A Eggs-cellent way to plan :)

Last week we were charged with the assignment of dropping a egg from 12ft without cracking it using 9 straws and 2ft of tape and teams were allotted 25 minutes to plan. This was a high pressure situation for us but we handled it as best we could by first defining our goals as quickly as we could which was to get Humpty Dumpty from point A to point B without a crack. We evaluated our resources by making approximations and artist extrapolations which were not the best, clearly no one in the group were here for art design. We make approximations of the length and thichkness of the straws as well as the weight of the egg and how much tape allotted. Many designs were made such as a basket with a line of straws attached by tape. But we decided to use our final design which was a pyramid which encased our egg. We went through all the steps which would mean success but that's not what happened, humpty fell and never got back up. All in all, we showed that we could pool all our talents together and formulate a plan and execute it as best to our abilities.
Here's a link of different variations of the egg drop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mod0fSma7Ao&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Cultural clash

This entry is about cultural differences and a situation in which I've experienced a awkward moment. The situation took place my first day at work. I was introduced to my department and was getting to know everyone there. A question came up about my nationality and I answered I am Haitian. A response came right after from a coworker asking me if I knew how to use black magic and called it voodoo, the practice that stems out from New Orleans. I was highly offended in that he would automatically assumed that i practiced black magic and also assume that vodou (the correct spelling) was some sort devil worship that you see in horror movies. I quickly clarified what the practice was exactly and told the individual I was devote catholic but gave a little tid bit that 98 percent of Haitians who practice are devote Catholics and winked. I think that may have intimidated the individual a little.

Welcome to my Blog

Hello, my name is Leonard Milfort. I am a senior at Baruch college where I major in Corporate Communication and minor in Sociology. Currently, I am employed at New York University Medical Center as a Project Assistant in research among other things as well. Previously to this, I was an Assistant Manager at a small restaurant in Brooklyn called Kreyole Flavor which lasted for about two years. Now I'm focusing on my set goal of graduating and persuit of a career in Marketing.