forming and opportunit belief

1. I believe that there is an opportunity to provide UF students with a more interactive Summer A.

2. Because basically everyone leaves Gainesville for summer A. students who choose to stay for the summer are left with 3 boring months of what seems to be a ghost town. Many of the stores and restaurants change their hours because their is less traffic. this occurs because most students want an immediate break after the semester. so they'd rather take summer B classes instead of just having one week then back to classes. the new freshman also come flood the gates during summer B to start off their college careers. The night life is very mellow and there's nothing really happening on campus to motivate the summer A students to get active!. currently i would say many people try to get out of Gainesville when they can in order to make use of their summer. At this point i am 90% sure that that the problem exists.

3. The typical customer would be a UF student in gainesville right now for summer A classes.

4. https://soundcloud.com/user-867940186/dave

5.  I learned that this is a very real opportunity. i also learned that dave had a lot of similarity in the way i felt about summer A. what was surprising was that Dave still felt such a disconnected and rated his summer a 4 even with friends in town. i thought this showed what a great impact the campus life and vibes can have on students. 

6. after speaking with Dave i wouldn't change my opportunity at all. he completely confirmed how i felt about the need and expressed that basically he didn't see an immediate solution to his current problem.  however if Dave had disagreed and stated that his summer was a complete blast. i would have modified my need and tried to talk to a lot more students to find out if they felt the same way. i think the customers opinion is the most important because they're who your trying help so you want to know exactly how they feel and what they're exact needs are.

Identifying local problems

The Orlando Sentinel.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15CE811AA0DCC7E0?p=NewsBank

"School discipline kept from public view Policy hides sex, drug infractions and more," By Annie Martin

this was a very interesting post because it actually took place at the highschool i went to which is very disturbing. i had rumors about the events of this article through former classmates but never got the whole story till now. i wasn't in band class but knew of the instructor. in this article it discusses how the former band director had had various sexual relations and even sexual endeavors on campus with students. other faculty members have admitted and testified of Jennings acts even telling of instances when he was caught. however Jennings the band instructor stays confident that he will be proven innocent. 

the problem was that there were many claims made against Jennings before his termination and even teachers who came forward stating they had caught Jennings having sex on school property. however this was never disclosed to the local public.

those affect would be the parents and students who are aimlessly attending these schools unaware of the acts being committed by its faculty till its a headline news story.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15CFB9EF6BB0EFC0?p=NewsBank

"Green card? Pay up: It's American tradition"

the orlando city lions, our beloved soccer team has brought about some controversy with their recent antics. the focus is on them providing a front of the line all access pass to green card for foreign investors to fund their stadium. in hind sight you wouldn't see this as bad because at the end of the day we are granting access to our beautiful country right? wrong. All they are doing is allowing those with the deepest pockets the right to cut every had working immigrant in line and get they're well bought instead of well deserved card. 

the problem is that it degrades the process of becoming a citizen for the us. it boils down to what our biggest problem is always focusing on money and only rewarding those have to bank to pay. 

i think everyone is affected by this problem not only the countless immigrants who are desperately awaiting their green card and are being unfairly passed up by people with a big check. it also affects the people who support the lions and whether they want to be associated with such behavior. and to citizens who have to think is this what we want out process to look like. surrounded by money.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15CFB6A074273240?p=NewsBank

Students to retake AP exam

during the recent AP exams for the students of orange county there was small discrepancy with big effects. an anonymous tip came in stating that the students were sitting to close to each other which would invalidate their exams. when the college board reviwe the video and photo of the test takingroms they ruled that the students had to retake the test because they appeared to be 4 feet from each other instead of the regulated 5 feet.

the problem is that many of the students because they were under the impression that they were done with school the material has been out of sight out of mind. its been over two weeks and they will be expect to preform just as they did when they took the exam the first time. The results of the exam not only effect highschool transcript but also go on record for their college transcripts retaking exams and not preforming to par because of the lag time could have major negative effects for the students.

the students of the orange county district who are retaking the ap tests are the ones affected and even facilitators who were negligent in making sure the room was following the correct regulations.


http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15CFB6A10BA9CF30?p=NewsBank

Reimburse coalition for voters' sake

the league of women voters of Florida have been fighting for the last five years to get legislators to abide by the fair districts amendments to get partisan politics out. the supreme court granted their fight and we thought all was well. 

except when the group asked for reimbursement for the legal costs they endured with countless appeals and trials. the divided supreme court refused. this is awful because the group had fought so hard and won but now theft with a trophy of debt as a reward. 

this affect the womensvoters group because they are fighting for funds they are rightly fully owed because they one the petition. it also affects all Florida voters because it discourages them from fighting for they're right to vote because after the decision the government wont have your back.


http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15CFB9F728261B50?p=NewsBank

Seventh-day Adventists fight wine, beer sales at Starbucks

the starbucks on state road in Seminole county has aquried a new enemy
 because of its recent decision to become the hottest new happy hour spot. the local adventis group is protesting their choice to now serve wine and beer. 

the problem is that the adventiists want to deter the use of alcohol around the youth. they think it turns this nice cafe where students and business people alike come to work study and relax into a drunken bar.

people being affect are definatly starbucks with this new found protest. and its customers which would include the adventists. however besides them many of its customers dont seen to be very concerned with this new move.

Bug List

1. When my apartments air conditioning stops working and its 82 degrees inside.
- maintenance doesn't regularly change the filter which is all it needs sometimes. And small leaks can sometimes can occur.
2. Chick-fil-a forgets to put your extra sauce in the bag and you already drove away
-miscommunication between the one taking orders and preparing the food.
3. All the squat racks are full at southwest and it interrupts the flow of my workout when i have to wait.
- There's so many students that attend UF its hard to control capacity for the machines
4. When people don't hold the door open for people behind them.
- they may not see them, assume they got the door, or don't think they have to.
5. All week the weather is beautiful and then on the weekend when i'm off from work it rains.
- mother nature and weather patterns
6. Other people dropping trash in my apartment's trash can.
- the trash can is left out every day, they don't want to pay for the service so they dump in our can
7. When Donald Trump speaks
- why does this occur... not completely sure
8. ( I'm a teller at Wells Fargo) when people don't have id and expect me to know its them to pull money from their account
- most people do all their transactions online so in bank etiquette isn't always known, customers know its their money and feel entitled to it under any circumstance.
9. When i can't find the second earring back and and forced to go without them.
- earrings are so small i often misplace their parts. and they don't come with extras
10. When the line is 4 cars long on archer in the morning and i have to be at work in 10 minutes
- i forgot to eat breakfast, i didn't give myself ample time to wait in line and not be late
11. when the stores such as the loop back home in Orlando close early on Sunday the one day I'm in town.
- Sunday is a family day so many workers need a break from the regular hours
12. When my computer starts to update when I'm trying to use it and i have to wait
- the computer has to constantly update to function properly.
13. Not having enough storage in my phone to take a photo or video.
- i become emotionally attached to my phones and never want to take them off and save them to my computer.
14. Having peanut butter and jelly but no bread.
- containers for pb&j last longer then a loaf of bread, so you have to restock
15. people burping near me.
- they "cant " hold it in
16. Not saying excuse me to get by someone
- they try to squeeze their way through the crowd. they don't think the bump was significant enough to say excuse me.
17. Interrupting someone while they're telling a story.
- the story jogs someone elses memory of an instance that makes them blurt it out because they don't want to forget it.
18. When the clothes run through a full cycle in the dryer and they're still wet.
- the dryer isn't working properly trying to do too many clothes in one cycle.
19. When my dog wakes me up at 6am by walking on my face to tell me she has to go to the bathroom.
- Dogs have smaller bladders then humans
20. Foot falling asleep during car rides
- its in a position where the blood cannot circulate correctly.

Reflection: it was very challenging to come up with a list of 20! some happen so often and are so minor that they are hard to recall. i had to think of what i do on a daily weekly even monthly basis to see what bothers me. it helped to put myself in different situations such as waking up or working or getting food so i could think of more peeves.

My Entrepreneurship Story

One of the most significant exposures i've had to Entrepreneurship was my enrollment into the innovation academy. where we are taught free thinking and what creativity and challenging social norms can mean to the business world. i put this to ;practice this just past summer where i competed in the UF summer catalyst showcase. where dozens of groups take a societal problem and come up with a product brand and company to help solve it. My company was called wheel watch. witch was a defense mechanism for your bike against thieves. and in the event that your bike was stolen. it came equipped with a gps tracker to help you and police officials locate the bike. we developed an app to help register the bike and the gps tracking program. along with the bike lock, that contained a trip wire so if the lock was cut an alarm would sound and you would receive a phone notification. the lock also utilized key fob technology for entry so it eliminated picking the lock or desifering the code. My team and i ended up winning the 1st place peoples choice award. 

I enrolled in the course to see what other skills and knowledge i can attain from challenging thinkers that will help me be innovative in any work i may set forth to accomplish. this course also brings me 4 credits closer to graduating and fulfilling my dreams.

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