WEBVTT 00:00:11.849 --> 00:00:14.849 Welcome back to Student Stories. This is Jen, 00:00:15.089 --> 00:00:18.309 and today I am joined by a new friend. Friend, 00:00:18.530 --> 00:00:20.609 would you please introduce yourself to our listeners? 00:00:21.010 --> 00:00:25.629 Hi, this is Rosslyn Johnson. I'm a dual degree 00:00:25.629 --> 00:00:29.269 student, and I go to high school at Blue Valley 00:00:29.269 --> 00:00:33.090 Northwest. but I attend full -time here. Wow. 00:00:33.390 --> 00:00:36.210 So like me, you are a non -traditional student. 00:00:36.829 --> 00:00:39.329 You are, as you mentioned, on the other end of 00:00:39.329 --> 00:00:41.770 the spectrum because you're in high school. So 00:00:41.770 --> 00:00:44.409 tell us a little bit about how you came to study 00:00:44.409 --> 00:00:49.009 here at JCCC and why specifically you chose JCCC. 00:00:49.990 --> 00:00:52.469 Me and my friend were debating on graduating 00:00:52.469 --> 00:00:56.399 early together or... doing JCCC and when we talked 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.020 to our counselors they suggested that doing JCCC 00:01:00.020 --> 00:01:03.259 would be a better option and after taking campus 00:01:03.259 --> 00:01:08.439 tours and learning more about the social life 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:12.480 here, and just JCCC in general, I thought it 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:14.920 would be a pretty good fit. And it's been great 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:18.120 so far. Awesome. Awesome. You mentioned before 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.760 we were on the air that you were interested in 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.420 becoming a sonographer in an OBGYN practice. 00:01:24.659 --> 00:01:27.640 So tell us a little bit about what made you lean 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:31.239 in that direction. Well, I've always wanted to 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:33.859 be a mother, and growing up, my mom's been a 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:38.060 big part of my life. And I also have always wanted 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:40.400 to go into something medical and help people. 00:01:41.739 --> 00:01:47.299 And at first, I wanted to be a nurse, but... 00:01:48.390 --> 00:01:51.790 I don't know. I just think that. You are helping. 00:01:51.950 --> 00:01:54.530 You know what I mean? When you're a pregnant 00:01:54.530 --> 00:01:57.569 person, which I was once 23 years ago, a pregnant 00:01:57.569 --> 00:02:00.189 person, and I had a high -risk pregnancy. So 00:02:00.189 --> 00:02:02.909 every health care professional that touches your 00:02:02.909 --> 00:02:05.750 journey is meaningful and impactful. So, yeah, 00:02:05.790 --> 00:02:08.310 thanks in advance for all of the good work that 00:02:08.310 --> 00:02:11.449 you're going to do. Plus how wonderful, you know, 00:02:11.449 --> 00:02:13.669 to share in the journey and see pictures and 00:02:13.669 --> 00:02:15.669 be like, oh, there's three in there. You know, 00:02:15.729 --> 00:02:18.030 like you probably weren't expecting that. Yeah. 00:02:18.169 --> 00:02:20.530 So, yeah, no, that's exciting. That's exciting. 00:02:21.509 --> 00:02:23.710 Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry. The relationship between 00:02:23.710 --> 00:02:27.240 mother and, like, child is just so. amazing. 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:29.280 So I just wanted to be a part of that. Yeah. 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:32.960 Yeah. And how lucky are we to live today, you 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:34.819 know, with this technology where we're able to 00:02:34.819 --> 00:02:37.479 see those pictures and, you know, God forbid, 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:39.419 find any kind of abnormalities and get those 00:02:39.419 --> 00:02:41.439 fixed. You know, it's just, we're pretty lucky 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:44.800 to live when we do. Where are you considering 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:49.080 going to school after JCCC to continue your education? 00:02:49.819 --> 00:02:53.259 I'm planning on attending KU because it's in 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:55.979 the area and I'm a very big family person. So 00:02:55.979 --> 00:02:58.659 I'd want to be close to family. And my sister 00:02:58.659 --> 00:03:01.050 goes there right now and she loves it. And they 00:03:01.050 --> 00:03:04.330 have a good medical program. So I think it would 00:03:04.330 --> 00:03:07.270 just be a good fit to go there. Wow. So would 00:03:07.270 --> 00:03:09.729 you stay here at home and commute up to Lawrence? 00:03:09.810 --> 00:03:11.710 Or do you think you'd move actually to Lawrence? 00:03:11.909 --> 00:03:14.770 I think I would go there and probably go into 00:03:14.770 --> 00:03:17.229 a dorm and just live the whole like college life. 00:03:17.310 --> 00:03:19.270 Yeah. Yeah. It's beautiful up there. There's 00:03:19.270 --> 00:03:21.610 never like a shortage of anything to do in Lawrence. 00:03:21.770 --> 00:03:24.729 No. We love mastery, you know, going to walk 00:03:24.729 --> 00:03:28.409 mastery and go shopping. So when you and I were 00:03:28.409 --> 00:03:30.590 first getting to know each other, you mentioned 00:03:30.590 --> 00:03:34.389 being a person that enjoys going to the gym. 00:03:34.830 --> 00:03:37.710 You like being outside. You like going for walks. 00:03:37.830 --> 00:03:41.229 This weather is fantastic for that. Yes, definitely. 00:03:41.229 --> 00:03:43.310 So isn't it great that it's finally, you know, 00:03:43.310 --> 00:03:45.490 sunshine. It's not too hot and it's certainly 00:03:45.490 --> 00:03:48.889 not cold anymore. Would you say in your estimation 00:03:48.889 --> 00:03:51.610 that you've always been a fitness buff? And if 00:03:51.610 --> 00:03:55.270 not, what made you become interested in wellness 00:03:55.270 --> 00:03:59.090 and health? Definitely always been pretty active. 00:03:59.430 --> 00:04:03.189 Growing up, I did softball and gymnastics throughout 00:04:03.189 --> 00:04:06.610 my life and then I did cheer in high school before 00:04:06.610 --> 00:04:11.969 I came here and softball my freshman year. But 00:04:11.969 --> 00:04:13.870 then once I stopped that, I wanted to continue. 00:04:14.949 --> 00:04:18.009 doing something so now I've just gotten a gym 00:04:18.009 --> 00:04:20.769 membership and go there regularly and I love 00:04:20.769 --> 00:04:23.370 going on walks with my mom because I mean we 00:04:23.370 --> 00:04:27.920 get to talk for hours and it's just great. But 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:32.459 and the weather is amazing. I feel like my whole 00:04:32.459 --> 00:04:36.079 mood changes with the weather. Absolutely. Absolutely. 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:39.040 Something else that you mentioned when you and 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.259 I were talking before we taped today's episode 00:04:41.259 --> 00:04:46.139 was that you like to bake. Me too. Is there any 00:04:46.139 --> 00:04:49.459 one recipe that you love making and what is it? 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:53.519 And can you tell us the story behind it? Yeah, 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:58.399 I. Okay, well, we took a vacation to New Orleans 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:02.019 when I was pretty young. Yeah, and do you know 00:05:02.019 --> 00:05:03.839 that one bakery? It's really famous. Oh, I've 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:05.959 never been there. It's always been in my heart, 00:05:05.980 --> 00:05:08.439 but I'm like, oh, New Orleans. I forgot what 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:10.740 the one bakery is called, but it's really a famous 00:05:10.740 --> 00:05:14.360 bakery. And they're famous for their beignets. 00:05:14.899 --> 00:05:18.199 No. They're incredible. And then so right after 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.160 that, this was like sixth grade, I wanted to 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:22.379 make beignets. And so me and my whole family 00:05:22.379 --> 00:05:24.399 made them together. I forced them to do it with 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:27.620 me. And then ever since then, I've just made 00:05:27.620 --> 00:05:30.920 them like once a year probably because they're 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:34.420 kind of hard to make. Oh, are they really? Well, 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:36.959 no. I don't know. They just take a long time. 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:40.680 Like the oil, it's a mess. I don't know, really. 00:05:40.899 --> 00:05:46.040 Yeah. It's just not. But the cleanup is not fun. 00:05:46.740 --> 00:05:48.439 Well, I love that that's something that you do 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:50.060 with your family. You know, not only are you 00:05:50.060 --> 00:05:51.920 eating it together, but you're making it together. 00:05:52.339 --> 00:05:55.040 I think I shared my cheesecake story with you. 00:05:55.100 --> 00:05:57.579 Did I share that story with you? I don't think 00:05:57.579 --> 00:06:00.199 so. So my husband and I have been married for 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:05.319 500 years. But, you know, as girls do or as girls 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:07.660 did back in that day since I'm a little older, 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:09.980 you know, you want to impress the new parents 00:06:09.980 --> 00:06:11.860 -in -law. And, you know, you want to make something 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:14.420 yummy and, you know, make a good impression. 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:17.079 And so my family had this recipe for cheesecake. 00:06:17.620 --> 00:06:21.180 And it's just like a chocolate cake bottom. And 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:23.600 it has, like, cream cheese and powdered sugar. 00:06:23.699 --> 00:06:26.600 You know, like it's not fattening at all. And 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:29.439 I made it. And my now mother -in -law was like, 00:06:29.540 --> 00:06:32.040 oh, my God, that's a butter cake. I'm like, what? 00:06:32.540 --> 00:06:34.420 She's like, that's an ooey gooey butter cake, 00:06:34.540 --> 00:06:36.279 but you make it wrong. So what do you mean I 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:38.540 make it wrong? She's like, no, no, it's an ooey 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:41.000 gooey butter cake if you have like a yellow cake 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:44.300 at the bottom. So like all these years, my family 00:06:44.300 --> 00:06:46.360 ate the chocolate and his ate the vanilla. So 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:48.819 it was just kind of like a funny story. Yeah, 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:52.339 that is a great story. Yeah, yeah. So do you 00:06:52.339 --> 00:06:54.279 have any fun plans coming up for this summer? 00:06:55.629 --> 00:06:57.670 There's a lot of grad parties to go to this year 00:06:57.670 --> 00:06:59.790 because I have a lot of senior friends. Yeah. 00:07:00.209 --> 00:07:04.689 And then just I think we might go on vacation 00:07:04.689 --> 00:07:07.310 to Florida maybe. Nice. We're in Florida. Wow. 00:07:08.569 --> 00:07:12.959 Bahamas, I think. Wow. Wow. So yeah, that's pretty 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:16.339 exciting. Yeah. And then we always visit my family 00:07:16.339 --> 00:07:20.660 up in Wisconsin. Okay. So yeah. And my grandparents 00:07:20.660 --> 00:07:23.199 live on a farm. So it's like four wheelers and 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:25.759 stuff like that. It's pretty nice. Where in Wisconsin? 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:29.540 Cumberland. Oh, I don't know where that is. Yeah. 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:31.939 It's a really small town. It's in the country. 00:07:32.180 --> 00:07:34.620 Oh, I have friends in Oshkosh. I have a sorority 00:07:34.620 --> 00:07:37.019 sister from college in Oshkosh. Thanks. Yeah. 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:41.629 I don't know where that is either. So tell us, 00:07:41.629 --> 00:07:43.870 tell our listeners about some of your favorites, 00:07:43.889 --> 00:07:47.829 like favorite movies or songs or TV shows, books, 00:07:47.970 --> 00:07:52.089 anything. Yeah, I love Iron Man. All the Robert 00:07:52.089 --> 00:07:54.930 Downey Jr. ones are just amazing. Yeah, it crushed 00:07:54.930 --> 00:07:58.329 me when he died. Oh, no, maybe I shouldn't say 00:07:58.329 --> 00:08:04.129 that. Yeah, I was going to say it was spoiling 00:08:04.129 --> 00:08:09.089 something. No, when I cried. Every single time 00:08:09.089 --> 00:08:12.730 I watch it, I cry. So definitely my favorite. 00:08:12.790 --> 00:08:14.810 And I'll have a full -on debate with someone 00:08:14.810 --> 00:08:17.209 who says Captain America is better. Okay, I will. 00:08:17.589 --> 00:08:20.470 I've done this with my family every time. And 00:08:20.470 --> 00:08:24.850 then TV show rise is probably Grey's Anatomy 00:08:24.850 --> 00:08:26.750 right now. Grey's Anatomy. My daughter got me 00:08:26.750 --> 00:08:29.110 into that. Yep. When I started doing my CNA course, 00:08:29.389 --> 00:08:32.909 I started watching it. And, yeah, it was just 00:08:32.909 --> 00:08:36.590 – it hooked me. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. What about 00:08:36.590 --> 00:08:38.909 your Spotify playlist or your Apple Music playlist? 00:08:39.090 --> 00:08:41.009 Anything good that you're listening to? I've 00:08:41.009 --> 00:08:44.070 been listening to a lot of like 60s, 70s. Ah, 00:08:44.210 --> 00:08:46.610 you're speaking my speak. Yeah, lately. Because 00:08:46.610 --> 00:08:49.389 it's like so much happier, I feel like, than 00:08:49.389 --> 00:08:52.289 the music nowadays. Maybe, okay, not the pop 00:08:52.289 --> 00:08:56.129 nowadays, but like a lot of people my age like 00:08:56.129 --> 00:08:59.649 to listen to rap. And it just, it gets old sometimes. 00:09:00.450 --> 00:09:05.210 And it's kind of like depressing sometimes. So 00:09:05.210 --> 00:09:07.960 when I listen to like... Like sugar, sugar, sugar. 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:14.879 How does that go again? Yeah. Happy music. Yeah, 00:09:14.980 --> 00:09:17.620 exactly. It's more uplifting, I feel like. Do 00:09:17.620 --> 00:09:20.399 you have a favorite from that time? Like a favorite 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.039 artist or a favorite musician? I'm sorry, song 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:25.669 from that time? Because that's... I grew up in 00:09:25.669 --> 00:09:28.509 the 70s and the 80s. Yeah. I really like Billy 00:09:28.509 --> 00:09:32.450 Joel. Oh, best concert I ever went to. Billy 00:09:32.450 --> 00:09:34.990 Joel. Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Yeah. 00:09:35.230 --> 00:09:37.370 Uptown Girl is one of my favorites from his. 00:09:37.409 --> 00:09:39.269 You know that's about his first wife, right? 00:09:39.490 --> 00:09:41.750 No, I didn't know that. Yeah. So there was this 00:09:41.750 --> 00:09:44.070 woman named Christy Brinkley. And she's still 00:09:44.070 --> 00:09:46.850 gorgeous in like 60s or whatever. But she was 00:09:46.850 --> 00:09:49.830 a model. And that song was about her. And she 00:09:49.830 --> 00:09:52.149 was in the video. And he was this short little 00:09:52.149 --> 00:09:54.169 guy from Jersey. And here's this like knock. 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:57.159 out beautiful girl yeah yeah oh that's and it's 00:09:57.159 --> 00:10:00.379 such a great song it is yeah yeah he puts on 00:10:00.379 --> 00:10:02.600 one heck of a show or he did all those years 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.639 ago I don't know if he's still touring um switching 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:08.620 gears for a second you and I had talked about 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:12.820 um our experience here at JCCC and the students 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:15.320 and the staff and the faculty and how everybody 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:19.039 has been so friendly and welcoming and kind um 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.419 for me I think that was my biggest surprise when 00:10:21.419 --> 00:10:24.500 I got here I thought because I was an older non 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:26.440 -traditional student that others might look at 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.580 me and be like oh she's weird you know like what 00:10:28.580 --> 00:10:31.639 is she doing here because she's so old but what 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:34.220 I found is that folks are so welcoming in bringing 00:10:34.220 --> 00:10:36.419 me into their communities and into their conversations 00:10:36.419 --> 00:10:39.980 and tell me a little bit about your experience 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:42.840 with that. Has there been a really great experience 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:46.159 where you felt the kindness of the campus or 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:47.860 has there been anything that has surprised you 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:51.080 about being a student here? Oh, definitely the 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:56.740 environment here is really welcoming. And it's 00:10:56.740 --> 00:10:59.399 different from my high school because people 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:01.500 actually, like, will open the door for you and 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:03.100 hold the door open. That's one thing I really 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:07.440 noticed. And I can tell that the campus is really 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.179 inclusive, like, even just with all the handicap 00:11:11.179 --> 00:11:13.840 areas. And there's, I think there is a spot, 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.440 like, on the walls I've seen everyone can be 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:18.480 a math person. Just stuff like that is really 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:23.600 encouraging. And, yeah, I just think it's a really 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:25.659 encouraging place. And everyone's been super 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:28.519 nice so far. Yeah. I think that's kind of one 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:31.200 of the underlying themes here is that everybody 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.600 is successful when everybody is successful. You 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:35.100 know what I mean? Like, I wouldn't feel good 00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:37.279 about myself if I knew my friends here weren't 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.200 doing well. You know, we all take joy in each 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.620 other's accomplishments. On the topic of accomplishments, 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:45.539 you're, you know, you're really juggling some 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:49.399 heavy lifts here, you know. course load here, 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:52.960 two schools. Can you talk a little bit about 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:55.120 the difference between your academic work and 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:58.580 your responsibilities here versus at the high 00:11:58.580 --> 00:12:03.019 school level? So right now, I'm just doing full 00:12:03.019 --> 00:12:05.360 time here. But last semester, I took a class 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.559 at the high school as well. And I would say a 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.419 big difference between high school and here is 00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:13.299 that it's very test heavy here, I would say, 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:16.600 like the tests are worth a lot more. And they're 00:12:18.029 --> 00:12:21.009 It's more of like the work and the assignments 00:12:21.009 --> 00:12:25.500 that you do. So I feel like that's the biggest 00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:27.899 difference I've noticed. And it's you can build 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:30.200 your own schedule. Like at the high school, you 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.580 have to be there. So I think that's really a 00:12:33.580 --> 00:12:36.299 nice part about it, too. Yeah. And something 00:12:36.299 --> 00:12:38.799 that I think is great here is that classes are 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:41.980 typically offered early and late and weekends 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:43.960 and virtual. You know, they really try to make 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:47.419 learning accessible here at JCCC. And because 00:12:47.419 --> 00:12:49.840 there's not just one type of student. You know, 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:52.340 maybe back in the 1950s, everybody went to campus, 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:54.509 but that's not the way. way it looks today. So 00:12:54.509 --> 00:12:57.070 that's really wonderful. And I'm glad that that's 00:12:57.070 --> 00:13:01.629 been your experience. What would you say to a 00:13:01.629 --> 00:13:04.049 student that's your age, to another high school 00:13:04.049 --> 00:13:05.929 student that was thinking, hey, maybe I might 00:13:05.929 --> 00:13:09.710 do that. I might go to JCCC at the same time. 00:13:09.750 --> 00:13:11.190 What kind of advice would you have for them? 00:13:11.909 --> 00:13:15.730 I would say to do it, honestly, it's a really 00:13:15.730 --> 00:13:19.600 good, like it helps. with your career in the 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:22.379 future, helps you understand what you want to 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:26.470 do more. Like I said before, the campus is amazing. 00:13:27.549 --> 00:13:30.850 I would just obviously say that it can get difficult 00:13:30.850 --> 00:13:34.090 at times with the workload and it is slightly 00:13:34.090 --> 00:13:36.009 different. You do actually have to study for 00:13:36.009 --> 00:13:39.509 the test is one major thing I've noticed because 00:13:39.509 --> 00:13:41.429 they're with a lot of your grade, obviously. 00:13:41.570 --> 00:13:44.450 And it is a little bit of a faster pace because 00:13:44.450 --> 00:13:47.309 everything's in one semester rather than the 00:13:47.309 --> 00:13:50.649 whole year. So I guess those are the types of 00:13:50.649 --> 00:13:54.509 things that I would tell them. Teachers at the 00:13:54.509 --> 00:13:57.269 high school will get on you if you have late 00:13:57.269 --> 00:14:00.490 assignments. But here, you have to be very self 00:14:00.490 --> 00:14:06.190 -motivated. So yeah, definitely those pieces 00:14:06.190 --> 00:14:09.090 of advice I would give. Yeah. On the topic of 00:14:09.090 --> 00:14:11.269 advice, what would you say is the best piece 00:14:11.269 --> 00:14:13.610 of advice that you've ever been given? Maybe 00:14:13.610 --> 00:14:15.990 by a family member or a friend or a professor 00:14:15.990 --> 00:14:22.240 or teacher? I've been a perfectionist throughout 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:27.620 my life. So, yeah, no judgment. I used to get 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:30.960 really down about myself if I wasn't doing good 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:34.139 enough in my eyes and or if like I would get 00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:36.980 critiques, especially when I did cheer at the 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:40.279 high school. That was hard because you're constantly 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:43.139 getting critiqued and constantly did not feel 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:46.039 like I was doing good enough in the sport. But 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:48.039 something my mom would always say to help me 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:50.899 after like hard practices would be if as long 00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:53.440 as you're trying, then that's all you can do. 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.480 No one can really be mad at you if you're trying 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.720 your best and your hardest. And it's like you 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.080 can't do anything more than that. So you shouldn't 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:03.899 let it stress you out if you're not. Up to par, 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:06.600 even though you probably are. Right, right. And 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:08.620 the best person to be in competition with is 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:12.200 yourself. Yes, exactly. I'm very much like you. 00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:14.460 We share that, you know, in being a perfectionist. 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:16.240 And I've mentioned this on the podcast before 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:20.399 that I came here thinking I have to get all straight 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.500 A's. I have to be, you know, the 4 .0 girl. No, 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:26.500 you don't. You know, you're here to learn, right? 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:28.919 If you knew everything, why are you wasting your 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:32.179 time coming here? Exactly. One of my very favorite 00:15:32.179 --> 00:15:34.220 professors. said something to me once. I got 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:37.500 an 83 or something in her class on a project 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:40.919 and just fell to pieces because I was the 98 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.620 girl. And she said, Jen, there's something I 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:46.940 want you to keep in mind. Perfection is the enemy 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:50.720 of good. And that has really stayed with me. 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:53.539 You know, just because it's not perfect doesn't 00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:56.919 mean it isn't great. So I'm really glad that 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:58.580 you're finding that out at your age. You know, 00:15:58.620 --> 00:16:01.159 don't wait and be an old person like me to learn 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:04.919 that. Is there a favorite place here on campus 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:07.360 that you like to go to study or that you like 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.399 to hang out at? Or really, do you get to come 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.259 to campus much at all or are you more of a virtual 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:16.820 student? No, I come to campus fully for all my 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:20.500 classes. Fabulous. I do really like the resource 00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:24.700 centers because sometimes if I get stuck on something, 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:26.820 it's really nice to just be able to go down there 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:29.639 and get help with it. And the fact that there's 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:32.240 cafes like everywhere is really nice. There's 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:36.159 coffee everywhere. I love coffee. I just did 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:38.179 a research paper on it and coffee is actually 00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:41.799 good for you. So it's feeding my addiction. Probably 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:46.919 not 12 a day, but yeah. But yeah, I guess just 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.379 anywhere. that has coffee and food. Yeah, yeah. 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:53.360 Can you talk about your experience at the resource 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:55.039 centers? Maybe our listeners aren't familiar 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.159 with them and maybe you can share some info. 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:00.820 Basically, when I've always went down there, 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:03.639 there's always someone. You might have to wait 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:05.299 a little bit, but there's always someone that 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:08.539 can help you with what you're stuck on. And there's 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:12.119 science, math. english writing sections that 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:14.700 you can go to for help and it's really just a 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:16.980 great place if you ever get stuck or even if 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:20.480 you just want to go there to study and like like 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.900 even if you're not completely stuck and you just 00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:25.079 need like a little bit of guidance or someone 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.240 to do it with there's usually something there 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:31.549 yeah We have really, really great student resources 00:17:31.549 --> 00:17:33.809 like that. I'm a music major, and they even have 00:17:33.809 --> 00:17:36.269 music people there. So if you get stuck on music 00:17:36.269 --> 00:17:39.049 theory, just call them up. And then something 00:17:39.049 --> 00:17:40.950 that I have found, and I don't know if our listeners 00:17:40.950 --> 00:17:43.309 are familiar or if you guys are familiar in this 00:17:43.309 --> 00:17:47.210 room, at the library, if you, and I've done this 00:17:47.210 --> 00:17:49.549 a million times, they'll do Zoom calls with you, 00:17:49.630 --> 00:17:51.970 or you can go, I guess, and see them, but I'm 00:17:51.970 --> 00:17:54.170 more of a Zoom kind of girl, where you're like, 00:17:54.250 --> 00:17:56.089 okay, here's all the resources for my paper. 00:17:56.190 --> 00:17:58.529 I think it's all in MLA format. Is that correct? 00:17:58.829 --> 00:18:00.170 And they're like, nope, that's not right. Fix 00:18:00.170 --> 00:18:01.890 this. Nope, that's not right. Oh, you should 00:18:01.890 --> 00:18:04.170 do this, you know. So it's this really valuable 00:18:04.170 --> 00:18:07.210 source because that's difficult, you know, when 00:18:07.210 --> 00:18:08.950 you're juggling between the formats and that 00:18:08.950 --> 00:18:10.869 kind of thing. So I'm really glad that you gave 00:18:10.869 --> 00:18:12.690 a shout out to the resources on this campus. 00:18:13.069 --> 00:18:14.990 For anybody that's listening, just go to the 00:18:14.990 --> 00:18:19.410 JCCC webpage. Those are very easy to find. And 00:18:19.410 --> 00:18:22.450 yeah, as we're coming up closer to finals, I'm 00:18:22.450 --> 00:18:24.470 sure those guys are getting booked up. So make 00:18:24.470 --> 00:18:25.849 sure that you're getting on their schedules, 00:18:26.009 --> 00:18:29.559 friends. Would you? this was not on our pre -planned 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:32.160 list of questions but I'm curious is there a 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.160 class that you've really really loved here that 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:36.720 has stood out to you as your favorite and and 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:39.680 if so why is that I think my favorite class so 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:43.559 far has been anatomy my teacher was incredible 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:46.839 I just I love what I've noticed is that I like 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:50.980 health care things and sciences and stuff I loved 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:52.660 learning about the different parts of the body 00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:57.759 yeah and All the intricacies. How do you say 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:02.779 that? Intricacies? I don't know. But all the 00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:04.839 different parts and how they all function together. 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.880 It's kind of crazy how everything works and we're 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:13.180 just born that way. Who do you have? I had Sandy 00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:15.940 Brown. She was incredible. Oh, really? Are you 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:19.279 enjoying it too? She's great. Wow. I hate anatomy. 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:22.740 Really? How come? It just doesn't stick in my 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:27.039 brain. Yeah, she is. She is so nice. She'll like 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:29.599 talk to us. She even like would walk with us 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:31.920 to get coffee sometimes. Oh, wow. That's cool. 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:35.259 That's really cool. I mean, then when a professor 00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:37.039 does something like that, you feel like they're 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:39.339 invested in you. You know what I mean? I have 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:41.579 professors like that, too, that talk to you and, 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:43.299 you know, want to know how your family's doing. 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.839 You know, I mean, it just feels really, really 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:47.119 good. And it kind of circles back to what we 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:50.299 were saying earlier about JCCC being such a supportive 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:54.160 place. is another fun question i like to surprise 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:58.579 my guests with um assuming you had unlimited 00:19:58.579 --> 00:20:02.140 money time was not an option i'm sorry an object 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:05.440 forgive me no work no school no nothing a gajillion 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:08.700 dollars okay what would you do i would travel 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:14.019 everywhere nice really want to visit paris that's 00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:16.180 on my bucket list i've never been to new york 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:18.700 i oh i love new york it's my favorite city in 00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:21.420 the world favorite yeah i want to visit there 00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:24.000 the winter i think really i will tell you it's 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:26.579 cold we went to thanksgiving it was cold yeah 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:32.460 i bet but i want to visit there paris um everywhere 00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:37.480 in europe oh yeah Yeah, the pyramids in Egypt. 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:40.299 Oh, wow, in Egypt. Yeah. Wow. We went to New 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:43.700 York City right after the – well, actually, when 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:46.039 the tree, the Rockefeller tree was being lit. 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:48.599 And it's incredible. And then we went another 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:52.559 time on Tony night. So the Tonys were at Rockefeller 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:54.839 Center. And, like, there's Josh Groban just walking 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:56.680 right by. I'm like, oh, my God. You know, like, 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:58.839 because I'm from the Midwest. Celebrities don't 00:20:58.839 --> 00:21:02.140 just go walking right by you. And we went on 00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:05.640 a tour at Rockefeller Center. And Joss actually 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:08.000 bumped into my shoulder as he walked by. So I'm 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:10.920 like, thanks. And my daughter was like, Mom, 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:13.029 that's cool. I'm Jost. I'm like, dude, no. Oh 00:21:13.029 --> 00:21:16.150 my God. Yes, it is. That's crazy. So yeah. Oh 00:21:16.150 --> 00:21:17.690 yeah. You'll love New York. You'll love New York. 00:21:17.730 --> 00:21:20.210 Just, it gets cold there. Take them gloves and 00:21:20.210 --> 00:21:22.710 them scarves, my friend. Did you try their pizza? 00:21:23.089 --> 00:21:29.289 Oh my God. Yes. Yes. Our favorite is, where is 00:21:29.289 --> 00:21:32.849 it? It's in Hell's Kitchen. I'd have to think 00:21:32.849 --> 00:21:34.650 about it. Shoot. I will send you an email when 00:21:34.650 --> 00:21:37.670 I think of it. But yeah, Island Burgers is great. 00:21:38.930 --> 00:21:42.529 So many great things to do. you can go online 00:21:42.529 --> 00:21:48.289 and put your name in the raffle for SNL. We actually 00:21:48.289 --> 00:21:50.789 went to Seth Meyers, but not the show, not the 00:21:50.789 --> 00:21:53.329 Seth Meyers show. Before the show, and I think 00:21:53.329 --> 00:21:56.670 Jimmy Fallon does this too, they put all of these 00:21:56.670 --> 00:21:59.109 audience people in the middle of the auditorium 00:21:59.109 --> 00:22:01.430 and all the writers are on the right. And they 00:22:01.430 --> 00:22:03.150 put the fear of God in you and they're like, 00:22:03.230 --> 00:22:05.250 look, Seth is going to come out and he's going 00:22:05.250 --> 00:22:07.920 to do his routine for tonight. If it's not funny, 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:11.000 don't laugh. Because the writers are over there 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:12.799 taking notes, you know, like throw this joke 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:15.420 out, this joke is terrible. And so when we watched 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:17.240 it that night, we're like, oh my God, those are 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:20.019 the jokes that we heard. So that was really fun. 00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:23.869 And I think Jimmy Fallon does it too. SNL does 00:22:23.869 --> 00:22:26.230 two tapings, and I don't know if that's commonly 00:22:26.230 --> 00:22:28.890 known. 8 .30 is their dress rehearsal, and you 00:22:28.890 --> 00:22:30.430 can get tickets for that. And then, of course, 00:22:30.490 --> 00:22:33.769 11 .30 is when it goes live, at least our time. 00:22:33.910 --> 00:22:36.970 But, yeah, it's pretty cool. So go. Definitely 00:22:36.970 --> 00:22:40.289 go to Rockefeller Center and check it out. I 00:22:40.289 --> 00:22:42.329 think that's about all I had for you. Is there 00:22:42.329 --> 00:22:44.150 anything that you'd like to share with our listeners 00:22:44.150 --> 00:22:49.509 in the way of parting words? Just that JCCC is 00:22:49.509 --> 00:22:54.140 a great place to be. All righty. Well, you heard 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:56.960 it here, friends. JCCC is a great place to be. 00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:59.920 If you are studying for your finals right now, 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:02.019 we wish you all the luck and all the success. 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:05.000 Again, as we mentioned today, as we tape this, 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:07.200 which is Wednesday, it is beautiful outside. 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:10.480 So if you are able, get out and enjoy this beautiful 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:13.819 sunshine. Be well, be happy, have a great day 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:16.099 and a great week, not just a good day and a good 00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:18.359 week. Does anybody know where that's from? I 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:22.750 got that off TikTok. Okay. All right, guys. Jen 00:23:22.750 --> 00:23:25.869 and Rosalyn and Zach signing out. Be well. Bye.