For the career event, I attended a Dining Etiquette Workshop for learning the proper manners and expectations of a formal food interview. I went with 2 of my friends for company and we all seemed to enjoy the event and also take away much knowledge and wisdom of this particular situation of a dining interview. Most of the time, people have to encounter interviews over food with their proposed employers. In this workshop, we learned what to do and what not to do during this formal meeting in a restaurant. We entered in a room with a buffet style speech. First, we were served food and we brought back our plates, while the guest speaker, spoke about the manners and expectations. She mentioned the different types of forks, knives and spoons that were placed, and that there is a certain order of eating, by using each utensil from the outside in. Then, she also mentioned that we should only order something from the menu that is medium priced or match the same price of the employer so that the respect is that you’re not taking advantage of their money. Also, her tip with clothing is that males should either take their blazer off or leave it on, but stick to one option. However, ladies shall not remove their blazers. We also cannot order any alcohol, even if the employer asks, because it is a test, since the interview is formal, and not casual enough to have alcohol with it. Lastly, her opinion with money is that the interviewee, or us, would never request to take the bill, or leave a tip. It is the employer’s job to do that. Overall, I think this event allowed me to be more knowledgeable not only for the interview, but also in general when I’m eating out at a formal place or meeting.
Author: s.chen38
Academic Writing Workshop – Sabrina Chen
For my academic blog assignment, I decided to attend a writing workshop, titled “Using Sources Strategically”. During the workshop, there was a lot of learning involved with each various source and how they are used indifferent ways to portray an author’s way of providing examples. The instructor there was a tall, bald man who was very articulate with words and explained clearly and concisely the uses of various types of sources in a paper.
The first idea taught was the difference between primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are first hand accounts of a kind of experience, whether it is a poem written by the first person who visitedthe Grand Canyon, or an episode of a show. They are where most of the information comes from, as opposed to a secondary source, there was an analysis of a primary source.
They, the instructor gave us an acronym, ‘BEAM’ in order to remember the types of sources by. They are listed as background, exhibit, argument and method sources. Background sources include necessary information to inform you on the topic, which are undebatable data such as numbers, definitions or years. Exhibit sources include the original object, and usually consists of primary sources. These sources allow for specific examples of wide phenomenon. Argument sources are described as sources interacted with by thinkers or scholars to analyze or provide opinion on. These sources help you as a student to garner authority, credibility or ethos by quoting other scholars whohave studied the field in depth. Lastly, are the method sources, which lend framework for analysis, like theories, concepts or methods. These sources are the structure for the analysis to base on.
Through this experience, I have learned more about the types of sources and I know now where to go when I need help with writing a paper in oneof my classes.
UCLA – Sabrina’s GIM #2
On Thursday, September 7, 2017, I attended a club at Baruch, called UCLA, which stands for United Chinese Language Association. It may seem as though this group is only designated for the people who speech a Chinese language, which may be mostly true, but there were a couple people who didn’t; still, they joined the club on that day because the club welcomes diversity for people who are dedicated to learn more of the Chinese language. There was so many people in club that we filled the room with every chair and had people standing and sitting on the floor, cramming the doorway. Despite the fact that it was so crowded, we still had lots of fun during the club hour because we played group games that helped us get more involved and friendly with each other. The first game we played was called ‘Google Feud’ which was just like ‘Family Feud’ but based on Google searches. The large group was divided into 2 teams and we had to fill in the blank for top google searches. For example, the category of choice was called ‘names’ and the beginning of the blank read ‘Donald…’ so the first answer was obviously ‘trump’ and that result was the number one search on google, so the team’s score increased by 10000 points for guessing the number one search. The second game that we played as a group is called the ‘Zoom In Game’ in which we had to guess what the zoomed in full picture was. For example, in the zoomed in picture, there was a dark green bushy looking kind of picture with a shade of light blue in the top right hand corner. At first, the teams thought that the full picture was supposed to be of a tree, but in the end, the other team guessed that it was a Poland Spring bottle, and they were correct. Then we took a group picture with everyone in the corner and there was so many people that a lot of people weren’t seen in the picture at all. Then, we had free Chinese food at the end.