Study Hall

During the fooball season all freshman and upperclassman with grade point averages under 2.5 have to attend a mandatory study hall. Study hall runs from about 7p.m to around 9:30p.m. If you are late, you run, if you don't bring enough work and finish early, you run, if you talk, you stay longer, if your not in your seat at 7:00, you stay longer..... I think your starting to get the point. Other from being long and very strict it gives us time to focus and get our work done, like this blog. It seems as if the team protests this gathering everytime we have it. The team is never queit, here, or in their seats when they are suppose to. They are completely ignorant to th fact that this is here to help them. That the coach doesn't have to stay after and do this but he does it to help us. Most of the people on the team are in college because of the academic scholarships and wthout a 2.5g.p.a they will be taken off of it. If they could only realize that if they were here on time, quiet, and doing their work that we would leave on time and maybe even sooner. Instead, everytime we have study hall they talk and show up late ruining the night for everyone else. Even tonight they didn't show up until 7:15 and weren't queit until 7:30. It makes me realize how selfish those people are and makes me wonder if the coaches care more about their grades then they do. I really think it helps though, for me anyways, it gives me the time to focus in and finish my work. At first i didn't realize this, I just thought that it was a waste of time and the more I thought that the longer it took. I quickly learned that when I focused in and did my work the time went by faster. Now I always make sure to be here on time, early in most cases, and always bring a plathera of work to do. It helps to have people around you who are in your class or in the same class. It's helpful because you can ask questions on assignments and projects. Even if you weren't in class they can tell you whats do or what we talked about. Even the coach can help, being a math major, he can help you on difficult questions or even check your answers. In conclusion, football has really been helping me academically because they just don't care about the football player, but instead the student and person behind the helmet.

College

Coming into college I had been told by numerous people what it was going to be like, what I should expect, and how tought it was going to be compared to highschool. My teachers always told me how hard college was and how demanding. My parents told me their experiences in highschool and how tough their classes and teachers were. Honestly I was intimidated by what was said and also the staggering statistics i heard about how many people enroll in college and how many people drop out. IT reminds me of what my dad told me, "When I went to college my dad dropped me off infront with two duffle bags and a calculator. When I went to the freshman orientation my dean told me to look to my left and look to my right, and those people won't be graduating with me". That really caught my attention, I was so affraid that I was going to fail or let my family down. Once I got to T.L.U, I realized it wasn't so scary and I shouldn't worry so much.I figured out that this college isnt just a school but a community. That everyone here is nice, respectful, and good people. When I met my teachers I found out that they weren't those scary professors I had heard about and read about. That they were really cool people that had the same interests and goals that I did, to graduate. I know that I had started down a long and challenging road, but I know that with the help and encouragement from my family and friends that I can do anything. That there is nothing I can't face and nothing I can't accomplish. It all goes back to "Unlocking the possibilities", which didn't teach me what I can do and how I can do it, but making me realize something that I already knew. I have to give credit to all those people that help me get where I am today. The same people that have seen me through thick and thin, the same people that will always be there for me no matter what happens. Even if I don't succeed in college that they will support me and continue to encourage me in the further of my education or anything I plan to do. I am very anxious and very excited for what my future holds instore for me, and how this college is going to shape the man that I am going to be in the future.