Coming to a Close

So the semester is coming to an end and it couldn't be happening sooner. I am so ready for winter break, and it's about time it got here. Classes for the past couple weeks have been horrible, and I just want finals to be over with already. However, this semester has not been without it's finer parts. I have in fact learned a lot for the most part. I just hope I will be able to continue this in the next semester. I have enjoyed English this year due to the fact that our topics that we wrote about were primarily left up to us to decide for ourselves. The work we did could possibly have some sort of benefit to someone somewhere, and gave me a sense of accomplishment. I actually wish that I could have a class next semester that is as enjoyable and stimulating as this one has been.

Thanksgiving Break is finally here!!!

So Thanksgiving break is almost upon us and all I can say is it can't have come at a better time. I have been so strung out with everything goin on, everything that has been due all of a sudden. I am ready to just kick back, relax, and eat some turkey for a week. I have been missing my friends and family back home so much I can barely stand it. I just hope that it will be as relaxing and enjoyable as I hope it will be. I think it will be due to the simple fact that I don't have to get up for an 8 am any of those days!

feedback on initiating action project

Thanks to Professor Scott for the feedback on my initiating action project. It helped.

Initiating Action

For my initiating action I have decided to address the issue that people don't seem to know a whole lot about the different Christian groups on and around campus. I plan to change this by starting a small website with information about many of them along with links to their websites if they have them. Please leave comments about whether or not you think this is a good idea or how to better improve it.

initiating action

We were told to find examples of things calling for or initiating action. I found a few but this i thought was really interesting. 

Here's the link:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cc65ed650d/ron-howards-call-to-action-from-ron-howard-and-henry-winkler

Problems with Tech

In class today we are given an assignment to compile a list of things that we thing are problems with Tech and things we are having trouble with. One thing that I see is a problem is that the food courts close too early. Just when I am really starting to get hungry, every one of the food courts (except DX) are closed.

It is pretty cold, especially of late. This goes hand in hand with the fact that you have to walk a good 10 minutes or more in the freezing cold just to get somewhere. Even if you take the bus it sometimes takes longer than walking and is not worth it.

Personally, I have a huge problem with security and cops are constantly stopping my friends and I for skateboarding to and from class. It is so agrivating when they say there is no skateboarding allowed anywhere on campus when in fact this is not true. It is only illegal on certain parts of campus and plus buses are so much more dangerous for pedestrians and traffic than skateboards.

The fire drill schedule seriously needs to be revamped. I am so sick of being woken up at 3 in the freaking morning to go downstairs and outside into the cold to stand for 20 minutes with hundreds of other pissed off people until they tell you it is ok to go back in and go to bed.

Another thing that bothers me about tech is the freshman football lottery. It is the most flawed method of ticket distribution ever. I have friends here who have won a ticket every time so far this year, but I have not won a single time. The only opportunity that I have had to go to a game was only because one of my friends gave me his ticket due to the fact that he didn't need his because he was going home for the weekend.

All of these are things that I find annoying, but in all seriousness, these are things that I have found to live with here at Tech. They are tollerable and worth tollerating in order to attend Virginia Tech.

People need to be more considerate

Something I've noticed about the people here at Tech is that alot of them are very inconsiderate, especially to people in a hurry. I was walking back from class the other day and saw a friend of mine who was in a hurry and riding his longboard to make up for the time. He was coming around a corner in and gave fair notice that he was comig. Note that nothing was blocking him from view in any way. When he came around the corner there were three people standing in a row across the path and flat out refused to move out of the way as any considerate person would. It took for him to be almost on top of one of them, who still wouldn't move, to realize that they weren't about to budge. So he had to jump off of his board, catch himself from falling, and watch his board go shooting off into the distance without him, while the person he narrowly avoided did nothing but look back at him and just keep right on walking.
Just yesterday I had a similar encounter while trying to get to Chemistry on time. I decided to ride my board because it is alot faster than just walking. I was going down the hill by Owens food court and being considerate of the people walking by politely saying," Excuse me." Most moved out of the way with plenty of time, but there were the few that just plain refused to move. I ended up having to jump off my board as well and while wearing my laptop backpack, lost my balance and rolled right onto my back. Those same people just kept right on walking after simply glancing back at me and not even asking if i was alright or apologizing. I was so scared for my laptop that I didn't bother saying anything to them. I ended up tearing up my hand and wrist which I had just landed on last weekend and sprained badly.
So in conclusion: People, if you see somebody in a hurry or hear them try to warn you that they are coming, please do the considerate thing and simply move out of the way. It will save all of us a bunch of trouble in the end.