Rowan Finley
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Father. Academic Advisor. Musician. Writer. My real name is Jesse Balogh.
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Review of "The Appreciative Advising Revolution" by Jennifer L. Bloom, Bryant L. Hutson, and Ye He
I work as an academic advisor at a state college. Part of my recent training has been to read the book, "The Appreciative Advising Revolution" by Jennifer L. Bloom, Bryant L. Hutson, and Ye He. There was also a short online course that I took that provided a discussion platform with other academic advisors. There were several other assignments which helped support learning about the concepts. The premise of the book is a six-phase-model that can be used in one-on-one student appointments or with groups of students. The Appreciative Advising theory is based on the following phases when working with college students: 1) Disarm 2) Discover 3) Dream 4) Design 5) Deliver 6) Don't Settle.
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in Education
Relocated (Chapter 5)
The girls made it to the bottom of the bunker. They stood still for a moment to let their eyes adjust to the darkness. Mitch found a light switch and flipped it on. The bunker was illuminated and they were amazed at the sight of the bunker. It was surprisingly quite large. There was a living room space, enough rooms for each of them, a kitchen and one bathroom.
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in Chapters
“The Visa Girls Want You”
“The visa girls want you,” my coworker said, stopping by my office door, giggling as she told me. I rolled my eyes and braced myself for a long academic advising session with them. Six women from Russia came to the college one summer, as they had learned that we had a phlebotomy certification program. The phlebotomy certificate is only ten weeks long in the summer term. The six ladies were all middle aged and they had extremely thick Russian accents. In Russia, they had been highly educated individuals supposedly, but they came to the states and their education didn’t equate to much so they decided to start from the ground up. They could hardly understand a word I said though. Let’s just say, they really helped me break down my English to the bare minimum. Every time I spoke, they used their phones to translate my English into Russian.
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in Horror
Dear Vocal Curation Team
Dear Vocal Curation Team, I have noticed that the challenges specify that AI-generated-content is not acceptable for the challenge submissions. Thank you for requiring this rule. My honest question now is this: If AI-generated-content is not acceptable for challenge submissions, then why is it permissible for just regular submissions on Vocal that are non-challenges?
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in Futurism
