Citizenship...ahahahahaha

As we proceed throughout the course text we ran across a topic called citizenship that proved to be quite interesting. Citizenship in my own words has to deal with taking pride within your own community and willing to work at making it better. Often people get caught up in taking care of themselves and/or immediate people in their own personal lives. I admit everyone has their own personal struggles, but if we all could take some time out of our busy/hectic days just to spend a few hours trying to improve something within the community that would go along way. You are not only affecting change in someone else's life, but your own as well because you never know what particular experience you may come across in your efforts. Those few hours you spend getting lost in helping a greater cause could give you all the satisfaction and energy you need to tackle your own personal issues or concerns.

My fraternity...hahaha...yes Kappa Alpha Psi partakes in numerous community service events throughout the year, but I don't know if everybody individually is doing it for the same reasons. Some of us enjoy it while others do it because the chapter forces them. Nevertheless we uphold our civic responsibility to perform service because it is one of our 5 objectives. It basically comes down to being in a position to give back why not? A lot of us are going to graduate with a college education from THE Ohio State University with jobs lined up and a huge social network of individuals to call upon for assitance through the fraternity. Why not show some appreciation and give back to the community whether through mentoring (Guide Right Program/Kappa League) collecting/donating money for medical research (St. Jude Hospital) or something as simply as collecting toys for the make a wish foundation and helping serve food at the soup kitchen. The littlest things go a long way especially to the people you are assiting.

It is a shame that whenever a nice gesture is done people expect some kind of motive behind it, but through citizenship we can help change that mindset and help make it to the point that when you don't do something generous you feel bad like you committed a crime.

Back like cook crack lol

Hello to all...I know it has been a minute since my last post got a little caught up in life. Anyway I was in class last week ;-) ;-) and there was a panel discussion that discussed many important things concerning the Greek community. The panel was quite insightful if I do say so myself because they answered a lot of questions that people had concerning their own chapters. For me it was just crazy to see how many similarities different chapters have because it was like everybody had similar issues. I am apart of NPHC while some others are apart of the IFC n etc but at the end of the day we are all Greek, and by the end of the discussion that idea really hit home.

I think that is something that we often over look as a Greek community. We are apart of our different chapters and councils, but at the end of the day we are all still Greek and have many of the same goals and issues. After listening to people from different fraternities speak about things they want to do within the community or programs they want to put on, some of the ideas are similar to what my chapter discussed. More cross council collaborations should be encouraged because it would be a Greek look for the community to see our Greek life together and helping to break the stereotypes of Greek life.

Alot of the panel just spoke about their own personal experiences and was mainly just another voice of guidance to help us further the growth of our respected chapters. I found it interesting just listening and observing what all was being said. The main thing i found interesting was when Jordan said you find yourself when you lose yourself in trying to help others. That quote stuck out with me the most just because it makes you think about who you are as a person. You think you know yourself until presented with some sort of adversity. It was just interesting hearing that being said from a student versus some wise old adult.

Idk I really enjoyed the panel though. Wish I had it on tape to show my chapter.

The road to Kappa Land

 Many of our greek organizations are founding on a certain principle, idea, or quote that governs the way the organization should be ran. In my fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi was founding on the basis of Achievement in every field of human endeavor. The idea of being founding on the principles of achievement and success are something any man can believe in and hold true to. Everybody wants to be successful in life and live well off without too much struggling in life. The idea of achievement is something that anybody can accomplish yet is not necessarily measured by someone's status or monetary amount.

When I think of achievement in every field of human endeavor, I just think about working hard and trying your best at everything you do. Its more of an encouraging phrase to live by. Never half ass anything, but instead give it your all no matter what it is that you are doing. I know there are times when I do not feel like doing something, and I just refer to our motto and suck it up and do whatever task it is to the best of my abilities.

I am not the only one who feels this way. My chapter as a whole also strives to live up to this words. We often hold study tables as a chapter to help each other who have taken to the same classes or provide tutoring for one another. Also we are the reigning stroll competition champions and step champions. Everything we do turns to gold...atleast last year it did. We still have to perform this year to maintain our status on top...as King of the Yard...lol

However there are times when members don't hold true to our standards. Quarters of underperformance academically, legal troubles, etc We all make poor decisions at times; we just try not to advocate or make a habit of these decisions. We continue to stay on each other's case to make sure everybody performs to their highest capable level. This way our chapter performs and runs to the highest level putting on successful events and community service.

No phrase better describes our fraternity than Acheivement in every field of human endeavor.

Just a Thought

Have you ever looked at an organization or company's core values and thought about how they demonstrate these values? One company that caught my interest was a company my dad has been part of for years now: Oglethorpe Power. Oglethorpe is a big electric company that helps feed power to its sister company Georgia Power which in turns powers the whole city. My dad works in their accounting department, hence why I am an accounting major, for quite a few years now. He steady coming home telling me about how the company does this and that for their employees, and it was not until I interned there one summer that I was able to see it for myself. It did not take me too long to realize what the organization's values were without having to do any research.

Upon my first day at work I was bunbarded with a bunch of introductions and little office supplies from upper management and my fellow co-workers. After getting pass all the introductions my supervisor showed me around the facility to make me feel more comfortable about my new work environment. Then to top it off he treated me to lunch along with another supervisor in my department. It was at lunch that I asked what was with all the nice treatment. I felt special and did not know why. My supervisor told me this is how we treat all of our employees. At this moment I realized it was not just about me, but just the company's values and my supervisor executing the demonstration of set values to the employees.

Oglethorpe Power is all about creating a family atmosphere for employees to be comfortable in. They feel this way it will create an environment for people to want to work and work together because it is one big family running a business together. They have different events like company picnic or golf tournament between departments almost similar to different families at a family reunion. Within the company are 3 main departments Opc, Gtc, and Gsoc and each person reps his company like it was his family name. Even though there is a lot of fun to be had at the company, employees still understand the significance to get work done in a timely fashion. They work hard and play hard at the same time. Oglethorpe constantly is thanking its employees for their hard work to keep the company going and prosperous.

Need I say what the values of the company was or is it that obvious.

Values...what is the purpose?

Hello everyone

     Today I was presented with a topic suggested by one of my followers: Values. Values. Values. Values. Everybody has some sort of values or morals that they hold true and would never go against. Ever find yourself in a situation where you are asked to do something and you pause thinking whether or not to do it. What makes you say yes or no? The ideas or values that you respect and honor deeply. Values are somewhat the ideas of right and wrong; however, some people do have different values. Values reflect a person's true character and tell you alot more about a person than his own words.
      For example my values maybe completely different from any one of my followers, but alot of them go hand in hand. One thing I value alot is honesty and loyalty as a friend or significant other. I feel like everybody values these traits or qualities in a person. Honesty and loyalty in a friend goes a long way. I have friends I would hold down or do anything for if I am able to, as long as it aint too outrageous like rob a bank with me lol. Basically as I think about it that is essentially my main value that I hold true to. I remain honest and loyal to friends and to anybody I encounter. I also incorporate the idea of respect for others into that category as well. I am a firm believer of treat others how you want to be treated because I do believe in karma and what goes around comes around. My grandfather use to always tell me: "Its nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice." I never really understood that until I got older, and how true that phrase is. Yes its nice to be important and everybody knows who you are and your in the limelight somewhat, but that does not mean anything if your an asshole or jerk about the situation. People like Bono, Wyclef, and other celebrities that use their influence to better their community live by that idea. My grand papi was a wise fellow that lived by the idea or value of being a nice person and doing the right thing. I too believe deeply in that concept and urge other people to do the same...REAL SPIT
      
     

Who am I

    I know that most of y'all reading this are wondering: Who is this guy? Where did he come from? What is he doing?. So to answer those questions I can sum it up in one sentence: I am ME and that's right I'm doing me in the words of my good friend Drake lol. No but seriously I'm just a college student partaking in a class assignment and trying to have fun with it. Originally, I was born and raised in Cleveland, OH (shoutout to the Lebron Haters lol jk). I moved around a bit to cities such as Detroit, Phoenix, and settled in Atlanta, GA where I spent the rest of my young developmental years. I went to high school down south in the derrty derrty and picked up on a lot of the manor isms and the dialect. A lot of my peers had heavy country accents that somehow was transposed on to me. I began to speak and act like the Atlanta was my home, but after awhile it became my home. It got to the point where I would say I was born in Cleveland but raised in Atlanta. It was the only life I knew and remember for the most part.
   While in Atlanta my younger sister was born, which makes me the oldest of two. We don't get along much, but I honestly don't think siblings are suppose to. Instead we have a underlying bond between us that even though we argue, there is still love deep down somewhere. Also I was real active in sports in high school playing both football and basketball. I stayed focus on my books and found math to be my easiest subject which factored into declaring my major as accounting. I later pledged Kappa Alpha Psi but that is neither here nor there.
Enough about me though, I am here today to discuss how I would change the world. I found this question to be a tad difficult at first because to what magnitude does one try and change the world. Everything you do has some effect whether you believe it or not on the world. I feel the most effective way to change the world is to help educate people and promote acts of kindness. An educated individual can educate other individuals and so on and so on until the point is reached where everybody can be educated. This should help to eliminate some homelessness and unemployment across the world. This atleast helps to place everybody on the same playing field when working towards developing their own future. The idea of kindness is to help promote good deeds and acts of good nature. For the world to be better, we have to be better. One man should help another if put in the position. Why is it that people get defensive or question a person's motives when helped by a stranger. It should not be that way and it's those acts of kindness that the world needs to be a better place and eliminate some of the foolish acts that take place.
Now thats THE UGLY TRUTH...Real Spit