Spring Break Blues

Spring Break is only a few days away for us here at MSUM, and you can already feel the antisipation building to get outta here!

This week is full of midterms, final preparation for the break, and dreams of the warm, sandy beach of Florida, Mexico, or California. I have these dreams. Dreams of a sunny swim in the ocean. Walking along a beach as the sun sets (as cheesy as it sounds), and relaxing under a palm tree and let my mind drift away from school for a week.

Unfortionately, this dream is not one I can have, at least this year.

I have German class at Concordia next week while my friends sped time in Cabo, on a cruise, or in the mountains snowboarding their cares away. I want that!

Yes it is only one class all week, but its the fact of knowing I CAN"T sleep in, I HAVE to worry about school, and I CAN"T enjoy a litte free time.

Oh the frustration with Tri-College classes. Don't get me wrong, its a great program, but this no Spring Break thing bits a little. Maybe I can fullfill my dream next year by going on that cruise to the Bahamas, or visit family in California. We shell see.

I guess I can't complain too much because if it wasn't for my Tri-Colege classes at Concordia I wouldn't be going to Germany this summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deutschland, hier komme ich!

Stay Classy, and
Auf Wiedersehen

A Day in the Life of ME!

Today, I going to talk about 24 hours in the life of me, as a college student. I do want to say first and foremost I'm taking on all of these things and have realized what I'm about to talk to you about is all my doing. It is stressful as I will talk about, but this is not the typical student experience. I want to express how a student like myself may feel and expereince MSUM!

Sunday:
 This is the start of my school week, with reading I have to do for Monday classes. I bury myself in an article about colonialism in Africa and its affects on the world today. I can't help but wonder how such inequality was believe to be acceptable back then. After 20 pages of this article, I find myself working on my German homework, trying to figure out a puzzle, completely in German of course. I finish that and move on to more reading, this time about the background behind the state of Israel. i ask myself how important this country is to the world safety or destruction in the coming decades, but i continue. Bedtime happens to be around midnight.

Monday
Alarm goes off at 7:00 this morning, like most days. I get to class for German by 8:30, spend an hour and 10 minutes going over new vocabulary and the EU and Germany's influence in it, than off to MSUM's campus. I spend the next few hours reading more, this time from my Africa Textbook, dealing with Africa in WWII and the growing revolutions that took place then. Of to class by 12:30, to sit in a role playing history class, to laugh, to enjoy, and to instruct them on "proper" Ming China meeting etiquette. by 1:30 I walk into Africa in World history and take notes and discuss the reading for the class period. A meeting with my professor about my Model UN speech I'm working on, than its time to go home.

Next its time for homework. I had an article review and response to write. The article was about making social studies more enjoyable and understandable for your students. It also discussed many methods of doing this, which were very beneficial for me to learn as a future educator. Next came German, again. I worked my way through a computer program used to teach it, did some more reading and hit the hay by around midnight.


I hope this small sampling can help any of you still wondering what you life might be like as a student at MSUM, or any other university.

Time to go out and give a tour!

Stay Classy, and
Auf Wiedersehen

Olympic Fever

This week is going by pretty swell so far, but its only Tuesday. I don't have class at Corcordia (my German class) this week because they are on Spring Break on, which stinks because that means I don't have a week off like every other students (during MSUM's Spring Break I have class at Concordia). It is something I just need to deal with though.

I'm able to sleep in as late as I want tomorrow, Yes! I don't have class til 12:30!

I'm pretty pumped about the job the US Olympic Team has been doing the past week or so. I have watch some event every day the past week. Most of my time outside of work and school has been dedicated to the Olympics. I can't wait until its over though because I have been slacking on my homework since, oops, lol!

I will admit and you can hold it against me if you want to, but I have been watching figure skating and watching it a lot. I'm comfortable with my masculinity to admit it. I'm rooting for the Americans of course!

I'm on Favre watch now, just waiting for him to the anouncement that he's coming back to win on in Dallas: "Destination Dallas" here we come home boy!!!

There is a rumor that Darren Sharper, a safety, may be returning to the Vikings this year! I can't imagine a better way to start the season then with Sharper, Bevell, Longwell ,and Favre all on the Vikings, what a way to rub it in the face of the Packers!

Twins opened Spring Training this past week, and all the talk is around Mauer. I hope a deal gets done soon, but will not fret for I feel in my heart it will. Mauer will be a Twin for years to come.

I have talked about representing Israel in Model UN later this spring, and I'm excited to do so. I have found so much information about Israel and its relations with Iran that I don't know what to think. I feel the issue between these nations will change the world in the NEAR future.

Well that's all I got for you today, hope you have a wonderful week!

Stay Classy, and
Auf Wiedersehen

Hi ya'll, how's life treating you!

It has been a busy week since I last wrote to you. I had a paper due last Thursday, which took up a good eveing and a half to write. Git it back today, but without a grade so i ho[e it went well!?!?

I'm starting to feel the stress and sleepless nights take it toll on me. It gets harder to roll out of bed each Monday, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

I'm working hard to get my speech started for the keynote speech I'm giving at the model UN summit in April, I think I will have killed about 3 tress by the end of it! My professor has had me print so many articles to use in Israel's defense, lol!

I'm so ready for a nap, lol, I have grown to love them more and more as the years go by.

Super Bowl was nothing special to me. I think I'm still bitter about how the Vikings season ended, but Dallas and Super Bowl 45, "We're Comin'!!!" We're going to the "Super Bowl, home boy!"

One thing I'm really excited about is this years Twins! The stadium is awesome, the moves thy've made are awesome, and our season should be awesome! I can't wait to go cheer them on at Target Field!

Next thing on my mind is the NFL draft, who will help the Vikes win it all next year? I'm sure I'll go on about this til April so I won't discuss it anymore with you, but I'm excited!

I think  it's time for me to call and see you later!

Stay Classy, and

Auf Wiedersehen

Back for Another Round!

Hey Ya'll, I'm back!

I'm back to fill you life with more randomness and interesting (in my opinion) nonsense. Been doing this school thing for the 3-4 weeks now and already ready for it to be over. This semester, I thought, was supposed to be a cake walk, but now I realize that was completely naive of me.

 I work 2 jobs (part of the reason I'm writing this), have 16 credits (4 of which is Deutsch!), and am part of a mentor ship program for History Day; not to mention my duties as Sargent at Arms for the History Club ( I love that title!). 

A highlight of this semester is my new role as Tour Guide, which has changed since last semester. I make more, which is always nice, and I feel like I'm the boss of someone, at least for a few hours a week! I have giving many awesome tours as of late as well, maybe to someone out there reading this! 

I have been "selected" to be a key note speaker at a Model UN convention I'm attending for the country of Israel. It is a short speech, but 400 students who are out to belittle you in front of everyone else will be in the audience, how Fun! I really looking forward to this experience though. One piece of advise to those of you reading this, take as many chance you can to speak in front of other, it good practice and will always help down the road.

My birthday is just weeks away, (49 days to be exact)!

Lastly I wish to write about the biggest event I have coming up in the near future, My trip to Germany!!!!!!!!!!!



I can't wait to visit Deutschland!!!

We will be spending 5 weeks over there going all over including Wittenburg, Berlin, and many more! We're going to a concentration camp, a castle, and check out Lutherfest, a big Renaissance Fair! I will probably have more updates as as the trip draws near, but I can't tell you how excited i am for it!

Back to work,
Stay Classy, and

Auf Wiedersehen!