Blog #3

On Tuesday, the 14th of November, 2017, I had a lot of fun failing my philosophy exam. As I walked out the lecture room dispirited, I suddenly realized  I have another blog due. I didn’t even have to check the assignment before being completely lifted out of depression because I knew I was in for another very educational learning experience. After asking around, I found out that I was supposed to go to some Career Workshop event. “Great,” I thought, “we’ve finally moved on from theoretical self-discovery activities to the practical big mula opportunities.” I couldn’t wait to apply the social skills I learned from blog 1 and appreciation for geometry I obtained from blog 2 to good use! So anyway, I walked into the STARR office for this imaginary walk-in resume workshop, and using the valuable communication skills I learned from freshman seminar, immediately struck a conversation with two(!) people at the same time!  We talked about how the ceiling, how little squares tiles cut to perfection are gathered together to form this indescribable yet beautiful geometric arrangement. Then, we talked about how the room utilized calculus concepts of optimization to maximize the volume and minimize surface area to accommodate the most people per cubic unit. Finally, we moved on to the “meat,” how the body of a resume should consist of patterns and main ideas of equal length, with font sizes changed here and there to keep the interviewers awake. I learned that resume building is more than a literary technique; it also requires mathematical accuracy. I walked out the workshop a different person, with more appreciation of the hidden subtleties in not only major assignment/activities but also in my daily life. Dang, just realized the blog has this word count feature, pretty neat. Phew, finally hit 300 words, thanks for reading.

Me at the Workshop

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