Scooter Gang

Recently a couple of my friends and I brought our scooters from home to ride around college.  We were tired of walking to class and thought this would be a great idea.  We knew that scooters were looked at as a child's toy and very unpopular.  Fortunately we do not care because we are very individualistic people and do not care what other people think. These scooters we are riding are now allowing us to get to our classes and our vehicles in a fraction of the time and we even joke around on them from time to time.  But, it is easy to wreck them on the cracks in the pavement, so they do take a certain skill-set to correctly ride.  All in all, the scooters were a great choice and I cannot wait to ride in the Scooter Gang later.

College Exams

Before coming to college I was very concerned about the exams, because I never had to study in high school.  Sure enough I had my first exam today and I did not study as much as I probably should have.  I realized throughout the exam that I did know a large percent of the questions but I definitely also realized I need to do more studying.  Its very important that I learn good study habits and put them into use during the rest of the year.  Hopefully my next exam will be even better and I will feel more confident.

                Living with two other roommates is an interesting situation here at Wartburg.  Luckily I get along with both of them.  It definitely helped that I was friends with one of my roommates before I came to college.  Living with Tony and Zach has its perks, but it also has its down side too.  The perks are obvious, always being around friends who want to have a good time and being around people who are into the same things as I am into.  The down side is that it is hard to focus on schoolwork at times and occasionally I find myself having to leave the room to get serious papers and lab reports done.  None the less, I enjoy being with Tony and Zach and hopefully they will be lifelong friends of mine.

One thing that I knew would be very difficult is football.  It was hard making the change from playing all the time in high school and being the “big man on campus” to being on scout team and getting little to no recognition.  It has definitely taught me that hard work in high school doesn’t even compare to hard work in college.  Football has got to basically be my life now, along with school.  I find myself trying to sleep at night and dreaming about football, which causes me to jolt up in my bed and ends with me realizing I am not on the field playing.  It is something that will take more time to get used to but I am always up for the challenge.

Blog Topic: Dorm Room Dieting
I have currently started a protein and carb diet with a few fellow athletes that are also my friends.  We have realized that it is quite easy to diet in college when the cafeteria offers so many healthy options.  The difficult part about dorm room dieting is the late night study snack aspect.  Late night study sessions almost always leads to hunger and hunger at night time leads to unhealthy snacks.  We are continuously trying to overcome this difficult situation, but we shall prevail.  Hopefully we can continue to keep up on this road to healthiness.

The values of an educated life are endless.  First off, people with an educated life are more tuned in with local and nationwide events.  Being up to date with technology is also a great value.  Some may argue that getting a great job and having a fat paycheck is the main value, but I tend to disagree.  An educated life can allow people to grow happy with other educated people.  They can easily get along and speak of topics that are of great interest.  An educated conversation can be held for many hours.
The ideas that we have been presented with thus far have directly correlated with the values of an educated life.  We have learned that learning freely has many great additives and it can bring happiness to many people.