by Gabriela M Masak | Apr 23, 2017
I had a love-hate relationship with Girl Scouts growing up. The majority of my friends were in my troop, and I loved getting to hang out with them, but there were some parts of the organization that were hard to swallow. That said, I’m glad that I had the opportunity...
by Gabriela M Masak | Mar 19, 2017
As I read Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow, I could not help but relate the discussion in the book to my own life. Chapters 25-30 explain the following topics: the optimistic bias, omitting subjectivity, theory-induced blindness, loss aversion, and the endowment...
by Gabriela M Masak | Feb 23, 2017 |
I think that I fall victim to the hindsight illusion quite frequently. After I make a mistake, I will often lament to myself, “I should have known that was going to happen.” I will not pretend that it does not frustrate me either when things seem so clear in...
by Gabriela M Masak | Feb 12, 2017
I was not in State College last weekend. I spent the weekend in Denver for a student symposium, and despite being hundreds of miles away, it did not take much time for new to reach me that a Penn State student had passed away. My heart goes out to the family of...
by Gabriela M Masak | Jan 28, 2017 |
My parents immigrated to the United States by the use of green cards. They started and grew a family for several years before naturalizing, which although it took months, and it was a relatively easy process for them. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, being a...
by Gabriela M Masak | Oct 16, 2016 |
Today in class, we talked about the principles and values that play into ethics and ethical decision-making. While it is quite clear that we all operate differently in terms of how we make our choices and weight our options, how we define decisions as ethical is...
by Gabriela M Masak | Sep 18, 2016
I work at the Ulta in State College as a Guest Coordinator. This means that I am on the front lines of dealing with customers, who sometimes aren’t in the best of moods. While reading, “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” Chapter 4 struck me due to its many applications with my...
by Gabriela M Masak | Sep 4, 2016
I’ve written about this before, but having the job fair right around the corner brings up these feelings again. My primary studies revolve around Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. I also have minors and another major in Spanish. While I was hoping that...
by Gabriela M Masak | Aug 25, 2016 |
I’ve gone to class and yet I’m still in denial about this year. It’s senior year. Granted, I have accepted an integrated undergraduate graduate program and will stay an extra year to pursue my Masters, but it still seemed surreal. Time flew by! I...
by Gabriela M Masak | Apr 24, 2016
As I come to the end of my Junior year, I cannot help but feel relieved. I may have taken more classes than I can handle, but I think I will come out of the past two semesters relatively unscathed. I took 46 credits this academic year on top of two jobs and side...
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