Carol N. Ohta's Travel Through Generation One and Generation Two

My Travel Through G1 and G2




Introduction:
I can't believe how much information computers can provide now. I tried to avoid this technology for years and to be honest, I didn't imagine that the computers would be so highly used and full of information. I'm so surprised and impressed on how far computers have advanced since I was in elementary school. Being that I'm now exploring the computer world that I so much wanted the avoid in my life, I've noticed that I'm very interested in looking for pictures, lines, and bars to decorate my files so they don't look plain and boring for my eyes.

Report contains:
In this report I will tell you how my travels through generation one and two in Traffic Psychology on the Internet went. If you need or want a definition on what exactly is traffic psychology please visit this site.

People I visited
The people I visited from generation one is Caroline Balatico, Diane Beauchemin, Kendall Matsuyoshi, Michelle Ota, and Terri Slaughter. From generation two I visited Alan Furukawa, Braden Kato, Curtis Nakao, and my friends Jason Nakasato and Rochelle Tactacan. Below are their homepages and my finds through each homepage.

Generation one Links:
Generation two Links:

Evaluation of Homepages
The homepages in generation one weren't as interesting as the homepages of generation two because they really didn't have any backgrounds, icons, and lines to decorate there files. Perhaps that's why in generation three, we need to include annotation to every file and report. I think annotations are important and useful but they are a hastle. Especially when you don't know what to write as an annotation.

Backgrounds
I feel that having pictures and icons are important because that's what catches peoples attention. That's the first thing I noticed and went searching for backgrounds and anything to decorate my files. I got a little tip to go to Lori Morita's Topical Index because she has a link to the backgrounds. So I did and found that she had a link to Terry Gould's Graphics it's under EVERYBODY'S GOT A BACKGROUND. I copied the items I wanted into my directory so my files wouldn't take so long to load. When I was done with that I went to look around through generation one and two.

GENERATION ONE

Caroline Balatico-rushing
I started with Caroline Balatico's file on rushing around. I do admit that I'm one of those people who walk fast and hate it when others cut me off and start walking slow. To seek my revenge I would just walk faster to bypass them and cut them off like they did to me. You bet I even start talking to myself as to how irritating and stupid people can be.

Caroline mentioned that even though we are on tight schedules and rush around frequently we should take our time getting from place to place because it will prevent us from unwanted accidents and speeding violations. I think she is right in a way because when I tell my cousin who walks faster than me to slow down because people around her are talking about the way she walks. They said she should learn how to slow down before she hurts someone. I thought to myself that they were dumb, inconsiderate, and rude but actually they were right because soon after that my cousin collided into another person who didn't see her coming.

In addition, my mother is always telling me to slow down in my walking but I tell her why should I? She'll usually start getting upset at me. I do think that if I do slow down and take my time I can see around me and start saying Hi to all my friends. Basically so they don't come up to me and say that I have a problem and a half. Besides them telling me that I need to slow down my walking stride so I can see the world. Like someone told me, why rush around when you can see the world around you without pasting it by.

I'm always trying to stop rushing around but I'm always finding myself rushing around and getting to my destination with a lot of time to spare. I don't know, I have a hard time breaking my habit of rushing from place to place. I even find myself racing to class because I lost track of time and need to get to my destination with only minutes to spare. I also find that I rush from time to time to my destinations because I feel guilty when I reach my destination late, even if I'm one minute late.

One thing that I think Caroline didn't take into account is that when people are in a rush they don't stop to realize that they are going to get into an accident or something. And there are times where unwanted accidents occur even though one is very careful and cautious because other drivers around them are in a rush. Hey, before I leave this subject, I found another site where you can find other possible reasons why people rush, Terri Slaughter's report.

Diane Beauchemin-Internet
When I first started on the Internet I felt I was a total wreck because I didn't know anything about the Internet and was overwhelm when I had to do this report because I have other classes to focus on but I thought I'd put my full attention on this class because I didn't know anything about computers. A report that Diane wrote was quite interesting because I have the same feelings. Like Diane I felt good about myself in Dr. James class after I got the e-mail down. Since then the one thing that keeps me going in this class is my classmates. I would like to leave you with Diane's thought about suffering from Freudian Computer Program Envy because I think I'm also suffering from that.

Kendall Matsuyoshi-Accordion Effect
I feel that the Accordion Effect can happen in traffic as well as in this class. At the beginning of the course we had two months to finish our reports and files and had a lot of space between us unto the due date. Somehow, I wonder where all that time went because March 11 is coming fast and my space is becoming very small and I feel that even though I only got this far in this course that thanks isn't good enough because my files and reports are still incomplete and that will affect my grade. Everything is compressing into a short time left until the due date. Once I'm done with these reports and files, I'll feel relieved until the next set of files and reports are due. You see, everytime you think things are over, another set of things occur. Soon you find that the space you once had is gone or compressing you once again.

Kendall Matsuyoshi also mentioned in his article that in traffic if someone cuts in front of you during traffic and thanks you, you should say thank you back and not get mad or upset. I disagree, it isn't worth it to me to say thanks to someone who cut me off because they affected me life. Meaning they could have caused an accident that can affect the rest of my life because they are cutting in front with very little space for them to fit and the only thing they have to say or do is thank me. Now I don't think that thank you is appropriate, I think sorry is a better word; but then again, even that wouldn't stop me from saying a few things off my mind to that driver. I'm certainly not going to say thank you for injurying me if those injuries will be with me for the rest of my life.

Michelle Ota, Need A Break
I found a funny section in Michelle Ota's file on Entertainment. I went there to see what I'd find and I visited the Latest Useless Site and clicked onto the pets. I read Casey the dog and it was funny and enjoyable to read. In order to survive the Internet and not go insane, one needs to take a break and laugh a little. You bet, I think humor is very important when your depressed, pressured, and stressed. Hey, take a break from your life and visit this Latest Useless Site and have fun.

Michelle Ota-Change Personality
I think my mother should read Michelle's Change Personality because she does the same thing as Michelle and she's a passive person too. Even though she isn't too passive when it comes to me. I really don't like riding with my mother when someone cuts her off because she'll start yelling and swearing out the window. Better yet, when there's a pedestrian crossing the street to slow when they have the right away because they have the walk signal, my mother will start getting annoyed and start saying "hurry up," "you shouldn't be walking if you walk that slow," or "take off whatever that's preventing you from walking faster."

I tell her to listen to herself because when she's a pedestrian and cars want to run her off the road she starts yelling at them to learn how to wait because the sign says to walk not don't walk. I can be joking but she takes me seriously and starts to get mad at me. I start to laugh to myself because I know the message got through to her. I thinks it's weird that anyone and anything can change your personality and outlook of life by the things we do everyday. I know I have a lot of thing to change about my personality but I know I've come a long way since my childhood days. It's a hard struggle to fix something you know you have to change in our life. I can't even begin to imagine what I need to change in my life to drive and to have the courage to get my license again.

Terri Slaughter-Four Rules
The last person I visited in generation one was Terri Slaughter. Her report was on Four Rules (Above Male Dominance) in aiding sidewalk frustration. I think I need to listen to this article because I do the total opposite from what Terri mentions in her article. For example, like I mentioned above that when someone cuts me off I start to say things to myself. Terri suggests to start to do positive self talk, continue to be polite, and keep a friendly attitude towards other pedestrians at all times. Is she serious?

Well it wouldn't hurt to try it out, don't you think? Hey, at least it's a start!

Overall view of generation one
I think that generation one has too long of reports and files. To begin with the computer always say that the files are too big to view the sources after you sit at the computer waiting patiently and anxiously for them. I still say that generation one files are boring to look at but some of the contents in there files are interesting and humorous at times. I do hope that generation two is more interesting because I know some people in there.

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GENERATION TWO

Alan Furukawa-Plan
The first person I visited in generation two was Alan Furukawa. I decided to look at Alan's plan because I need to make a makeover plan for myself. I agree that to make a plan it shouldn't be something out of my reach or goal. It should be something that is reachable and attainable to succeed in. Alan mentioned that a plan should be a gradual process and if you need to take baby steps than take the baby steps to get to the bigger obstacle or challenge. Kind of like the movie "What About Bob?."

Anyway, Alan decided to work on his aggressiveness. I'm still undecided on what my plan should be because I have a lot of baby steps to take but where exactly in those baby steps do I want to challenge myself to?

I think aggression is one of the top ten items that people need to work on because everyone has to deal with aggression in everyday life on the road. Since I don't drive it doesn't mean I don't get aggressive when I'm a pedtestrian or passenger. I tend to find myself talking down about a driver who is either driving to slow, cut in front of people, or speed.

Braden Kato-Aggression
When I read Braden Kato's article about when he was young he was very aggressive. I learned that I need to ignore the drivers around me if they speed pass me because safety comes first. I wish I knew that years ago when I decided to walk away from getting my license. You see, when I tried for my license I was so sacred and afraid that I would screwed up that I thought about the other drivers around me and I used speed during my road test. As you know that's failure. I didn't go back to try for my license again and till this day I still haven't. I thought I'd take Traffic Psychology to help get over my fears and stuff. I am learning through this class that it doesn't matter how others are driving, what matters is how you drive and to be aware of the situations around you.

Curtis Nakao-Last Will
I think everyone taking Psychology #459 and #409 should go to Curtis's Last Will and Testament because it contains information that will help you out. I like the fact that he said don't feel intimidated in this class because I'm feeling it right now. The thing is, how do you stop feeling intimidated in this class? I figured that keeping up with everything will help me from feeling intimidated. I was definitely wrong; very much so, I think the only time I don't feel intimidated from this class is when I talk to my classmates and read humorous entertainment and files.

Jason Nakasato-Pedrestrian Traffic
Well, well, well I reached two people that I know from other Psychology courses; Oh no its Jason and Rochelle. I'll talk about Jason first, he won't mind a bit I hope. Take a look at his report1.html under Pedestrian Traffic: It's Significance to Traffic Psychology. When I read this I started to laugh because at times I really don't care what others think of me when I rush pass them. Most of the time I don't say Hi to people I know even though I'm eye to eye with them. I often get people I know telling me I have a problem because I didn't say Hi to them when I saw them. It's not like I'm ignoring them but I don't see them even if I see them face to face because I'm preoccupied with my thoughts and thinking. I really need to work on that because I didn't do that before, but I'm finding that I do that now. I'll need to put this into my plan because I really need to stop doing this before I lose my friends and if that happens, I'll lose my sanity.
Rochelle Tactacan-Solutions in Swearing
Rochelle wrote about Solutions in Swearing. I can relate because I need to watch my mouth when I'm a passenger, pedestrian, and a student. I agree that our manners tell a great deal about the kind of person we are. Not to mention we don't look to nice to other people when we do swear. I also have a habit of swearing when I'm mad at pedestrians that walk and drivers that drive too slow or too fast.

Overview of Generation Two
I enjoyed there reports because they were humorous. I liked there style and appearances in there reports. I think that generation two homepages are better than generation one because they used pictures to decorate their pages. Only Rochelle's Homepage was plain. I even like the fact that I can view their sources without any problems of their files being to big to open.

Thanks G1 and G2
First I'd like to Thank generation one and two for making our generation benefit from the reports and files that they created. I think without there reports and files I would have dropped this class because people in generation one and two had similar problems like me when they started making and creating there files and reports. I really didn't care about generation one files due to no backgrounds, lines, and icons and now that I thought about it, I think they didn't have places where they could collect icons, pictures, and lines to copy and paste. They were probably more focused on collecting information and reporting on there findings. I think being in generation three that we're going to be expected to move faster in creating our documents. I don't really know if I can pull all the expectations required for this class because I have so much limits on this computer technology today. I just hope that I will try my best and put in the best of my ability in this course and survive through it all.

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Anticipate my Contributions in G3
Since this is a Traffic Psychology Course, I thought I'd put together what I think this course is all about. I think that we as society need to look at our behaviors on the road, sidewalk, school, and home because these are the places that are most likely to cause us the most difficulty in controlling our rage, anger, frustration, stress, and etc. I thought I'd take this course to understand my behaviors as to why I'm afraid to attempt my license again and to improve me in my driving technique so I'm no longer scared to drive.

Well, what I found that was true was when Dr. James told my class that our behaviors are a reaction to what we are feeling towards the other person that we are mad or upset at. Being mad at another driver only makes us more mad and we start to do crazy things, so we need to look at things in a different matter. We need to thank those who cut us off and pass us by so we look at things more positive than negative. I came to realize that we first need to work on our affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor in order to achieve a higher persona or character. By working on our affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor we will work on our feelings to change our thoughts to have a positive attitude and behavior.

Conclusion
Through my travels in generation one and two I noticed that generation two was a step foward from generation two. I just have a feeling that my generation needs to improve where generation one and two need inprovements on. I only pray that my classmates and I can pull it all off and survive on the Internet.




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