and require the student to stay up later. There are just not enough hours in the day. I thought that this article was interesting because of the fact that employers like the idea of people that can pull all-nighters can work under pressure and under tight schedules. Some projects are just not feasible in a day or two. Sometimes it might be the pure lack of time management, but others are just not fixable.

Another article that caught my attention was: These Interview Bloopers Could Cost You the Job. A lot of these points didn't really surprise me, but I thought they were interesting in the task of what NOT to do. There were five points that this article elaborated on and gave advice of what not to do.

1. Dressing Unprofessionally
2. Arriving Unprepared
3. Discussing Compensation Too Soon
4. Acting Desperate
5. Appearing Too Nervous

Some of these topics, like appearing too nervous, are hard to control. Some people are just prone to nervousness.

I thought several of these topics to be useful and helpful. Hopefully, with practice and learning the strides of interviewers, I will be successful in getting a career in what I want.

The next 10 years...

I hope to accomplish a lot in the next ten years. Of course, the first and closest goal is to graduate Clemson in May 2008. Afterwards, I hope to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design to obtain my Masters in Architecture. After the two or so years of grad school, wherever that may be, I hope to obtain my License of Architecture and cling on to it for dear life! The year of exams that I have to go through might just be the end of me! J/K.

Having heard that several people in my architecture studio are slightly deterred from architecture now, it makes me a little edgy about the rest of my life. I certainly wouldn't have wanted to come this far and turn around now. Ever since I was a little kid, I've always been passionate about architecture and just how they do it. Floor plans used to astonish me. I guess the visionary perception of how the house was formed and just what was to lie inside. Anyways....

I hope to still be with my boyfriend, Adam, of just a little over three and a half years now. Hopefully, MARRIED by this point. I hope that we have two children that are growing and blossoming with every day that passes. I still hope to be in the South. My real dream would be to reside in Charleston, which I fell in love with years ago. The architecture is spectacular and so are the people. There's so much opportunity that lies within that area.

Business wise, I hope to have my own firm. Being the architect poses a great benefit to the opposite. The stamp makes all the difference! I have a leadership strike in my personality, but am sometimes afraid to use it because of the slight chance that there may be some conflict with another personality.

I hope to be happy and strong in whatever I may be doing on September 16, 2017. The world might be a completely different place.

Revolutionizing the work industry

Wow. In response to the video, I think that the message was very clear and concise. I definitely agree with the evolution of technology and the way we communicate in today's society. The message, in my opinion, was stating how everyday people communicate. This particular way of communicating is leading to other forms of communicating. It's also stating how WE are the communicators, no matter what form of device we use to communicate to each other. Computers are a device; however, we teach the computer what to think and how to act. The web is US. It's our ideas put forth by a device that we've taught. The message is clear in that we have to start protecting the way we communicate. Our family, friends, information are all definite parts in how we communicate. The beginning of this message affected me the most in that the pencil kept erasing and crinkling the page. Then the message went to typing, and eventually leading to the web. This is the era of technology. One way or another, we will communicate with each other.

Hi, my name is...

Hi! My name is Jessica Folk. I'm a senior in Architecture graduating in May! I thought the day would never come considering I've been in school for 6 consecutive years. I started college in the fall of 2001 at Clemson majoring in Architecture. I spent three semesters pulling out my hair and decided to "enhance my creativity" by leaving Clemson and attending another institute. Since my Mother was head of IT at Converse College, I decided to go there considering it was tuition free. I spent a year there majoring in Interior Design and of course, "enhancing my creativity." However, I hated attending that school. It was the pure fact of having a parental figure on the payroll that made me dispise the place. So, after careful consideration, and after my parents said "no" to me going back to Clemson, I decided to transfer to USC-Upstate, a sister-school to USC-Columbia. I changed my major, then, to Graphic Communications and spent another year, of my already drawn out college career, trying to decide how to get out of school. The entire time I spent at the other two institutes, I couldn't push the idea of "what if" out of my mind. Clemson still had my heart, and my blood still ran orange. So, I did the impossible. After almost three years of being away from Clemson, I went against my parents' wishes, obtained the loans needed, and returned to Clemson University in the Spring of 2006. I love my major and the people I've met along the way. However, I can not WAIT to graduate May 9, 2008!

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