- your major and professional goals after graduation
- your language background--home language(s) and languages you've studied
- writing experience (in English and other languages)
- professional experience and professional writing experience
- hobbies and interests
Remember that blog posts need to be at least 300 words long and that you need to send me your blog user name by Friday's class.
due Friday, 9/31
Hello my name is Tom Godinsky. I am a junior at Ohio University. I am currently a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, Sigma Alpha Lambda and Phi Sigma Pi national honor fraternities. I am also involved in Ohio University intramurals all year round. I am currently an active member of Habitat for Humanity. Upon graduating from Ohio University in 2014 I plan to move south in search of a teaching career. I also plan to coach either high school basketball or football. I also plan to go graduate school to study for my masters in education and possibly administration as I may steer my career into administration or become an athletic director at a high school. I am also possibly thinking about studying to become a college professor and would love to teach at Ohio University. I am an integrated social studies major specializing in AYA and secondary education. I am currently working on history and political science minors.
ReplyDeleteAs of most of us I speak English but studied Spanish for two years in high school. History essays, responses and papers for multiple history classes mainly surround my writing experience. Most of my writing experience other than history responses falls under my education classes. Within these courses I must construct lesson plans and writing letters to teacher in which I observe or teach in their classrooms.
My professional experience in the work field involves multiple jobs over the past few years. Within my major I have observed and taught in inner city Columbus to seventh grade students. I am currently employed at Dick’s Sporting Goods, where I am a team sports, apparel and fitness sales associate. This past summer I was a youth camp counselor employed by the government of the city of Twinsburg. I have also been employed at the United Parcel Service and Petitti’s Garden Center. Through these occupations my writing experience has included filling out customer and company documents.
I have an array of hobbies that I participate in. Sports have always surrounded my life. I played football, baseball, basketball, and ran track in high school. I spend a lot of my free time at PING playing basketball or working out. I also enjoy doing community service. Through my three honor fraternities I participate in community service locally all yearlong. I also build houses locally and through Nelsonville through Habitat for Humanity.
My goal in life is help people. I really want to teach high school history and spread my knowledge and mold young minds. I also enjoy coaching the youth and cannot wait to coach high school athletics.
Hello, my name is Brenna Jenny. I am a senior in the School of Theatre Acting studio, training to become a professional actress. After I graduate from Ohio University, I plan to move to Montreal and persue my acting career. My goal is to act for independent films and to be involved in cinematic art that will really speak to people and touch their lives in some way by relating to their personal experiences, passions, dreams and fears. If I am able to be a part of something that will really affect even a few select people and make them think about how they live their lives and question their ideals, then I will feel I have accomplished something truly beautiful. I am a firm believer that art is one of the most powerful forms of communication that we have, and a way of expressing ourselves in a way that words alone cannot do.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to say in the near future that I am fluent in a language other than English. I studied French for three years in High School, but remember very little of it. I plan to re-learn the language, not only becuase I find it beautiful, but also because it is spoken by most people in the area of Canada that I plan to move to. I hope that it will someday be a part of my everyday life and how I communicate.
My writing experience thus far has been predominately that which I have done for classes. Although I do not have much experience in the art of creative writing, it is something that interests me and I would like to write creatively more often as a hobby. I plan to become involved in ACRN (All Campu Radio Network) this year, and my role in that will include writing about musical artists and reviewing shows. I hope to learn to be more effective as a writer and learn how to better express myself through language.
I have limited professional experience in the work field thus far. One of the two jobs I have had was working for USPS, sorting packages. The second job I had was a bit more obscure: I worked for about a year as a singing telegram performer. When I tell people this, they are usually surprised that singing telegram companies are even still around today. After getting paid to dress up as Marilyn Monroe and performing for birthday parties and various social gatherings, I have learned that (for some odd reason) it is still an art form that people pay to see...and that I look absolutely awful in a blonde wig.
I have several hobbies and interests, most of which are in some area of the arts. My first love is definitely the theatre. I have been performing in community theatre shows since I was in the first grade and realized I needed a creative outlet. Since then, I have been involved in several film prjects as well as a few productions here at OU. In my free time, besides spending time with friends and socializing, I enjoy painting, hiking, exploring nature, making music, and drinking lots of tea. I have a strong love for travelling, and was lucky enough to have the opportunity to study abroad in Ireland last summer where I studied film, met plenty of interesting and unique people, and had epic adventures. I fully intend to travel to as many places as I can in my lifetime, make art, and meet as many unique and interesting people as possible. I want to have as many exciting and diverse experiences as possible so I can be inspired to create art that will, in turn, inspire others.
Hello, my name is Janae Kelly. I’m studying Health Service Administration. This is my fourth year at Ohio University. I am a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi chapter here on campus. I plan on joining leadership clubs and/or positions in my fraternity chapter to advance in my career. My future goal in my field of study is to one day manage a health care facility or organization. One path I do not wish to follow is working in a hospital environment. There are many management problems in any health care facility, but I feel in a hospital a lot of problems are immense and that’s something I’m not interested in. Past few summers I worked for a non-for-profit organization in Columbus called Easter Seals. The organization was a disability service which I had the opportunity to work with different consumers such as mild retardation, memory loss, autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy. I worked with many consumers of different ages. I would be very interested in future job openings along that field. I have past influences with disability people so I can see myself working in that field. The focus I want to give my major is working on the executive side of any health care facility. I always wanted to help people as my passion, but being on the management side of an organization allows me to manage productivity and plan things accordingly. Growing up I’ve only been exposed to English. High school and early college I focused on the Spanish language which I was very interested in. Today I am not involved with any other languages. My only writing experience is what I have studied in college; general education English classes. My hobbies include crafting, sewing, movies, reading, fishing, outdoors, hiking, and exercise. Some of my interests are technology, art, animals, health, country music and scary movies.
ReplyDeleteHello my name is Travis Huck; I am currently studying Criminal Justice at Ohio University. My goal in life is to become a federal agent at either the FBI, or the CIA. Currently I am in the running for an internship with the CIA for next summer in Washington, DC. Before I came to Ohio University I tried to enter the State Highway Patrol but was unsuccessful in my attempt. My home language is English, but being from Southeastern Ohio I would classify our language as more Appalachian than English. In High School I did study two years of Spanish but I would not classify myself as a Spanish speaking person. My writing history includes small papers in high school as well as some more complex papers that I have done at my previous Community College. I have very limited professional experience in writing, this summer I did have to compose a memo for the facilities department of ODOT.
ReplyDeleteMy hobbies and interests include a wide variety of items, I love to do anything outdoors and work with my hands. My favorite hobby would have to be carpentry, my father and I usually complete around three to four projects a year for our family. While working with him in our small home shop we have created cornhole boards, tables, desks, furniture for our dining room, and many other items. I love working with my hands to create an object that my family or friends can use and like to show off to other people. My interests include archery, fishing, and hunting. My family owns one hundred acres of land and most of it is woodland with a small creek that runs through our property. Growing up I had nothing else around so I became fascinated with the wildlife that is abundant on our property. That fascination quickly turned into a passion of mine, now I find that passion to be a great escape from everyday life and a good way to relax.
Hello Dr. Phillips and ENG 3840 Classmates:
ReplyDeleteI am a non-traditional full-time student interested in continuing my career as a counselor/community resource for parents and families of exceptional children (learning disabled and gifted). Although my major is currently psychology, I think I will be transferring into the Specialized Studies major with a concentration in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences to hopefully then continue with a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Education through the College of Education.
My home language is English but I have rudimentary knowledge and even tested into the same level of both French (1 quarter here at OU and some in high school long ago) and Spanish (from living for 10 years in Santa Fe, New Mexico). Although I did write some in French, I did not do it well. I have never written any Spanish outside of flashcards to help my high-school daughter study.
I actually have considerable experience writing and researching, and started out years ago as an English literature major. I am an older student and have worked for, well, more years that I’d care to admit to; most of them in university administration, 5 of them as Editor-in-Chief and writer for The Review, an educational journal. (I promise to be gentle with peer reviewing, though.) Some of you townies may know my name from the local and state level advocacy I’ve done for education. I am also a trained vision therapist and worked for 2 years with a local optometrist until she shut down that part of her practice and I was laid off.
I am recently divorced from a 22 year long marriage. I have three wonderful children, ages 14, 19 and 20. I spend most of my time with them or studying. My hobbies include cake decorating, candy making, reading non-fiction and fishing.
I am looking forward to building on the skills I have and learning about the areas with which I have no experience (blogging for one).
Best,
Paige Stretton
Hola! My name is Mike Sosa and I am a junior at OU.
ReplyDeleteI’m from San Diego, CA so my favorite football team is the Chargers. Looking forward to a SuperBowl win this year. Some of my favorite things are the beach, Mexican food, mango, mango flavored anything, and baseball.
I’m a Sport Management major with a Business minor. After I graduate from OU, I want to get my Masters, and possibly a PhD, in the Sport Administration graduate program here at OU. As far as my professional goals, I am still uncertain about what I want to do with the rest of my life. Part of me wants to get an entry level job with a Major League Baseball Organization and work my way up the corporate ladder. The other part of me wants to either become a professor at a university or a high school teacher and baseball coach. Thankfully, I still have a few more years to figure it out.
My only solid professional experience is working for my mom’s company for a year and half. She has a firm management and consulting company in San Diego and I have worked with her at the office and at events she hosted. I am also currently a Peer Advisor for the LINKS Program through the Office of Multicultural Student Access & Retention.
My first language is English and I also took a few years of Spanish in high school. I can understand and speak some basic conversational Spanish, but I have forgotten a lot of it since the first couple years of high school. I don’t really have any official writing experience, but I have written a bunch of research papers and other types of persuasive essays throughout my years in school.
As far as my hobbies go, I try to get to Ping on the weekdays and play a couple hours of basketball or workout. Also, my fraternity, Theta Chi, has intramural sport teams for pretty much every sport the school offers so I always play on those if I am free. I’m also really into music and do a little bit of song-making in my free time. Other than that I usually mess around at home, ride my mini-longboard, or kick my soccer ball around when I’m bored.
Mango. With a squeeze of lime juice. Yes. Do you ever fly through O'Hare? Rick Bayless has opened a new restaurant there with fantastic Mexican food and a great mango lime drink. It's almost enough to make it worth flying through O'Hare!
DeleteHello Dr. Phillips and ENG 3840:
ReplyDeleteMy name is Kasimir Toplak, and I am a junior at Ohio University. I spent my last 2 years attending classes at Columbus State Community College where I earned an Associates of Liberal Arts Degree. While I am still currently in the University College major, I am planning on applying to Scripps Journalism College sometime soon. After graduating I hope to have a career in writing, especially one which involves Journalism. When I am admitted into Scripps Journalism College, I will most likely pursue web Journalism, as it seems to be the most applicable option in today’s job market.
English, is my native language, and the only one I speak currently. During High School I studied Spanish for 2 years, and Latin for one year. I am planning on studying a foreign language during Spring Semester. I have no professional experience with writing, though I hope to amend that by finding something in a Work-Study program. At my previous college, I wrote various research papers and persuasive essays.
My main hobbies are fitness related, such as lifting weights and running. I am also very interested in music, and I even play a little guitar, though I still do not know how to read music. In the past, I also spent a lot of my time singing and performing vocal exercises, however I had to stop temporarily due to some damage I had sustained to my vocal chords. I will hopefully be able to resume my singing regiment sometime soon; I will first have to confer with a doctor to make sure my vocal chords are making progress in their healing process. I also enjoy camping and hiking during some of the warmer months. Over the summer I took a road trip from my home town of Columbus, up to the Adirondacks in New York, where I camped, alone for the first time.
I am looking forward to improving my writing skills this semester, and hopefully working my way closer to writing professionally.
My user name is kt445112
Dear Dr. Phillips,
ReplyDeleteAfter graduation I have many hope to dreams to fulfill. I am hoping to go into sales after I am finished with school and maybe be in medical sales in particular. In high school I was very unsure about wanting to go to college and was scared to leave home because I came from a very small town and was comfortable there. I had no idea what on earth I wanted to do with my life and what job I would want to have. Well, now that I am in college, I have come to find I LOVE it! Learning new things and expanding my horizons is great! I learned that I absolutely love working with people and getting to know them. I am an extremely social person, so now that I am a junior I have decided I want to go into sales! I am a communication major with a minor in management and in marketing. I really enjoy learning about all these things and have come to find that I picked the right major and minor for what I want to do. In high school, I took French and my sophomore year of college I took Italian. I found both of those languages challenging. I like learning them, even though I wasn’t the best at speaking them. In both of these classes, we all had to write papers and write oral dialogues, so I have a little bit of experience in writing these languages. In the English language I have a good amount of experience writing papers and things of that nature. English was my favorite class in high school! Although English was my favorite class, I do not have any professional writing experience. But professionally I have interned and have worked at a couple different places, mainly dealing with customers though. My hobbies are horseback riding and ballroom dance. In high school I was a cheerleader but I always did the weird girly sports! My interest is in fashion, it is one of my favorite things and I truly really love clothes. One day, after I have enough money I am hoping to on my own bridal dress shop and but both my selling ability and love of fashion into one thing! I hope you enjoyed learning a little bit more about me! See you tomorrow!
Sincerely,
Emily Hedley
Dr. Phillips:
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is Tyler Rosten and I am a junior broadcast journalism major here at Ohio University. I am also in the E.W. Scripps School of journalism. I am from the Pocono Mountains which is a small town located in Northeast Pennsylvania about eight hours away from here.
My major and professional goals after graduation are to work in the sports broadcast industry and be able to wake up every morning and love what I do for a living. I absolutely love to watch and participate in sports. There’s nothing I enjoy more than sitting down and watching a sporting event with my friends or getting outside and getting some exercise. I currently work for a couple of organizations on campus.
I am the Women’s Soccer and Field Hockey reporter for the Bobcat Sports Showcase at WOUB, which involves writing about the teams as well as producing television content. I also anchor and report for the sports department section of Newswatch at WOUB. I work at WATH radio as well co-hosting an hour-long sports radio show along with color commentating at high school football and basketball games. My favorite sport by far is soccer and hopefully my future career will some how let me be involved with soccer.
I only speak English and have taken three entry-level quarters of Spanish here at school but I do not consider myself fluent in the language whatsoever. My writing experiences have varied throughout the years.
I have written in all kinds of styles including short stories, poems, essays, broadcast and radio script to name a few. As far as professional experience is concerned I interned with the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, an AHL hockey team, this summer and was responsible for producing content for the website in the form of press releases, roster updates, and actually stories.
-Tyler Rosten
Dr. Phillips,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Michael Garr and I am a junior here at Ohio University, majoring in broadcast journalism with a specialization in history and sports management.
One of my goals is to graduate from Ohio University. After that, I’d like to really do anything that is related to sports and journalism. More specifically have an opinion column about sports, have my own radio show, or be a play-by-play announcer for a certain sport and or team, or any combination of the three. The only other language I’ve studied other than English is Spanish, and even after studying it for five years I’m far from fluent in it. I never had an interest for Spanish, and the only reason I took it was because I was required.
I’ve always enjoyed reading and writing. I’ve had a lot of experience in other English classes in college and high school writing different kinds of things. I’ve written in Spanish, but again I did not enjoy it and if I tried now I don’t think I could do it. As far as professional writing goes, I wrote for my high school newspaper and currently write a sports column for Speakeasy Magazine here at OU. This past summer I interned with the Southern Ohio Copperheads, a summer league baseball team that is based in Athens. I wrote game recaps and small features for their website throughout the summer.
My hobbies and interests basically revolve around sports. Along with writing for Speakeasy Magazine, I’m on “The Sports Fan”, a sports radio show for the local Athens radio station WATH. In my spare time I love watching, reading about, playing almost every sport imaginable which is why I want sports to be involved in whatever job I have in the future. I also enjoy running, watching old game shows and hanging out with my friends.
- Michael Garr
To Dr. Phillips and my Classmates,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Catherine Jackson. I am from Athens, Ohio and I am currently developing my Bachelor's of Specialized Studies degree with concentrations in Plant Biology and Environmental Geography. After graduation I plan to work somewhere in the conservation industry for a few years, then get a master’s degree in education so that I can teach at the high school or community college level.
I have an associate’s degree in Ecotourism and Adventure Travel from Hocking College. After completing my degree in 2009, I did an internship in the Federated States in Micronesia. I lived there for a little over two years and taught ecotourism and biology courses at a local high school. I also tutored English for an after-school program because English is a second language there. The island where I lived is called Pohnpei and most of my students spoke Pohneian as their native language. While I was there I learned to speak Pohneian and Mokilese. I have done writing in both of these languages, although most of my experience was in conversation. These languages are very different from English which made it difficult for me to learn, but also difficult for my students to learn English. Being an ESL teacher and English tutor has probably made me a better English speaker myself from having to explain certain concepts and grammar rules to my students.
My own personal writing experience goes about as far as most college students. My Associates degree is an applied science degree so I have written many research papers in APA format, but also have used MLA format in high school.
My professional experience consists of teaching, tutoring, and a few jobs in the tourism industry, such as being a tour guide for Hocking Hills Canopy Tours. Most of my hobbies include the outdoors such as hiking, backpacking, rappelling, scuba diving, etc. I have been back in the U.S. for about a month and have been gone for over two years so a lot of the current trends in blogging, twitter, etc. are just totally new to me. I am glad to have the opportunity to be in this class and become more familiar with these types of communication.
-Catherine Jackson
Hello there, Dr. Phillips and fellow ENG 3840J classmates,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Jason Tingley and I’m currently a junior here at Ohio University studying Forensic Chemistry. I transferred to OU winter quarter 2012 after two years at the Colorado School of Mines studying Geological Engineering. To keep it simple, engineering was not the profession I was hoping it would be so ultimately I transferred to follow my passion of crime and criminals.
This might be ambitious to say, but I’d love to be employed by the FBI. Television shows such as ‘Bones’ and ‘Dexter’ have fascinated me for years. The possibility of working on a nationally (or internationally) known case, such as Ted Bundy or Sam Sheppard is a major goal for my life. As morbid as that goal may be to some, I look at it as trying to solve a ‘sunk cost’. The crime and/or murder has already been committed, which is terrible in its own right, but bringing the guilty party to justice studying the evidence left behind is the best way to bring good to the situation.
English is the language spoken in my home but I did take French for 12 years—from kindergarten through junior year of high school. To be honest though, I’m still terrible. Arabic was not much easier when I took it at Mines but it was much more interesting, the history of that language alone held my attention. My mother speaks fluent German and I wish that I were not such a pip when I was younger and allowed her to teach me. This is one regret that I carry.
For almost every year of school, there has been an English class to go with it. I say almost because at Mines (the engineering school) we did not have English courses. When I transferred to OU, the English class I took had us writing about Andy Warhol or Othello… I was thrilled! As far as writing in French goes, all the accents and different tenses simply confused me. The Arabic symbols can be quite elegant and visually appealing but the language itself is even more confusing than French as the letters are completely different.
Having friends (or parents of friends) in the field of law has been a major plus. Their connections and tips over the years have been indispensable! I’ve had the opportunity to review and write up my own crime reports from mock cases. Getting insight from not only the prosecution/ defense angle but also the witness/ lab rat perspectives. Mock Trial in high school was my club of choice.
As far as hobbies and interests go, I’m a major movie buff but a great hike also tickles my fancy. My favorite movie would be V for Vendetta and the greatest place to hike is Colorado.
Cheers to a great year!
Hello, my name is Sierra Eggert and I am majoring in graphic design and minoring in business. I would love to intern at a graphic design firm and possibly get a position. The reason for my business is minor is that I want to run my own graphic design firm after I obtain enough experience. I am a native English speaker and have studied Spanish for five years. I am just now taking my first semester of German. I decided to study German because of my heritage and I want to revive some of the lost history within my family. Most of my writing has been done in English; I write poetry, have written scripts for commercial and radio use, and short stories that go along with character development within my comics. I have had many different jobs as most college students do simply to make an extra buck. I did, however, have to write a speech for the Junior Achievement Association to represent my class and their achievements. We had opened up our own business printing t-shirts and held a contest for the design that was to be printed on them. It was very educational, busy, and eye-opening for me because that was when I realized what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I was born a natural leader, communicator, and collaborator along with a bit of artistic talent. I don't have many hobbies but I danced for fifteen years, took cartooning classes at the local gallery, and picked up rollerblading this past summer break. I also study various religions so that I can better understand certain cultures, and I study anatomy so that my human drawings are in proportion and maintain a life-like quality. If you wish to know anything else, just ask. I don't bite.
ReplyDeleteHello my name is Asa Hauser, and this is my fourth year. I plan to graduate at the end of next years fall semester with a degree in Restaurant, Hotel, and Tourism with a minor in business. I plan on focusing my careers around the hotel and tourism aspect since that seems more appealing than the hustle and bustle of the restaurant business. This major allows me to do various jobs in almost any place on the map. I think I eventually want to live in a different country, but am uncertain about any future concrete plans. I think that things are always changing so it is hard predict where I will be in the next 5, 10, 20 years.
ReplyDeleteAs far as language background, my resume is pretty small. Like many other students I took Spanish throughout middle school and up to sophomore year of high school. I also worked for a concrete company the past three summers and would be around mostly mexican-americans whose first language was Spanish. It was almost more effective than taking the class itself, but was definitely more entertaining being surrounded by their antics.
I do not have much writing experience outside of what was required from the teacher or professors. I never would keep a journal or diary or write for fun. I would be interested in creating TV show scripts, because I think I could create some funny scenarios that would have a mass appeal.
My hobbies and interests include baseball, hanging out, traveling, trying new things, and any adventure. Unfortunately I am not involved in any intramural sports so I don't play any structured sports anymore, but I am an avid golfer. I live across the street from a golf course so I have easy access to play the game. I think that golf is a sport that everyone should pick up, because it is somethinkg you can do even when you are much older and it is outdoors.
Hello my name is Kelsey Standish. I am a junior at OU with the major of middle school education with focuses on math and language arts. I am from Lakewood, OH, which is a small town with a lot of people. I love living in Lakewood and would like to live there for the rest of my life. In Lakewood OH there is a private beach called Clifton beach that my family belongs to. This is where I spend a lot of my time in the summer with my family. We go here to grill out and go swimming or lay out almost every day of the summer, it is like a little vacation spot about five minutes from home. My hobbies consist of going to this beach, jewelry making, basketball, and hanging out with good friends. Along with teaching I would love to be a volleyball, gymnastics, or basketball coach at the school I teach at.
ReplyDeleteMy language background is English, my family goes all the way back to Ireland and Manx, which are both primarily English-speaking countries. I have not stepped out of the English speaking boundaries much besides taking Spanish class in grade school and high school. I was not very good at Spanish and this is why I never stuck with it. Although I think it would be very neat to be able to speak another language. Once again, same thing with my writing experience besides always writing in English there were a few times I wrote in Spanish for assignments in high school or grade school.
The professional work experience I have is a few jobs here and there but my main job is working in retail and our local mall. Within my major I have observed and taught in inner city Columbus as well as Trimble here in Athens County. I have also observed at a couple inner city schools around my hometown in Cleveland, OH. I do not have much professional experience although in 7th grade I was published in a book for a poem I wrote. The book consisted of a bunch of poems written by kids from 4th to 12th grade. So to me, that was a pretty big accomplishment. I hope that this helps you to know a little bit more about me!
Dr. Phillips,
ReplyDeleteHello, my name is Teri Ewing. As a third year student in hopes of graduating this coming spring, I have thus far devoted my studies to my major in Spanish and minor in linguistics. I am also becoming TEFL certified and pursuing a teaching license for Spanish. In addition to classes, I work in the English Language Improvement Lab as a tutor for international teaching assistants, aiding them in bettering their English pronunciation. I am also employed by the Department of Residential Housing as a resident assistant in Voigt Hall. Prior to my current jobs, I have worked my fair share of years at Subway, making me qualified as a sandwich artist, delivered packages for UPS, and cleaned offices for a local company. In my spare time, I am involved with Voigt Hall Council, East Green Council, and volunteer for FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary Schools) where I teach Spanish once a week to an elementary class in the area.
Born in the South, my native language is English, though a slightly different variety than the Midwestern dialect of Ohio despite the fact that I have lost most of my accent after living in Ohio for an extended period of time. In school, I have studied
Spanish for the past 6 years and just returned from a study abroad trip in Toledo, Spain.
Throughout my schooling, I have written in both languages, though my Spanish writing is much less developed. In my professional and scholarly life, I write research papers, reflection papers, class notes, progress logs for the students I tutor, lesson plans for my FLES class, a variety of emails to professors and residents, and advertisement posters for hall events.
Aside from work and school, I find time to relax and enjoy my various hobbies. Unfortunately, as a poor college student, I do not have enough money to partake in my favorite hobby, traveling, as much as I would like, but I have managed a quarter long trip to Spain, a two week long trip to Gabon, Africa, and hopefully this year a trip to England to visit my boyfriend who will be stationed at an Air Force base near London. On the other hand, a hobby I can actually afford to do is crochet. I crochet a variety of things from hats to scarves and even bracelets. In addition to these two hobbies, I am always looking for a good conversation where I can discuss issues, truly delve into a topic, and figure out what I actually believe about the subject. The after-conversation epiphany is what I live for.
I am looking forward to the challenging nature of this class and have high hopes that skills learned this semester will transfer into all facets of my student and professional life.
Teri Ewing
There is never, never enough money for traveling.
DeleteHello my name is Aaron Wicklund. I am a transfer student from San Francisco, California and I am 24 years old. I am a sports management major in the college of business. I hope to one day work for a professional sports organization or a division I sports program in the management level. I have not decided yet if I will pursue further education once I graduate, but I have considered trying to earn a master’s in business or a law degree.
ReplyDeleteMy language background mostly consists of English although I have taken other language courses. I studied French in high school and both Spanish and Italian in college. While it seems like I have learned numerous languages, they were only studied for a short period of time and I cannot say that I speak any of the languages.
I have taken a variety of English courses in high school and at the college level, mostly having to do with descriptive writing. I find that writing is usually one of my weaker subjects, and that I have a much easier time talking than I do writing. I am hoping that this class can help me build a professional writing ability or will help me to improve my writing skills on some level.
Over the summer I had my first real experience with professional writing. I worked at an engineering and architectural firm in the marketing department. I was given the task of writing introductions to articles the company had been featured in, that would be posted on the company’s website. This required me to read the article and write a very short introduction that would catch the reader’s attention and hopefully get them to read the article.
I am a big sports fan so most of my hobbies entail some form of sports. I enjoy playing football, basketball and baseball, as well as watching all three of those. I also enjoy hanging out with friends and having barbeques.
My name is Jamie Smith and I’m 22 years old. I’ve recently transferred to Ohio University after receiving my associate’s degree in Mental Health Technology from Belmont College. Once I transferred here in the spring, I started out as a Pre-Social Work major, but now I’ve changed my mind. My choice of major now is still within the College of Health Science and Professions, but is now concentrated on a Child and Family Studies major. I’ve grown up always wanting to work with children in some way or another and this is what I’d like to do after graduation. I’m unsure as of right now when graduation will be for me, but after I do graduate I would like to become a caseworker. After doing practicum hours at a residential juvenile facility, I really discovered that I would love to be a caseworker at a residential facility or within a children services agency. I know at times this job may be difficult to deal with and hard to see children who have grown up in such horrible situations, but I want to make an impact. A lot of people have tried to talk me out of it because of the emotional aspect that comes with the job, but I’m willing to deal with these issues myself in order to try and help these kids out in the best way that I possibly can. After graduation finding a job is the next most important step in my life, but I also want to get married, buy a home, and raise a family. These are all very important parts of my life and I’m very excited for my future. For the time being I’m enjoying being young, spending time with my boyfriend, being with my family, hanging out with my friends, going out, and just living the college life. I’ve been staying very busy with my school work and I’m hoping this class brings out better paper writing skills and knowledge of the English speaking language. I’ve never been able to learn or speak any other language besides English, but I’m still no expert. I haven’t had a lot of professional writing experience in my life and that’s one reason I’m taking this course. I know with being a caseworker it requires a lot of paperwork and I want to be able to present myself as professional as I possibly can on paper. Over the past years I’ve taken some college English courses, and I recently just finished up taking a literature class over the summer, but I’m hoping to sharpen my skills up throughout this semester.
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ReplyDeleteMy name is John Rogan and I am a currently a senior here at Ohio University. I’m from Hudson, Ohio, which is about a half hour south of Cleveland. Upon graduation of high school, I enrolled at Hofstra University as a finance major and played on their varsity lacrosse team. I transferred here last fall and am extremely happy I changed schools. My current major is Sports Management and I’d like to try to get a job in either NASCAR or the NFL, but I’m not particular. As long as I am comfortable then I’m not going to complain. I’d like to go to graduate school and possibly law school to become a player or team agent.
My language background is pretty simple; English is my native tongue and I studied Latin for three years in high school. Almost all of my writing experiences have been in English and in my academics. I went to a private school in high school that put a large emphasis on writing. My English classes assigned at least two or three five-paragraph essays a month. I had one huge research paper a year in my history classes. My writing requirements have substantially dropped off in my first three years of college.
My professional experience thus far has been in sports. During my time at Hofstra, I worked for their athletic facilities and event services. I set up and broke down the facilities for sports games and other events like Governor debates. I also worked for the Southern Ohio Copperheads this summer as a part of the general staff and as an assistant director of client services, working specifically accounts receivable. Most of my professional writing experience came with working in client services. I had to put together invoices for businesses.
I’m a pretty simple guy when it comes to my activities and interests. I do a lot of hanging out with my friends at home, listen to music, and play video games. I’m a huge Pittsburgh Steelers and Kyle Busch fan. I like to play golf and eat good food too.
Most of the time you can find me on the couch though.
I’m looking forward to a good semester and learning how to use my past writing teachings in a professional manner.
John Rogan