I have already become sick after only several weeks of school. It is really quite nasty to get sick at this point. I really don't have all of the medicines and such that you would have at home. This is the first time in my life I really don't have my mother to take care of me. I am doing perfectly alright without my mother, but it is an interesting experience being away from home. I did go to the health center and they were very helpful in terms of giving me medicine and some other symptom relievers. It was very easy to get them to help me.
This past weekend I had the opportunity to leave campus. I realized after I got back that I had missed quite a bit that had gone on. I went to buffalo, but when I got back I had realised that there were several parties and get-together's that I missed. This was unfortunate, but I realize that there is more things to do on Campus now.
Coming up on Wednesday is Campus day which is supposed to be pretty cool. It involves not only community service but no classes. I will write an update about campus day and how it went. Sorry for the short update, but things have been busy.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Settling in
Hello everyone! My name is Philip Williams and I am a first-year student at Hiram College. I wanted to first tell everyone a little bit about myself and the reason I chose to come to Hiram College. I also want to talk about the first several weeks retrospective.
I am 19 years old and from Bay Village, OH; a suburb of Cleveland. I graduated from Saint Ignatius High School in 2006. The reason I am a freshman this year is because I took a year off to do an Americorps service program. This program was a good experience for me, and it definitely prepared me for college. I chose to Hiram because it is a small school with personalized attention for the students. I also chose Hiram because I had the opportunity to visit here a lot last year being that my best friend David goes here. I did not chose it because he goes here, but since I got to visit so much and see how awesome it is. I really enjoy meeting all of the new people. I have met quite a few people so far. A lot of my floor mates and I have become good friends.
When we first got here, they made us go through this thing called institute week. It actually just consisted of 3 colloquium meetings and several activities encouraging us to get to know each other including: a square dance, a mentalist, a block party, and a beach party. Some of these activities were actually amusing, while others were downright lame. I met most of the friends I have made, by meeting them on my floor
This year I signed up to take the Mathematics of Gambling, Calculus 3 and Philosophy of Religion. These classes have been going well so far and I am enjoying for the most part. The classes are much more interesting than high school classes. I have found so far that the focus of each of these classes has made them more enjoyable for me. I am still in the mode of getting all of my homework done, but we will see if that methodology stays true through out the semester.
I know this is a short first post, but that is all I had time for today. I will hopefully get back into the swing of things coming up with a topic for each post. I will be posting at least once a week. Peace out
I am 19 years old and from Bay Village, OH; a suburb of Cleveland. I graduated from Saint Ignatius High School in 2006. The reason I am a freshman this year is because I took a year off to do an Americorps service program. This program was a good experience for me, and it definitely prepared me for college. I chose to Hiram because it is a small school with personalized attention for the students. I also chose Hiram because I had the opportunity to visit here a lot last year being that my best friend David goes here. I did not chose it because he goes here, but since I got to visit so much and see how awesome it is. I really enjoy meeting all of the new people. I have met quite a few people so far. A lot of my floor mates and I have become good friends.
When we first got here, they made us go through this thing called institute week. It actually just consisted of 3 colloquium meetings and several activities encouraging us to get to know each other including: a square dance, a mentalist, a block party, and a beach party. Some of these activities were actually amusing, while others were downright lame. I met most of the friends I have made, by meeting them on my floor
This year I signed up to take the Mathematics of Gambling, Calculus 3 and Philosophy of Religion. These classes have been going well so far and I am enjoying for the most part. The classes are much more interesting than high school classes. I have found so far that the focus of each of these classes has made them more enjoyable for me. I am still in the mode of getting all of my homework done, but we will see if that methodology stays true through out the semester.
I know this is a short first post, but that is all I had time for today. I will hopefully get back into the swing of things coming up with a topic for each post. I will be posting at least once a week. Peace out
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