Bryce Dornon A 1 Just the other day I called my parents to ask them the questions mentioned in A 1 in aims of finding out just how I have grown as a student throughout my numerous years of schooling. What I heard was both surprising and unexpected. I talked mostly to my mother being as she was the one who cared most about me doing well in school as I grew up. She explained that as a child I was not a huge fan of reading, but oftentimes during the summer I would go through periods in which I read numerous books and could always be found nestled on the couch reading. From her view, I hated reading for school but if I decided to read on my own I was fine with it. Most of the reading done in my earlier years however, was not even done by me. As a young child my mother would read to me every night before bed and on occasion I would read to her. She noted that my favorite subjects growing up were math and science (probably because these classes were easy for me at the time and now prove very difficult). She said that sometimes I procrastinated, but that one of the things she thought was most impressive was that she never had to tell me to do homework and that despite however long I waited to do a project, I always turned it in on time and always did a fairly good job. When asked the question “what was I like as a student,” my mom immediately said I was a hard-working young man who ultimately did my work the best that I could and that I often would help out students who needed help. She also pointed out that one of the most unique aspects of my learning process was that I almost always listened to music when I did my homework (ironically I’m listening to music as I’m doing this write-up). My mother also described me as a well-rounded child in that I wouldn’t just spend my nights studying endlessly and that I was very social and played a number of sports. Every year since I was five I played basketball, soccer, and baseball in their respective seasons all the while staying on top of my schoolwork and hanging out with friends. When asked what job she expected to see me doing, she ironically chose an engineer considering I dislike math greatly now and would have little drive to do the required work for such a strenuous and difficult major. She also mentioned that she thought I would make a good architect because she is convinced that I’m great at drawing but this is no longer an option due to the fact that I’m already a semester deep into the business program at Clemson. The last question I asked her was about her opinion on what kind of person she saw me as growing up and what kind of person she sees me as now. Her opinion may be biased due to the fact that she is my mother but she said without fail that she said she was grateful for how nice and easy-going I was, and that she was proud of my drive, sociability, and overall laid back approach to life. Like I said, she may be biased. A 2 In assessing myself as a student over the years, I have found that my history with English classes has been one of disdain and difficulty. Throughout middle school I was able to get by putting in minimal effort and still receive A’s but in the extent of this time, I never truly had a teacher who got me excited about English to the point where I put in a great deal of effort and thus fully experience English on an enjoyable level. High school was much of the same as middle school, new teacher inspired me to write at new and more meaningful levels and my work continued to be average at best. I am not, however, bad at English because there were a few assignments along the way that I was excited about, and thus wrote at a level I have rarely written at. As for the way in which I write, I am at my best when I begin my writing assignments early and give them a great deal of thought. Using outlines and brainstorming ideas are also extremely useful for me because I sometimes have difficulty organizing my thoughts in a meaningful way. My biggest problem regarding English is inspiration. I know that if I had a teacher who could inspire me to do well English that I would write at a completely new level. Despite the fact that English has never been anywhere near my best subject, I know I have it in me to do extremely well and potentially cause this subject to become my best. Throughout my life technology has been a huge part of my daily living. Ever since I can remember I have been using a computer and the Internet. Nowadays as a college student, texting, emailing, Facebook, and basically anything else that has to do with technology have become things that I not only use daily, but multiple times a day. Overall, I would use one word to describe myself and my mom used it to describe me as well: easy-going. I was never the loudest student in class, but neither was I the quietest. I like to believe that I could get along well with anyone given enough time with them and the better people get to know me the more outrageous I can become. I think I have a decent sense of humor but I rarely crack jokes unless I am completely comfortable with my surroundings. I absolutely love sports, this is easily my biggest passion in life. One of my most useless talents is that I can remember anything regarding any sport after hearing it just once. Basically, I could tell you exactly what happened on Sportscenter from three days ago like it happened five minutes ago and I could tell you who the rightfielder for the Kansas City Royals was. Like I said, useless talent.
Bryce Dornon
ReplyDeleteA 1
Just the other day I called my parents to ask them the questions mentioned in A 1 in aims of finding out just how I have grown as a student throughout my numerous years of schooling. What I heard was both surprising and unexpected.
I talked mostly to my mother being as she was the one who cared most about me doing well in school as I grew up. She explained that as a child I was not a huge fan of reading, but oftentimes during the summer I would go through periods in which I read numerous books and could always be found nestled on the couch reading. From her view, I hated reading for school but if I decided to read on my own I was fine with it. Most of the reading done in my earlier years however, was not even done by me. As a young child my mother would read to me every night before bed and on occasion I would read to her. She noted that my favorite subjects growing up were math and science (probably because these classes were easy for me at the time and now prove very difficult). She said that sometimes I procrastinated, but that one of the things she thought was most impressive was that she never had to tell me to do homework and that despite however long I waited to do a project, I always turned it in on time and always did a fairly good job. When asked the question “what was I like as a student,” my mom immediately said I was a hard-working young man who ultimately did my work the best that I could and that I often would help out students who needed help. She also pointed out that one of the most unique aspects of my learning process was that I almost always listened to music when I did my homework (ironically I’m listening to music as I’m doing this write-up). My mother also described me as a well-rounded child in that I wouldn’t just spend my nights studying endlessly and that I was very social and played a number of sports. Every year since I was five I played basketball, soccer, and baseball in their respective seasons all the while staying on top of my schoolwork and hanging out with friends. When asked what job she expected to see me doing, she ironically chose an engineer considering I dislike math greatly now and would have little drive to do the required work for such a strenuous and difficult major. She also mentioned that she thought I would make a good architect because she is convinced that I’m great at drawing but this is no longer an option due to the fact that I’m already a semester deep into the business program at Clemson. The last question I asked her was about her opinion on what kind of person she saw me as growing up and what kind of person she sees me as now. Her opinion may be biased due to the fact that she is my mother but she said without fail that she said she was grateful for how nice and easy-going I was, and that she was proud of my drive, sociability, and overall laid back approach to life. Like I said, she may be biased.
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In assessing myself as a student over the years, I have found that my history with English classes has been one of disdain and difficulty. Throughout middle school I was able to get by putting in minimal effort and still receive A’s but in the extent of this time, I never truly had a teacher who got me excited about English to the point where I put in a great deal of effort and thus fully experience English on an enjoyable level. High school was much of the same as middle school, new teacher inspired me to write at new and more meaningful levels and my work continued to be average at best. I am not, however, bad at English because there were a few assignments along the way that I was excited about, and thus wrote at a level I have rarely written at. As for the way in which I write, I am at my best when I begin my writing assignments early and give them a great deal of thought. Using outlines and brainstorming ideas are also extremely useful for me because I sometimes have difficulty organizing my thoughts in a meaningful way. My biggest problem regarding English is inspiration. I know that if I had a teacher who could inspire me to do well English that I would write at a completely new level. Despite the fact that English has never been anywhere near my best subject, I know I have it in me to do extremely well and potentially cause this subject to become my best.
Throughout my life technology has been a huge part of my daily living. Ever since I can remember I have been using a computer and the Internet. Nowadays as a college student, texting, emailing, Facebook, and basically anything else that has to do with technology have become things that I not only use daily, but multiple times a day.
Overall, I would use one word to describe myself and my mom used it to describe me as well: easy-going. I was never the loudest student in class, but neither was I the quietest. I like to believe that I could get along well with anyone given enough time with them and the better people get to know me the more outrageous I can become. I think I have a decent sense of humor but I rarely crack jokes unless I am completely comfortable with my surroundings. I absolutely love sports, this is easily my biggest passion in life. One of my most useless talents is that I can remember anything regarding any sport after hearing it just once. Basically, I could tell you exactly what happened on Sportscenter from three days ago like it happened five minutes ago and I could tell you who the rightfielder for the Kansas City Royals was. Like I said, useless talent.