1V- Knowledge Expansion

       Although I had little insight on what the word "inquiry" meant, I decided when I received my schedule to look it up on the internet.  From what I could remember the word dealt with the investigation and gaining of knowledge about a certain situation.  I did not think much of this, since that was mainly the goal for any class, to gain an understanding of a foreign subject.  After arriving to the class I found out many other things about the basis of what new information I would be retaining from such a class.

      When learning that it was a freshman experience class, I was relieved.  I do not do as well retaining facts as I do life experiences and general knowledge in which I would be using much more in life.  Inquiry will be the basis of all that we know about college, and how to make college work for each individual student.  We have not had much time to discuss the true importance of this class, but as time progresses it will become more apparent.

      It was difficult for me to attempt to find words in which I had never seen before.  Instead I decided to investigate further into words that I may have seen, but not known the true meaning behind it. The words scarcity and incentive were brought up during my microeconomics class. Both words play a huge role in any single person's life.

      Scarcity occurs when there is an unlimited amount of wants, but a limited amount of resources.  This definition can not be found in your average dictionary or text book.  My professor gave this definition while lecturing and it seemed like the most accurate description I could think of.  We all want the best for ourself and if we could, we would all have the most expensive possessions we could find.  Unfortunately , as you already know, we need the funds in order to support this. This word is an important aspect of every human being's life.

     Incentive is a thing that motivates someone to do something.  We all have incentives behind the things that we do.  If it is either the fact that we work in order to earn wages, or work out in order to stay in shape.  We have to set goals for ourselves in order to stay committed to doing a certain activity.  This word is very relevant to first year students.  College is hard but if we remember what our final goal out of the situation is and keep motivated, we will make it through.