Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Final Self-Assessment Project
Throughout the first semester of my college career, I have learned a lot about myself that I did not notice in high school. I have learned that when I put my mind to something then I can achieve a goal fairly easily, but if I let myself slip and I slack off, then I dig myself into a big ditch that is hard to get out of. I believe that I am in a good spot in my learning process. I gained a lot of ways to get my grades up over this first semester, now I can apply them further to future semesters.
My biggest challenge so far is time management. I came into the year fully into the football season, which took up a lot of time. Instead of wanting to study or do homework, I would want to take naps throughout the day, so I would be rested for practice. This caused me either to stay up late studying, or not even study at all which hurt me. Since I had to do 5 hours of study hall every week, I found myself saving all my work for study hall time, instead of doing it when I actually wanted to. Once I got to study hall, I did not want to do anything, which hurt.
I believe that my biggest achievement so far is surviving a semester of college as an athlete. Not everyone can even handle the normal college scene, but then add athletic activates on top of that is difficult. I am proud to say I have survived it thus far and look forward to staying many more years. Determination is what helped me earn success as a football player. Proving to myself and to my family and friends that I could be a successful student athlete drove me to complete work that I did not really want to do. Pep talks from my dad like: “for every one thing that you want to do, there will be ten things that you won’t want to do.” helped me realize to just suck it up and get things done. I was talking with my friend, and I made the comment that most of the semester we spend sleeping and he agreed. This is probably not a good thing but I can attribute it to football and long grinding days. The result is that my grades aren’t as good as I want them to be, my goal was and still is to make the Deans list, and I don’t believe I met that goal over this first semester.
This first semester is not what I thought it was going to be like. My grades are decent, but I have not really learned that much book information. I feel that this semester had a focus of getting freshman used to the college experience more than memorizing information. I thought that I would have my head buried in a book any chance that I could or else I would fail, and that hasn’t happened. My first goal was to overachieve in academics and get grades that people wouldn’t think that I would get, and I have not done that, I have stayed the same grade wise as I always have. Also, I wanted to complete the football season and stick it out, which I have thus far and I know I will as long as I am here.
As far as the future goes, the main point as always will be my grades. I need to focus more on them and raise my GPA so that I have a better chance of getting a job after college. I think that I should change my sleep schedule and make sure I get to bed at a reasonable time. This will help with my academics and my athletics. My first goal will stay the same: to make deans list. Also I am going to add two: the first is to not drop a class and the second is to start at quarterback next year. There is no sense in setting goals if they are to be just mediocre. You need to set goals that will make you the best person you can be and you need to put countless hours of hard work in to achieve those goals. I am looking forward to chase these goals next semester.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Campus Safari: Day of Peace
I forgot to post a blog last week, so I figured that I would just post the one I was going to do this week. I went to the Day of Peace in the Lyman Hall. My roommate, Dion, and I went to the 9 PM showing, however they had showings going throughout the day.
We witnessed a talent show. It started with the presenters doing Zumba and they let anyone who wanted to go up on the stage with them and partake in this dancing type of aerobics. The next presenter was a hula-hoop dancer and made a bunch of moves with her light up hula-hoops. It was fun to watch. We could not take any pictures, however because the sign at the door said no pictures and we wanted to obey the rules.
Our Class
This first semester featured something that might be more popular in high school rather than college. We had the same people in the same two classes, every Tuesday and Thursday. It was an experience that I believe had some advantages that I will miss.
One thing that I will not miss, for sure, is going to Anthropology. It was just not a fun class to go to, and without having everyone in the same two classes; I think that it would have been very challenging.
From the first day in Inquiry, we got to know everyone in our class pretty well, and I think that our relationships grew throughout the semester. I believe that some good friendships were formed because of this grouping of classes.
The thing that I will miss the most is the chemistry that we had as a unit. It was easy to talk to everyone about what was going on in either Inquiry or Anthropology. If we had trouble on a test or a paper we could always talk to one another. In some of my other classes, I do not see any people on campus until that class actually comes, so it is hard to get help from other peers.
I especially liked our group because I feel that we all fit in together. Even though we came from different towns, cities, and states, we had no problem gelling and there were no real outcasts. It seemed that everyone was comfortable sharing and everyone got along with each other. We had no problems all year regarding drama or anything like that, which is always a positive. Also, we all could take constructive criticism very well. With the two video projects we had to do, it was easy for someone to get mad at another for talking bad about their video, but we were all just trying to help and everyone understood that.
Overall, this was a fun two classes (well, one at least) and I am going to miss the bond that out class formed.
Ideal Life After College
Planning out the ideal life after college is a very challenging thing. There are so many unknowns at this point in our lives that it is very hard to come up with a plan that will end up actually being your future. If everyone knew exactly what was going to happen in his or her life and there were no surprises, then what would be the fun of life?
However, it is important to have a general idea of what you want to do once you are done with whatever schooling you decide to end with. If you do not have a plan, then it is very hard to be successful.
An idea of my ideal life would probably differ than what is actually going to happen. No one can truly get everything he or she wants, but we can dream.
When I am older I want to live in a good-sized house, which is well kept up. I would love to live more south than here, maybe Virginia or the Carolinas, however wherever it is, I want it to be close to my family. I want a family of 4 or 5 and to be happily married. My dream job, whatever it may be, is something that requires enough hours that I can support my family as much as I can, but I can also get time off to enjoy my children growing up. My dream life is funny because it kind of resembles what my parents went through as my siblings and I grew up.
I am not really dreaming of much when I think about my ideal future. Of course I want the money, nice car, and the trophy wife. But there are more important things than that. I feel that raising a great family would be an ideal situation for me in the future.
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