Hello, my name is James Walker. As of this moment, I am a college student pursuing a bachelor's degree. College is an easy yet challenging thing. I have been in college for over three years now, and what I have learned is to apply yourself to something that can control your life in multiple avenues; it takes more than just studying. It applies to how you choose to live your life and how you manage your time when focusing on school, and depending on how much you are willing to sacrifice, it can separate one from another when it comes to succeeding beyond college.
When I originally heard of the class IS101, it was never an impressive class to me, not one that I hated nor was excited for. Honestly, for CSN as well, it was something I looked at as something I just needed to do in order, in turn, to learn and to better myself and future endeavors. Yet, as I took certain classes, I found enjoyment and true benefit in what I was learning, specifically at the moment, IS101. I have found very useful means that I had never known existed, and I find value in more than just a grade, but in my daily living as well. Personally, to me, that meant something more than just a letter in a gradebook; these were things I could even relate to at the very moment of what I was learning.
For example, through LabSim (1.2.14 Online Streaming Facts), I edit and download long-form videos regularly. I usually see the terms and info and pay it no mind, as I'm set to using my computer every way I usually use it, but LabSim has shown me workarounds and easier access points to downloading a large file that may not take up as much space as it usually does or choosing a better format of audio so it can sound a specific way more to my liking. Simply having a better understanding of these facts has been a great benefit to my use of editing.
