Wellness

I believe I am leading a balanced college student life. I study when I need to and so far my studying has been effective. I also go out with friends and lead a good social life. During down time I study but also work out a lot. I think the active aspect of the college life is over looked by social and school. I feel that I am very balanced and when something more important comes up I can still balance my time and life. Truthfully I wish I had more time to workout more and to sleep more. At the beginning of school I worked out often and took naps on a regular basis. But now since school has gotten more time consuming I have less time to do both. I think I'm going to have to give up some social time to go to Blatt and then take a nice nap after. I need some me time. And besides without my health I can't effectively study or go out with friends.

Week 10

My first experience with my mentor went very well. I was comfortable talking to him and I felt he is also comfortable talking to me. We got to know each other pretty well and I am happy that we are interested in a lot of the same things. I have not yet figured out exactly what his needs are. He is very well rounded and seems to be on top of things. But I think there is something more. On my next trip I will dig deeper to see what he wants out of having a mentor. My student is very involved with Hand. He is in band and also plans on playing basketball and other sports for his school. Personally I need no support right now dealing with my mentor. I am very glad to be mentoring this specific student and feel that I have the tools to do so effectively.

Diversity

My definition of diversity before coming to USC would be people with differences coming together to work together and being equal. That is a pretty basic definition but thats how I look at it. I think that diversity is only true when all the people get along and work together. Without being equal I think it is putting down one group of people and it is oppressive. Diversity can be through appearance, but can also be through beliefs and experiences. My view since being at Carolina has pretty much stayed the same. I came from very diverse schools and places so I am used to the large amount of diversity here. In some ways it is more diverse in my home town than it is here so that is kind of a difference. As we were told during our tour of Hand it is a very diverse school. While it is in a affluent neighborhood there are a large population of students that are not as well of as others. Also there is a mix of many races and ethnicities. While I don't know for sure, I can assume that there is a very diverse amount of beliefs and experiences that are shared among the students.

My Major and My Life

I chose my major months before coming to South Carolina, months before I knew for sure if I was coming to USC. Immediately after learning that there was a such thing as exercise science I decided I wanted that to be my major. Through high school I became increasingly interested in exercise. Not just doing it, but how it happens, what happens, and why it happens. This major fit me very well and I am happy with my major. My problem is that its not a passion of mine. I really don't know if I even have a passion. But I guess thats part of growing up is finding that passion and make into a living.

If money and education were not factors I would spend the rest of my life doing three things; traveling around the world, living in exotic places, and spending time with my friends. Since being a kid I've loved traveling and going different places and seeing different people. I don't know what it is but there is just something about discovering new places that excites me. When I say "living in exotic places" most people may immediately think of a beach or something like that. But I mean unique places. I want to spend a few months in New York City, then maybe a couple in L.A. After that I think I would go to South America and spend some time down there. From there I would want to hop around the world until I was suffice with my travels and return back to where ever my friends and family would be.

I don't really think that connects to my major at all. That's because I don't really want to have a career that has to do with my major. I don't want to do physical therapy, personal training, be a nutritionist or anything like that. Maybe I'll travel around and world and look how different people exercise. I don't know.

Information technology

When I went to the meeting for the lacrosse club I was very excited. I love playing and had been out of the game for the longest time in the last 4 years. I am itching to play and really want to get involved with the team and all the guys. I was happy to learn that this organization was actually well organized and seemed to have a good structure. I had heard that club lacrosse was unorganized and that it was just a bunch of guys that went out and played sloppy lacrosse, but this was not the case. I was glad to see that this was treated like an actual team and everyone was devoted to playing. While I love playing and really was excited to play I am not sure if I will be able to stay involved with the lacrosse team. It costs a pretty good amount of money and I dont have any of my equipment lately. Luckily I can still get involved into second semester so I will definitely look into that.