Enjoying my days at Scottsdale Community College, AZ.

Juni 15, 2017

Enjoying my days at Scottsdale Community College, AZ.

10 months have been passed so fast. And here I am laying on my bed in my hometown. Right now, I feel that I stay at my house for a holiday and will return to the U.S. after summer break is over. I wish!! =D Back to school after 8 years working as an administrative staff is not easy for me. I have to re-set my brain to catch up the course materials and teaching styles that differ from the education system in Indonesia. My background major was Business, so I took Business Management & Administration at SCC focus on HR and Communication.

As part of CCI Program, I got ESL Class for two weeks before the Fall semester begun. This class helped me to prepare myself especially in writing and speaking English fluently. I had 6 classes in the Fall semester. Most of my classes required the students to be actively involved in class discussion. Either ask a question, give a comment to the other student's opinion or speak up your ideas. The more I actively involved in class, the more points that I get. Earlier in the first semester, it wasn't going smooth. Some courses were difficult for me. I had the English class and one online course. I did not say that I don't like it, I just need to put extra time and focus on those 2 courses. The only problem that I had with English class was grammar. Grammar definitely not my best friend. I had to write 4 paper in total and turn it in on turnitin.com to check the originality of my paper. I could say that plagiarism = ZERO tolerance. This English class was hard for me, but I got many useful materials to improved my writing skill. By the way, I got a good grade for this class even though it wasn't the highest grade. Hehehe. I also got an online class in the Fall semester. How was it? It was good in the end. Wait, did I say it was good in the end? Yes, exactly. Why? Because I struggled with the online class. First, I never had online class before. Second, the online class needs more time to read the chapters, understand the key points, and work on the assignments. OMG. Third, the assignment due is always on the weekend. I almost did not have a free time on my weekend. I spent many hours every weekend to finish and submit my online class assignments. My advice is to schedule time very well. Read the chapters in advance, do the assignment days before the due and do not procrastinate. Well, I tried so hard and did my best for this online class. In the end, I got the highest grade for this online class! Hooray!! The other classes in the fall semester were great. Service in Learning Communication class was super fun. I like all my classes including English and online class. I swear. ;)

For the next semester (Spring semester), I took 5 classes, 1 class is required for CCI student. Intercultural Communication was my favorite class. I like it because I learned many things that I never thought before about the way people communicated in the different country. For example, showing the thumb to express a good thing is not always show a good thing in another country. Isn't it a great material to learn for increasing your communication skill? Yes, it is!
If I had an online class in the previous semester, in the Spring semester I had a night class. It started at 6:30-9:00 PM once in a week. Personally, I like night class rather than 9:00 AM to 1:20 PM class. I called it daylight class. Haha. My night class was only 8 students and most of them were professionals. They had a permanent job or run their own business. One thing that I have to consider about my night class is the trolley (free shuttle bus) working hours. If I got to the SCC bus stop 5 minutes late after 9:00 PM, I missed the Camelback trolley. So, I have to wait for the next 15-20 minutes or took the Miller trolley. The Miller route is farther to get to my apartment. Same as the previous semester, I enjoyed all my classes in Spring semester.

Free trolley

I like to spend my days at SCC at some of these places:

- Writing Center, my second home. I could spend the whole day in the writing center from morning until its almost close. I used to make an appointment with a tutor and discuss my homework before I submit it.

- Library. The SCC library interior looks like a book cafe. I like to do my homework here too. Sometimes, I came to the library to take a nap. Upps. =D =P

I really like the interior of SCC Library

- Cafeteria. Sometimes I got a free meal from the sushi chef at Cafeteria. I called him Son Ahjussi. Hehe.

- The park in front of the cafeteria. I like to spend time here to chill out and relax.

Chill out.

If I have a chance, I would like to visit SCC again. And I am telling you (I suddenly remember my cohort who always say this sentence "I am telling you" =D ) that SCC has best lecturers who are willing to help me if I have difficulties. Thank you, SCC! Go Artichokes!!

And here are some pictures of the classroom.