STCC Online

During this online course I have learned a lot about myself and some of the internal things I can change. When I enrolled with this course to help get my underage drinking citation reduced I thought this course would just focus on the negative influences of drug and alcohol not the internal thoughts and character development of one. I learned that my childhood and perception of myself is a big factor into my decision making process and can be partially contributed to the often wrong decisions I make. I liked the course having the lectures from Kareem and then having other online modules like the poems and documents which gave other insights. I learned more about myself through self reflection and the importance of taking more looks at my self to help solve internal issues and problems.

I honestly have heard a lot of the things that you spoke about during this course. However, I have never had them explained to me in depth. This class has changed my mindset for the future and has taught me to think a lot more before I make my decisions. When I first started the class I had a very negative outlook on it because I was upset about my ticket. However, after starting to pay attention and work I started to realize that this information could really help me and turn me onto a better path in life.

I learned that the way you think about yourself reflects about how others can act toward you. I didn’t really self-reflect as much as I had before this course as well. I learned the importance of goal setting, how to get to where I want to be in my life, and also the tremendous effects drugs, alcohol, parenting, and childhood have on a developing brain.

I learned I need to see a therapist for my deeply rooted childhood trauma. I also learned I’m doing better than most people because I don’t have a drug or alcohol addiction. But I did learn the steps it takes to become addicted, how to recover, and the many ways I can help myself out of dark places I can end up in. I take away from this course that I need to be more careful with my actions.

I had to take this drug and alcohol class due to an incident where I was caught underanged drinking. At first, I thought I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and that I shouldn’t have got caught so easily but I realized there is a lot more to underage drinking other than the fact it’s illegal. I learned the stages to becoming an addict which scare me because I never want to go through that. I also learned that the younger you are, the higher the change of becoming an addict. I will be a lot more Intune with myself after this class. I thought it was very interesting how a big factor or underage drinking is pushed on to you by television, songs, and your environment. I watched shows or movies where kids would be underage drinking and smoking. I also listen to a lot of rap music where alcohol is motioned. I think I was most influenced by my surrounding where all my friends would carelessly underage drink with no thought, so I thought it was okay to participate as well. Now knowing the potential outcomes, I will not be participating anymore.

Every single one of my decisions affects every single part of my life in some way. I have in the past used to get away or forget a feeling or a negative experience I had. I learned the ways to develop a self love for myself and a positive mindset. I learned a lot about addiction and how so many different stages of life can affect your day to day decisions. I didn’t know how addictive alcohol and marijuana could be. My offense was not so severe but this course was extremely beneficial to me.

This class helped me learn a lot about myself. Learning about my up bringing and how that could affect me and the choices that I make was very surprising. this class helped me to learn why I feel the way that I feel sometimes. I also found it very interesting when learning about the processes to making changes. So far in my life I haven't gone by any rule book to make changes but kind of just walked blindly and did my best. I can use what I learned in that section too make that easier going forward. Going along with making changes learning about the character deficits and how to fix them was very informational to me. I think the view that this course took is a very helpful way to think about how to improve yourself as a person. I am very appreciative of this class even though I wasn't too excited about it in the beginning because it helped me get in touch with what my real problems were and how to fix them. With that I say thank you.

Throughout this online course I have learned alot about myself. When I first registered to take this class I was just trying to finish to get my certificate and help me dismiss my underage drinking ticket; however, I never imagined that it would strongly focus on my internal thoughts and character development. I thought this class was just going to teach me the negative effects of drugs and alchol but it did so much more than that. I enjoyed how the lectures were set up and how not only did I have classes taught by Kareem but also assignments that explained many things in depth. I had never really taken the time to self-reflect before this class. It helped me alot and has had a huge impact on me and my future.

I found this course very interesting. Going in, I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. I honestly thought the course would have been more condescending on my previous mistakes and I was really appreciative that it was more about self reflection instead.

Taking this class I essentially thought it would be stupid and just a waste of my time, but I learned more about myself which led to me to start thinking about going to therapy to fix some of my mental illnesses that are caused by me self-sabotaging myself.