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One more week closer to the end of my undergrad career
Well, last week came and went with a blur. A lot happen in the days that I had not posted a blog and for that I apologize. Hopefully I will be able to recap everything else I had done the rest of the week. Well I have three other classes that I have attended besides the two I told you all about last week. I am also taking Basic Acting with Thomas Arthur, Wilderness Management with William Cook, and GPS with Dr. Jack Gentile.
Wilderness management sounds like it will be an interesting class. It won't be your standard lecture according to Professor Cook, but instead we will be going out into the field into areas that are designated as wilderness areas. Here we will learn about qualities which the government looks at when making it a wilderness area. We will also be investigating the wilderness in general to learn to appreciate it more. In the classroom we are learning about government regulations, because the government determines which areas will become protected and which areas could be used for timber, and other industrial resources. Learning all of this will hopefully prove me well in the future because I would like to try out the field of wilderness conservation at least for a while in my career.
In my GPS class we are learning the basic fundamentals of GPS. This is one of the classes that I am really excited about because GPS is turning into one of the fastest growing and most in demand technological fields in the geographic and business community. So far we learned the basics of how it works, and later on are going to learn how to collect data in the field with one of the several GPS units the GIS program has, as well as learning to process the data. It seems really interesting and I look forward to going to the class again.
Finally I have a class which seems to come stright out of left field, Basic Acting. An easy elective... maybe... but I think I could learn a lot in this class as well. I know that when I graduate I want to work with people, and what I am already learning is how to present myself better in front of my peers because of this acting class. Overall the class makes me more cognicent of my actions and words, and so I think taking this class will prove to be beneficial in the way I present myself. Plus I'll admit it, I like being the center of attention, so acting class seems like a natural fit.
Besides classes, last week I also got back into Water Polo. I did a lot of swimming leading up to the begining of practices. Also last week I started rehearsal for the Mr./Ms. Greek Pagent at JMU. The pagent is a fundraiser to help raise money for a campus wide volunteer event known as "The Big Event" wherein all of the JMU community comes out and volunteers in Harrisonburg. The pagent is between all of the Greek organizations that were willing to participate. I am representing my Honors fraternity Phi Sigma Pi. Honestly I am just having a lot of fun with it, so I really am not taking this or myself to seriously and my talent and the way I dress I'm sure will show that. Hopefully there will be a photographer at the event so I can post some pictures of it later.
Also I enjoyed a long weekend this past week due to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, so me and 8 of my friends spent the entire day hiking at a mountain a couple minutes from Natural Bridge called Devil's Marbleyard. Now I know I am not the most experienced hiker and definitely do not even consider myself a climber but the Marbleyard was probably one of the best, most fun, and coolest hikes/climbs you could probably ever do. I called it a hike/climb because the entire mountain consisted of huge boulders that we climbed all the way to the top. It was such a great view to look down from once we made it to the top, and it was also perfect weather. It was cool but not cold.
Climbing the marbleyard, and the creek on the trail up to the mountain.
Me and my best friend Sam having some fun crossing the creek, and maybe 1/7th of the mountain we scaled.
Overall it's been a great week and I can't wait to share more of it with you all later!
Posted by Simeon on January 19, 2006 08:31 AM | Link | Email Simeon
