Monday, January 23, 2012
Blog Post #1
1.) I'm from Jacksonville, Alabama, which is located in northeast Alabama about an hour past Birmingham. USA will be the fourth college/university I have attended. After high school i attended King College in Bristol, TN for a year on a wrestling scholarship. I transferred from King back home to Gadsden State Community College after a year because I was having issues keeping my weight down and my grades up. After I finished up most of my basics at GSCC I transferred to Jacksonville State University and from there I came to USA. It was a tough decision to come to USA because my step-dad is an Auburn University alumni and he really pushed for me to go to Auburn but I had some friends from high school that came to school at USA and I've only heard good things from them about the school and city and that had a lot of influence on my decision.
My decision to go into the field of education was influenced by my love for sports. I've played sports my entire life and if I wouldn't have had weight issues I would probably still be wrestling. My first major was Business Administration but after I moved back home and helped coach some area high school wrestling teams I knew I wanted to teach and coach. One thing I love so much about sports is the preparation process so I would really like to be a strength and conditioning coach for a university. I realize that a bachelors degree doesn't mean the same as it always has so after I graduate with my bachelors i plan on going back for my masters in Kinesiology.
2.) I found Mr. Pausch's lecture very informative. I really agree with the planning things out part. I try to plan out every thing I do from the my school work to my workout. I like to have a plan before I start something. His suggestion of a to do list seems like it could be very helpful. If things are written down or typed out and I can actually see them and know what I have to do I usually get them done more proficiently. I had never heard of Mr. Pausch before this video but after I watched it I watched a couple other videos by him.
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Hi Josh! I would like to commend you on staying in school even though you've had to move around to different ones. From watching my fiance, I know once you stop school it's hard to go back. My roommate is from Center, AL. I know that's near Gadsden because she says that's the biggest city Center is near. Ha! I think you made the right decision by coming to South. This is my fourth semester here and I have loved it. But I haven't been to any other colleges to compare it to.
ReplyDeleteI also found Dr. Pausch's lecture informative. I plan out everything I do, and some of the tips he gave were very helpful. Maybe we both can use his tips to stay on task in this class!
I lived in Newport, Tennessee for four years. That is not too far from Bristol.
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