Grades

Its been the first half of the semester and im starting to see how my grades are shaping out. Im not in love with how some of the grades are going so far but there is still time to try and change some of that. I know that it takes hard work and a lot of time and effort to get the grades that you truly want so time comes really important when it comes to grades but it seems like there isnt enough hours in the day ive always heard that saying but it never really hit home until i got into college because now it is really important but this semester is gonna be something that ive never really experienced before being my first college finals and everything i know its gonna be tough the studying will probably have to be so much in advance and with basketball season right in the middle of all of this i have no idea how it is all gonna turn out but i guess ill just see when the time comes and we start taking our finals with time flying by so far i think finals will come alot sooner than im thinking probably very very soon im hoping that i have time to see it coming and not got over whelmed with practice and games and all of those things that are gonna be going on during this time but i doubt i will be overwhelmed by this because i know i will sufficeint time to prepare but one thing that i really worry about is the gpa it seems like its calculated a little differently and is kinda hard to understand to be honest like do the hours count for less or more or something like that because im really not too sure but i would like to find out because it seems like my projected one was wrong but i guess working harder will just have to be the cure for that acting and doing instead of talking about it

Home/Basketball

Coming to school I never would of thought I would miss home too much. Because for as long as I can remember I've always been ready for school and ready to go off and start my college career. But as of late I've been pretty homesick why I really have no idea. I had a couple of chances to go home but I havent been home in a little bit. With basketball season already started up Im busier than ever with classes and basketball. At the end of the day I really havent had time for much of anything. Basketball workouts and practices are pretty hard and tiring it really takes a toll on the body. So sleep is much needed but it seems like everything is going by so fast. Like just last week was the first week of school and I was playing open gym everyday anticipating my first college basketball season. This past weekend we had our first scrimmage against eachother. It went pretty well except for rolling my ankle on this wet spot. It hurt like crazy and i had to stay in the game which was pretty annoying honestly. But now basically im just tryna get it healed so that i can be in shape when we start playing games because I know that I definitely need to be at 100%. Which kind of makes me nervous because ive had many ankle injuries in the past and they all took about a month or longer to heal. I would always feel like it was broken for good for some reason thats how bad the ankle would actually hurt. Its been blowing my mind how many students on campus are hurt. This campus is full of athletes so injuries will definitely be seen more frequently. So if you walk around campus your bound to see about 7-8 people on campus with crutches. Even basketball there has been so many of cases were people have hurt their ankles. Some people have been out for a month strong now some have been out for a week and some just wrapped the ankles and started playing the next day. So my situation im pretty concerned about because I have no idea whats gonna happen to me if im gonna be out for a couple months or if i will be able to make a full recovery really soon. Im hoping its gonna be the second one. But I guess I will just have to wait and see which one will happen to me.

Basketball

Basketball is coming up really soon and im excited for this season to come its gonna be an interesting experience playing basketball in college the talent level willl be so much higher than what ive ever played on before ive always thought about being on this level and being able to play and enjoy the experience its approaching fast and honestly making me a little nervous i know that ill gain much needed experience as the season goes on but its just like first coming to college foreign territory but this will be a little different because its all new but at the same time its all gonna be familiar and after the butterflies its gonna be easy and normal because each basket inside the three point line is 2 points theres fouls and etc. playing basketball in seguin will be pretty much the same as playing in houston because basketball is basketball if your playing in china or africa its still gonna be basketball but adjusting to the coaching will be different because not all coaches coach the same so ill have to get used to their coaching style i believe it wont be too difficult because i like to think im real coachable so we'll see how that all works out and stuff my team is real big and not everyone will be able to travel but we'll see who travels who will get playing time and what will happen when the season gets started and stuff im interested to see how good of a team we will be i think well be pretty good and the older guys are saying we're gonna be good so we'll see how good of a team we'll be when the season actually gets going i hope we will be a really good team and win this conference it would be a real great freshman season if we accomplished this last year they missed the playoffs by about one game but they believe if we work hard enough we'll be the best team in the conference i believe this too but we'll see exactly how this will go when we start actually playing games and stuff im kind of excited to go on the traveling games and the tournament during december i know that the tournament should be a good experience and also that the traveling games will be a great way to bond with the teammates its cliques on the team but its all one love if that makes any sense because groups on the team are all reallly really good friends but were all cool i hope we all open up to eachother and hang out with eachother a little bit more

Grading

Im starting to see that the teachers grade alot harder than what I expected. Of course making the jump from high school to college the expectation of quality of work is gonna be higher on a much higher level. But it kinda sucks when you think that you did so good, you worked hard, or you prepared hard for this or that. But when you get your grade back its not even close to what you expected to get on that assignment. I guess you just have to study alot harder and be soo much more prepared for classes. Being my first year in college its all been a huge learning experience but honestly I would much rather learn from others mistakes than my experiences. I dont wanna mess up too bad and many people have been through a situation the exact same as mine or very similar. So since theyre out there I just have to find them so that I can take advantage of the knowledge that is out there. Seeking help should be a huge aid, being help from students or from teachers. I know of a couple of students that want to be teachers and are doing very well and are willing to help out alot. One of my teachers took off alotta points on a test but then told us after the fact. So now that we learned that we will be prepared to show work on the tests in the future. I feel that I needa work harder and more efficiently. It seems like every week this blog gets harder and harder to write and things become more difficult to think of. This is weird because now theres so much going on in school right now and also basketball. We also start practice a week from saturday so workouts have been getting more serious. Alot of focus has been put on this season since we have the opportunity to be a very good team. Last year they were one game away from the playoffs so this year expectations are super high. With a very good incoming freshman class and a heavy senior class this season will be very interesting. Being that almost no one knows how this combination is going to mix if it will be good or bad. I think that it will be really good but in about a couple of weeks well see.

College Reflection

School has been a great experience so far. Its challenging, it's hard and difficult but its worth it. Each class challenges me in different ways, I pull out things from class everyday. Staying on top of your work is a big deal, if you don't. Catching up will be almost impossible for you. I've come to realize getting as much as I can get done early helps out alot. It reduces stress, it reduces the workload, and also your quality of work is alot better most of the time. The saying all work and no play comes alive here no one wants this and with the opportunity to take time off on the weekends this becomes more evident. Choices you make shape your entire life things may become good or bad from the decisions you make. So when forced with the choice that every student has when it comes to work and play being responsible is extremely important. Work tends to pile up on the weekends regardless of how much you get done. Even when you try to get as much as you can get done on the weekend. It seems like things tend to always pile up. So theres a choice to be made and that choice is either to stay home get what you need to get done or to go have fun. This is a hard decision for kids being that some are immature and dont know limits but then again those hard decisions are what mold us our lives and our experiences. When you think about this people should take what they do and what they choose more into consideration. If it was thought of like this then people would take every decision into account and then everything would be more critical. Should I go with my friends to have fun or stay and try and finish this homework. Ofcourse I'll have time to finish it when I get back but whats more important having fun or doing things to make you succeed in life. And when you get home there is a possibility you won't the time you need to get whatever you need done. Everyone wants to win everyone wants to consider themself as a winner and associate with winners. But winning choices usually arent made by most people, so when someone isnt a winner or successful who are they to be mad at anyone besides themselves. Failure is easy thats why the number of unsuccessful people is so much higher than the number of successful people. People who think about everything they do and if this particular thing benefits me or hurts me make all the small choices and decisions that lead them to that success at the top

Education

Most of my classes in college don't relate to my other classes at all. Each class covers its own topics its own agenda and their own cases. I guess this is the point of a liberal education, to be well rounded in many different areas of education. Whether this is ideal in education I don't know yet. I may never know being that I most likely won't compare this to any other college education. I wonder if all other students across the country feel that they have to take classes that have nothing to do with their major. If so do they think these classes are uneccessary and a waist of time. Students being young and wreckless as a whole usually just want to get things over with and hurry up and get to what they are pursuing. I'm guilty of this we probably all are I hate waiting with a passion it seems like sometimes. But do I feel like taking these different classes are a waist of my time? Definitely not I feel like being well rounded is extremely important who knows exactly what you need to do in the future. Most professions these classes can help you in, when most people say they never ever used this or that again in life they are usually wrong. The things they learned were used in life but they just didn't realize that these things were used in their everyday life. My Frex and Comp class are starting to relate to eachother a little bit, they're actually starting to intertwine. My Comp teacher is using some of the readings from the TLU reader in our class for different topics. I think this is good because we're going more into depth with the TLU reader. Usually we don't have a discussion on the Tlu reader in Frex so this will be a chance to discuss what's in there in the classroom format.Something I do wonder is if the classes we take in the future will be founded on the classes we take in our college career. When I think about it like this almost all of our classes are related. Im taking pre-cal right now and next semester I'll be taking calculus and so on and same with the sciences you take. In this sense some classes are related to eachother but not all of our classes are related though. Hopefully what ever I do take from my college education here at Texas Lutheran I will be successful with the education I recieve here.

Blog 2 Balancing

Classes have been starting to pick up. Juggling fun and class is different than I thought it was going to be. I guess I thought it would be more than easy to do. Like in scene one I'd be receiving an A+ in one of my classes and in my next scene I'd be at a party having fun and in my last scene I'd be in the gym putting up hundreds of shots everyday. But things don't work like this because there isn't enough time in the day to do all these things. Judging by this past weekend I thought I had enough time to do all of these things. Im even starting to get the feeling that im starting to relax with classwork and now Im trying to juggle school and a social life. The feeling I have is of a man walking down a wire line balancing weights on each hand. With the weights representing college work on one hand and a social life on the other. It takes a lot of planning, discipline, and practice to do this. Much like any athlete or person serious about a sport. Discipline is very important and seeking information from those around you may help you mold your decisions in a positive or negative way. Those that have been in your position can offer very valuable advice that may help you succeed. And vice versa, people that have been in your position may persuade you in the wrong way. This can also be done by yourself in the choices you make positive and negative. You make yourself do good in your classes and in whatever else it is by your choices in classes and etc. This past weekend hasn't been one of my best performances I usually get about the majority of my homework done and put off just a little bit of homework I have. This friday I worked the volleyball game all day and didn't even take a second glance at my homework. This behavior kind of rolled over into saturday which made sunday a heavy work day. Balancing time and keeping priorities in order is a very big deal and should be treated in that manner. It can make and break most people in many different ways from success in what you aspire to be in life or what you want to achieve. Work ethic and descipline in these 4 years can determine so much of what your life is going to be. That's why a solid work ethic is so important to be established right now. As I continue to go to school I'll find a way to balance these things as well as I can.