BLOG #1

After the first class of Foundations: Digital Media I can honestly my feelings toward this class are very mixed. I have never been in any kind of computer technology class and now my first college class I have ever taken is a coding class. My confusion the first day for lack of better words, was through the roof. Being so unfamiliar with the software we are using and not having even the slightest idea as to what or how to even make a simple shape is stressful. I don't really know how much I can succeed in a class like this which brings me back to my mixed feelings. Being a new college student is exciting but scary, the classes are harder, the homework is longer,  and the pace is much faster. I want to take on these challenges head on and explore what I think I cannot succeed in and try my hardest and I am excited to do that but also stressed and scared because this is one of the things I am unsure about. Overall feelings from day one, in one word, stress. I hope I can get a hang of the material and not be as confused as I am now. I am a first year student from New York, my full name is Amanda Nicole Matos and I have never liked it. I get every nickname for Amanda in the book and each one becomes more and more annoying each time. I have played field hockey my whole, I have an older sister, the most dysfunctional family, I'm obsessed with my dog Sandy, I'm a public relations and advertising major and my friends are the most important thing in my life. I really don't think there is anything else about me worth mentioning that anyone would really care about if I'm being honest. I expect to gain knowledge on a subject I have never been introduced to in this class  I'm guessing. So thats it for blog day one, hopefully day two brings promise.