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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
GOOD LUCK!
Good luck on your first day, you little hoodlums! Let a brotha know if you need anything :)
Friday, August 26, 2011
Link to Nicoles embracing change dance.
http://youtu.be/w5du9F5fd8g
OR you to my YouTube channel and you will find it there.
http://www.youtube.com/user/2222nikki2222#p/u/1/w5du9F5fd8g
OR you to my YouTube channel and you will find it there.
http://www.youtube.com/user/2222nikki2222#p/u/1/w5du9F5fd8g
Thursday, August 25, 2011
PERRIN LOVES YOU
<3 you guys big time, and I'm super, SUPER proud of you. Really. People like you are the reason I teach. Facebook friend me and take down my email. I'm here for whatever!
perrin.carrell@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
I'm quite the insane idiot.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001477910213
if you feel like staying in touch that is.
if you feel like staying in touch that is.
Nicoles final blog.
In almost all of my blogs I am posting about how much I have changed during the Bridge Program and how much I have changed as a person. So this blog I want to switch it up a little bit. I want to expand on how all of these people I have met in Chicago and how this course impacted me
When I first came into the Bridge Program I was a little uneasy about meeting new people and even talking in class. I guess you can say I was the shy girl. But as the course went on I broke out of my shell. I started to get comfortable with my surroundings because I was around people who were passionate about art like I am. The teachers here are top notch and they have taught me so many things that I never learned in high school. They give creative assignments that make you push yourself as an artist. Also our field trips to the museums helped me think outside of the box and look at art in a different prospective. The workshops were great because it gave me the opportunity to get to know my classmates better. I heard their essays and got to know all of them on a different level. I have noticed a lot of improvements in both their writing and my writing.
Being in the bridge Program was an honor because I really feel that I have learned so much and I have learned how to adapt to the City and all of the different types of people. Some advices for next year’s Bridge students: stay focused, be creative, and push yourself. If you follow those three simple steps you will pass. At the end of this course you will see that it is all worth it.
Contact me! On Facebook and check out my YouTube channel.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000453267055
http://www.youtube.com/user/2222nikki2222
When I first came into the Bridge Program I was a little uneasy about meeting new people and even talking in class. I guess you can say I was the shy girl. But as the course went on I broke out of my shell. I started to get comfortable with my surroundings because I was around people who were passionate about art like I am. The teachers here are top notch and they have taught me so many things that I never learned in high school. They give creative assignments that make you push yourself as an artist. Also our field trips to the museums helped me think outside of the box and look at art in a different prospective. The workshops were great because it gave me the opportunity to get to know my classmates better. I heard their essays and got to know all of them on a different level. I have noticed a lot of improvements in both their writing and my writing.
Being in the bridge Program was an honor because I really feel that I have learned so much and I have learned how to adapt to the City and all of the different types of people. Some advices for next year’s Bridge students: stay focused, be creative, and push yourself. If you follow those three simple steps you will pass. At the end of this course you will see that it is all worth it.
Contact me! On Facebook and check out my YouTube channel.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000453267055
http://www.youtube.com/user/2222nikki2222
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Last Blog
In the end I’m glad that I attended the Bridge Program. At first I really didn’t want to waste my last month of summer in this program, but I’m glad I did. If I wouldn’t have went to Bridge I would have had a hard time getting adjusted to college. Going straight from summer were I do nothing all day and then going back to a school that is completely new to me would of threw me off completely. It also helped me to get to know the city better and how to get around. I never went to the city before bridge so I would have been screwed trying to find my way around. I do have some friends attending this school, but getting to know all of these people in my class is going to make this experience a lot less foreign. It also made me a lot more confident about my writing. Before all this I thought I completely sucked at writing but I guess not. My math class didn’t really help too much though. We just reviewed a bunch of stuff I already learned in high school. It still helped to refresh my memory which is good because I can start college and not be completely lost. It’s nice I got to know all of you. It will be reassuring to see a lot of familiar faces when we start school. Our passion is what helped motivate all of us to make it all the way. We all had one thing on our mind the whole time we were here. Passing this program just furthermore proved that we were all meant to be some type of artist. I can say bye to the Bridge Program but I’ll probably see all of you around school so there’s no point of saying goodbye to all of you. I’ll say bye to Danielle and Perrin because I might not see you two, I don’t know. Thanks for everything. You guys made a pretty big impact on my life.
FINAL BLOG! | MARIO
(I'm cross eyed because the drink was so delicious...)
Reflecting on how I felt about the bridge program again?! I have no problem with that, being able to stay and complete the program for the full four weeks. I definitely have a lot to say about my experience in this program. As I said before, the bridge program helped me grow not only as a student but as a person as well. I came into the program thinking it was going to be easy for me and that I wouldn’t even have to stress about it. Little did I know that the bridge was no joke. The very first day Danielle scared the shit out of me. I had no clue that they weren’t messing around. If you messed up once, then you’re out. Actually, she even said that all the teachers are looking for a reason to kick the students out because they don’t want them to waste their money on college if they aren’t going to be able to complete the assignments that they give them over the four weeks.
I think the best part about the bridge program that I really like was the workshops. I had never had a workshop in my life. The whole criticizing on each of our paper was something that I really liked because who ever read their paper they were not able to talk back to the criticizer. Honestly, it helped me a lot on what to do so I would be able to improve my essays. Something that I equally liked about the program was that we had lectures. That also was something new to me that I never had in my life, Different topics every time. Some I liked, some I didn’t but regardless I always learned something new from the lectures.
I understand that Columbia is an art school and all, but I honestly hated all of the museums that we went to. Maybe it’s just me because I never liked museums since I was a kid. To be honest, I kind of liked the first one that we went to. Then everything felt like it was the same after a while and I lost interest. Maybe if we were able to go watch a different type of “art” rather than look at things framed and put up against a plain wall. I would have definitely liked it a lot more if we were able to go to some dance show or something then talk about what we liked about the dance or something related to that.
The best advice I have for the bridge students next year is…Do your shit, don’t slack until you have that damn Columbia box in your hands. You honestly never know who or when someone is going to get kicked out. Finish your homework and come to class early. Something that I noticed with bridge students is that some of them have bad attitudes. No matter how much you dislike your teacher (not saying that I disliked any of my teachers) don’t talk back, keep your mouth shut, and be respectful.
Thank you Danielle and Perrin for pushing me to become a better student! I hope to see you both around during the school year. To the ten that still stand in this classroom, I wish you all the best and hope everything works out for you all during the school year. Be safe and don’t slack! Remember why we are all here in the first place. STUDY HARD! PEACE!
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-Mario | Lionz Of Zion / Mentally Unstable
Last Blog-Nikkea
The bridge program was definitely helpful in preparing my for Columbia. It helped to understand what this schoolis about and in a helpful way open my mind to its ideas and goals. Attending this program has improved me as a individual and student. I enjoyed the way my teacher was about business. Telling the students that the four weeks were very critical before attending Columbia. Her way of approaching helped me to realize my full potential and see the overall goal. The outcome of attending this program has developed my way and approach on school and life in general. Ive learned to get to the goal it takes dedication and consistant effort. These four weeks were definitely effective not just on me, but I believe to the students that didnt know exactly what to expect of Columbia. How Columbia cares and puts forth the effort of getting their to students to be responsible and take hold of their actions. I dont believe the program had an unpleasant moment. The program I believe just taught the individual to take responsibility and take hold of the challenges that some people can handle and others cant. I will take the Columbia's challenges and apply them to school and also life situations. This is a Goodbye to the Bridge Program, but a Welcome to the future of success at Columbia College as a Student!
Final Blog
I’m so excited to know that I made it to the very end! I only have one more day of this program and that feels great to know that I am only within hours of becoming an official Columbia Student. I feel that everyone that is still here deserves to be here because they fought their way to become a student.
Over the 4 weeks I have had so much fun; I’ve met some pretty awesome people and got to explore the city! The program made me have better relationships with some of the other people here. Danielle said at the beginning of the program, “When you make friends in Bridge, they’ll be your friends for years down the line!” I hope this is true because I’ve made a lot of friends within the time being here.
The only bad part that I dealt with while being in this program was having to commute every morning and every night just to get here so that meant I would have to wake up extra early so that I could get here on time! And the first few papers got me because I wasn’t used to writing because I didn’t write anything all summer!
For the future Bridge kids I would have to say go all out with everything you do! You’re in Chicago and there is so much to do. There really isn’t a way to be bored unless you are a boring person. All you really have to do is kiss some ass for the teacher and you’ll be golden and do your homework of coarse or you would be gone so fast if you didn’t. Just stay on your studies and I’m pretty sure you would make it to the point that I have. I wish any Bridge student the best of luck and to have the best time of your life while you can. You only have one life to live!
It's over..tomorrow!
I have to say, the final days of my bridge experience is almost over, and really, it's an amazing feeling. The first week I was a little uptight, I didn't know what to make out of this program at all. It's strange though, during the middle of the first week I opened up a little bit and just stuck to what I knew I needed to do. However, the second week was my most stressful week, when I heard it was the elimination week. I was afraid, even though I've never been talked too, always been told I was doing well in my math class, that they would throw me out for whatever reason may be, maybe not paying attention, or just plain old bein' an asshole. Well I guess that was wrong, right? I'd like to think I haven't made acquaintances during these 4 weeks, which is usually what I call people for a little while before I actually get to know them. The 3rd week I came out of my anti-social shell and started to do things with other people, as well as slack off a little bit. I got a tiny bit lazier, but I put myself back on track quickly. Now with my 4th week, everything is coming together now. I realize that the work habit I have forged for myself works, and that I should keep this going and shouldn't back down no matter what happens. I love what this program has done for someone like me, who never saw a real reason to actually care about school work, who now sees that here, it is different and even fun since I can put my own creative twist in it.
Hey next year bridge students, just participate, do your work and actually keep what people say about your papers to heart, don't slack off, and don't be an idiot. Those things will ensure that you pass this program with flying colors.
I AM REBORN IN FLAMES!
GoodBye Bridge && Hello COLUMBIA!!!!!
The bridge prgram was very challenging. It taught me about learning is very important and getting throught college is verry important.. Over the past for weeks it has been diffucult. Youo had to come out your shell , have a voice and also learn how to do the work. English was a challenge with the papers we had to right, and how they had to be college ready. Math was for me difficult becuause of all the numbers, im just not that good in it. The best parts of bridge was when we went out to Musuems and learnede about art, and had the chance to start friendships with certain people. Everybody has gotten the chance to learn about others background and learning baout art was interseting because you got to see what the purpose of that pieace was. Another great part of bridge was it taught me how to be more On my own, and learn fundamentals that i have learned but didnt fully learn it? LOL. There wasnt really nothing about bridge that was bad. Everything we did was enjoyable, and a learing experience.
For next years Bridge student. My advise to you is to be on time, and make sure you stay on your work, because this program does not play when it comes to your work, Expescally your english papers. You will be dissmissed in a matter of MINUTES! ANother ppieace of advise i would give is to get out your shell. You have to talk if your not a talkative person, kids that dont distrubute what they have to say and just a quiet loner, they look at you and dissmiss you. You just really have to be on your stuff and take the experience seriously, its not summer school its a JOB INTERVIEW !
To everybody in Danielle and Perrins Bridge Class Including Danille and Perrin, I would say Good-Bye but i will say have a nice two weeks off, have fun, i enjoyed spending the 4 weeks with all of you, and see you Sept 6. : )
For next years Bridge student. My advise to you is to be on time, and make sure you stay on your work, because this program does not play when it comes to your work, Expescally your english papers. You will be dissmissed in a matter of MINUTES! ANother ppieace of advise i would give is to get out your shell. You have to talk if your not a talkative person, kids that dont distrubute what they have to say and just a quiet loner, they look at you and dissmiss you. You just really have to be on your stuff and take the experience seriously, its not summer school its a JOB INTERVIEW !
To everybody in Danielle and Perrins Bridge Class Including Danille and Perrin, I would say Good-Bye but i will say have a nice two weeks off, have fun, i enjoyed spending the 4 weeks with all of you, and see you Sept 6. : )
goodbye bridge-sam setzer
The Summer Bridge Program has been a weird experience for me. I've learned about myself as well as others, I've worked harder than I worked in all of my four years of high school, doing papers every night and waking up early and on time every morning. With that said, I'm not saying I didn't have fun. I had a great time discussing the works of Sarah Vowell. I'm very grateful that I discovered her writing, and I plan on reading more of her works in the years to come.
The only advice that I have for next year's class is to not slack off. Try to get a good night’s sleep every night, wake up on time, and volunteer in class every chance you get. Also, don't be a trouble maker, because trouble is bad! Just kidding, you should definitely cause mischief... Just don't get caught.
I'll miss this class and I really hope to keep in touch with all of you. It's been fun discussing "Take the Cannoli" with my reading group, and I really enjoyed hearing all of the different opinions of everyone. I genuinely hope to see all of you around campus as we enter into the next four years of our life. It's going to be a wild ride. Hopefully.
Live long and prosper
-Sam Setzer
Goodbye Bridge!
To be honest I'm very happy that this is my final week and that everything is coming to a close, but at the same time I don't want it to end. I feel like there are still things that I could learn and I want to learn more.
Danielle and Perrin I really want to thank you both. You two were like the best teachers I have ever had. You guys really helped me look deeper into myself along with challenging myself. I became a better writer hopefully, and if I did it was because of the both of you. You both made me have a look out on life that I didn't before when I entered the Bridge Program. So I want to say thank you and I hope I can be your student again.
The Bridge program allowed me to grow into myself. I use to be a shy person that didn't want to talk to anyone. Of course I started to talk in fear that I would be kicked out if I didn't. But it soon turned into that I enjoyed talking and expressing my opinion. I sure hope that I didn't talk too much lol. Anyways I now find it easier to talk to others and even talk to my future teachers.
In the past I would never approach a teacher for help or advice and now I find it very usefull when I do. I really enjoyed the learning experiences that I had when I was here. I felt like sometimes I was teaching myself and not someone trying to get me to become like them, which was very different along with very special to me.
At first I was really nervous to how Bridge was going to be and I thought it was going to be super hard where I couldn't keep up. But it soon turned out that I could keep up, but not only just keep up I was able to do things 100% with a twist of me into it. I was able to follow directions but also be myself which I never got to do when I was in high school. Everything was super strict in high school to the point I felt like I was in prison. And yes I believe that Bridge is strict, but at the same time they don't have unreasonable expectations. Unlike high school they expected us to be perfect in every way. And here I was able to show how hard I CAN WORK!
I really am going to miss my classmates and I hope we all stay in touch some way. I learned a lot of things about very different people. Learned something each day about someone. And I believe that all my classmates are great people with something to offer to this school and also the world. I know it sounds like I'm being Ms. Sweet but I am being honest. :)
I really hope that my college experience is just like Bridge if not better!
Goodbye Bridge
and everyone
and Danielle and Perrin
Hope to see you all around!
HERE I COME COLLEGE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!!! :)
Last Blog!
Today will be your last time logging onto our class blog!
I know that we've asked you to do a lot of reflection in the past few days, but we're going to ask you to reflect one last time. This time, we'd like for you to reflect on your Bridge experience. Use today's final blog post as a way to reflect on the past 4 weeks, think about the best and the worst parts of your Bridge experience, offer advice for next year's Bridge students, and say goodbye to the program and each other.
These "goodbye" posts should be around 300 words. Then, after you've finished it, you must complete this Bridge exit survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VSYL7R6.
Finally, after you've completed the survey, come back to the blog and try to respond to each one of your classmates' posts. Try your best to leave a message in response to all of them.
Happy posting! Congrats on making it to the end.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Nicole letter to self.
Dear Nicole,
Only two more days away from completing the bridge program and being admitted into Columbia College. The school of your dreams, the school that you know that can take you far. If you passed this program you can achieve anything. During this month of the bridge program, you already have done so much. Taking photo shoots, doing music video shoots, and taking every opportunity you can get to shine in the city of Chicago. Not only have you taken opportunities but you have kept up with your school work and made your mom proud. You are quickly adapting into the Chicago life style and even though your life is changing quickly remember what you are here for- dance. Have faith in yourself and faith in God that you will have a bright future. Stay focused and you can make a difference.
I want to accomplish being the best. I know that sounds brad but I want to be the best in whatever I do. I have goals that I want to reach and those goals that I set for myself I want to be the best at. In my lifetime I want to become a well-known dancer around the city of Chicago with my own dance studio, travel around the US to teach dances, learn to play piano and learn to read music, learn how to act and maybe feature in a dance film, and eventually I want to start a charity for the children in Africa. But this year I want to accomplish a lot of great things as well. Like learn how to dance different styles other than modern and hip hop, learn how to play piano, start getting into healthy eating habits, become more confident as a person and let go of my fears, most importantly make a very good amount of money so I can put my family up in hills.
Columbia is a great school so I have to keep in mind that I have to be on my toes at all times, no distractions. I don’t want to be in any type of relationship or start dating for a year or so because boys are just distractions. I know I need to keep myself out of trouble as far as partying; I need to keep that to a minimum because it could jeopardize my learning or me trying to reach my goals. I know I can’t take EVERY SINGLE opportunity because it might be too much for me to handle. I have to make sure I recognize what I can take on so I don’t get stressed. Keeping my priorities straight is a MUST.
“One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one’s reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present.” – S.N. Goenka
Only two more days away from completing the bridge program and being admitted into Columbia College. The school of your dreams, the school that you know that can take you far. If you passed this program you can achieve anything. During this month of the bridge program, you already have done so much. Taking photo shoots, doing music video shoots, and taking every opportunity you can get to shine in the city of Chicago. Not only have you taken opportunities but you have kept up with your school work and made your mom proud. You are quickly adapting into the Chicago life style and even though your life is changing quickly remember what you are here for- dance. Have faith in yourself and faith in God that you will have a bright future. Stay focused and you can make a difference.
I want to accomplish being the best. I know that sounds brad but I want to be the best in whatever I do. I have goals that I want to reach and those goals that I set for myself I want to be the best at. In my lifetime I want to become a well-known dancer around the city of Chicago with my own dance studio, travel around the US to teach dances, learn to play piano and learn to read music, learn how to act and maybe feature in a dance film, and eventually I want to start a charity for the children in Africa. But this year I want to accomplish a lot of great things as well. Like learn how to dance different styles other than modern and hip hop, learn how to play piano, start getting into healthy eating habits, become more confident as a person and let go of my fears, most importantly make a very good amount of money so I can put my family up in hills.
Columbia is a great school so I have to keep in mind that I have to be on my toes at all times, no distractions. I don’t want to be in any type of relationship or start dating for a year or so because boys are just distractions. I know I need to keep myself out of trouble as far as partying; I need to keep that to a minimum because it could jeopardize my learning or me trying to reach my goals. I know I can’t take EVERY SINGLE opportunity because it might be too much for me to handle. I have to make sure I recognize what I can take on so I don’t get stressed. Keeping my priorities straight is a MUST.
“One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one’s reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present.” – S.N. Goenka
Letter to Jacob
Dear Me,
Four weeks ago I remember I didn’t really care for school, and I completely underestimated the program. I came the first day thinking it would be like summer school. I didn’t bring a backpack and wasn’t prepared because I thought I wouldn’t be getting any homework. It only took me one day to realize that I can’t half ass my way through this like I did in high school. It’s nice because I know I’m going to actually enjoy school for once, and I will actually try this time.
I hope in this first year of college I can meet people who are as passionate about their music as I am. There were always good musicians in my hometown, but I felt like none of them took it as seriously as I do. One of the things that always scared me about school is the workload. I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to handle this time around though; I don’t want to worry about it too much. I’m just excited to start a new part of my life, I won’t let it get to my head, I’m not going to leave any of my friends or family behind.
The things I have been looking forward to the most would have to be working with other people. I want to meet new musicians to work with and producers. One thing I have had in mind for a while was that I want to buy an acoustic guitar and sand all of the finish off of it. Then I want to find a painter or drawer that has some crazy style that I would like and have them use the whole guitar as their canvas. Another goal is to take the knowledge I’ll learn from music classes to help refine my playing even more. I also want to get one of my friends out here eventually and record something with him. We’ve been trying to record some things together for a while and now is the chance. I think another goal might be to do some panhandling, but I’m not too sure about that one.
I’m not going to let anything get in the way of letting me succeed this year. I don’t really see anything that will interfere with what I want this year. This is my number one focus in life right now, and I’ll keep it that way.
Good Luck Brew! Hope you it all works out.
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