My favorite genre of music

Since we are watching Hip Hop Evolution in class, I though I would type this blog about my personal favorite kinds of music. Even though I enjoyed the documentary, hip hop is not my cup of tea. Ditto for current music like Top 40 I do not care for personally. I like a few different genres but my personal favorite without a doubt is Classic Rock. I have listening to this genre ever since I was a young child. My dad and Uncle would listen to this genre most of the time, and that is who I credit for introducing me to this genre. Some of the bands or musicians I enjoy from this genre are Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Faces, and Eric Clapton. Southern Rock I also enjoy thanks to my uncle who introduced me to The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, and Molly Hatchet. I enjoy these bands still to this day. I think when you are younger and are with your parents, you tend to listen to the music they like. My Dad, Brother, and Uncle all enjoy this music much like I do today, and we still enjoy it. That is how I got into Classic Rock my favorite music genre.

High School to College

Author Keith Hjortshoj discusses the differences between High School and College in his book, The Transition to College Writing. This book is a detailed description of how the way college is different than high school. One of the differences is College courses are not continuations from high school. College does not have all the same high school courses. Some are similar, but they are different courses in college. The courses will not cover what a student learned in high school. Another difference is college requires a new kind of motivation. Yes, there is more freedom in college since you're on your own, but you should be responsible with your classes and classwork. Being motivated, and making good decisions concerning classes and classwork will help you get through college. (Hjortshoj P.10-12)

I have learned many differences between high school and college on my own. One difference is in high school, classes are impossible to fail unlike in college. A college course can easily go down if a student does not care about their classes. Being on top of your assignments, studying many nights, and even getting extra help can not only motivate you, but help you get a good grade in college. Another difference is you accept full responsibility of yourself. Mom and Dad are not with you in college, so therefore you are on your own. You take full responsibility of your mistakes and successes in college. You cannot blame someone else for you what you do in college because your decisions is what comes from you and your actions and choices.

People make myths and illusions to high school seniors who are going onto college. They do this because they want to think they can be care free in college when really there are many important tasks in college. Making myths about college is not the right thing to do because it does not make us see the facts about college and the way it works differently than high school. We must face the facts and the cold hard truth about college because it is and brand new experience, and a completely new experience not just from high school but in life.

St. Patrick's Day

There are three days in the year I look forward to three days, My birthday, Christmas Day, and St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, but he was actually born in Great Britain, and not in Ireland. When he was sixteen years old, he was captured by Irish pirates and sold into slavery. Six years later, a voice told him to flee slavery, and return home. Patrick would soon return to Ireland many years later as a missionary. He taught the Holy Trinity with the three leaf clover as a symbol, and may have been said to banish all the snakes from Ireland. St Patrick's Day is always celebrated on March 17 each year which is not only his feast day, but it his the day he died. Saint's feast days usually fall on the day that person dies. Most people think it's a day to drink lots of whiskey and get drunk, but that is not what it means. St. Patrick's Day is to celebrate your inner Irish because everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I love this holiday so much because my first and last name is from Irish origin. My Catholic Confirmation name is Patrick, and both my dad and brother's middle name is Patrick. Also to show how much I love my Irish heritage, I have an Ireland flag hanging in my dorm room too. I always wear green on March 17 because that's how much I look forward to St. Patrick's Day each year. I also wear green that day so I don't get pinched too. So please wear green this Friday to avoid a pinch, but most importantly, unleash your inner Irish on March 17 like I do.

Regrets

Everyone has a regret in their lives. I have one thing that I regret deeply that happened not too long ago. My regret does follow in the "not pattern." As much as I like it here, and getting great help and developing great college skills from the ASD program, I wish I could start hanging out with people outside the program earlier in this year. I am making new friends here at college, but I wanted to hang out with them to do fun things. I always felt isolated when I would see a group of people walk back to the dorms, and I would have to walk back to the pods all by myself, and lonely. I even considered visiting my old high school friends at their colleges because I was so hurt not living in the dorms like everybody else. I regret it because I did not want to feel like a tag-along, or bother other people. I did turn my regret around once I came back from Christmas break. I thought to myself "I will not be isolated anymore." I made it a goal, and talked to my mentors, and other people including my family on how I felt isolated in the pods. I started to ask people I knew from my classes if I could hang out with them, and all have told me "yes." I also had to get their numbers too so they can let me know if they are doing something fun. I will continue to fight off the isolation I felt this year. Regrets relate to our theme of community by a group of people helping out someone or even others make a better choice in the future. They can also help someone understand what they did wrong so that same action cannot be done again like before. People can work together to understand one's regrets so the community can be a much better place in the world.