Off to College

enjoy your time

 

I have my first classes today! Wish me luck!

 

Big day and the best of luck but I think you have what it takes already inside you. Just work hard !!!!

Gaines

 

One thing that may tilt it toward K-12 as far as pay goes is that in some areas they will cover your student loans while you are teaching. It varies by state but if you have big enough student loans it can be a significant plus.

 

Today my first class went well. On my way to my second class however I went to the wrong room and didn't realize it until the instructor started roll call. The room my class was in was 138 but I accidentally went to 139!

 

Don't get too excited kid. You have to go back tomorrow too.

 

Hey guys I just wanted to give you all an update. Last week I became a pledge in a fraternity and has been one of the best decisions I have ever made, although I have to wait all semester for initiation. I have had the chance to meet even more people and there are now more opportunities are presenting themselves. Classes have been going okay. World History II has been a good one but I have been taking a communications class that see as a way as improving my speaking skills which is something I have been working on for a long time. I will try to keep posting but it has been getting more busy every week. But it's good to see that you all are doing alright!

Cheers,
Dave

 

If you want to improve your speaking skills I've heard very good things about Toastmasters. There should be an on campus or local branch. Also look into the debate team. A class in logic can also be good in that regard.

 

What I wouldn't do to be in your shoes all over again. Work hard and play hard. Enjoy it, its over in a blink.

 

Thanks for the update and for coming back despite your busy shedule.

 

Probably I Felta Thi, either that or Tappa Kegga Brewe. Those are the best ones.

 

Ahhhh...Tappa Kegga Bru...And then we grew up...And founded Alcoholics Unanimous.

 

Yep, our boy is growing up so fast.

 

I rushed Alpha Tau Omega. It's one of the smaller fraternities on campus but that is what I love about it. The biggest perk for a small fraternity is that everyone knows each other. I've already made good connections and friendships with some of the members and a lot of the new pledges. The past few years ATO has had very small pledge classes ranging 3-7 pledges. This year the chapter have 21 pledges which is the biggest pledge class they ever had so they are all very excited about that. There is a lot of things that I have to do like assignments, tasks, duties, etc. that I have to do through the course of this semester. At the end of the semester the actives take another vote on who will be initiated so I hope I do a good enough job and now screw up anything throughout the course of this semester.

One of the things I like about my history class is that we will have to start learning to look between the lines with documents, etc. The way the professor put it is that we have to look at the text, the context and the subtext. I think I will get a lot out of that class. My intro to religious studies class is going to be a bit of a challenge, but I really like the professor. Here's an example, one day during class we were in a deep discussion and in the middle of something he was saying he said, "You know we should have this class in a bar."

One of the requirements to stay in the fraternity is that we have to maintain at least a 2.5 or 2.25 GPA so my studies and work are important. It's also nice because the pledges in ATO must have at least five study hours in their chapter room. So I will always have the chance to get a lot of work done.

Cheers :cheers:,
Dave

 

Everyone's leaving for Labor Day weekend. It's like a ghost town here on campus

 

Oh yeah, forgot youse guys also celebrate Labour Day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day#Canada

Time to cut loose for a day or two, Smiles. Cheers.

 

Yeah...I celebrating Labor Day by laboring. We're shorthanded and the work needs to get done. Ehh...money's money.