Campus Activity

The campus activity that i attended was the farmers market. I have gone to the farmers market two times since i have been here. What i did at the farmers market was basically walk around and look at everything that is set out. There is so much stuff to look at it is amazing. There is so much food there to, but its better than food. It seems that everything you get from there is awesome when you eat it. In my home town of Great Falls we have the farmers market to and i think it is pretty similar, but the farmers market here is way bigger. I personally think the farmers market is pretty cool i went a lot back home and going to this one seems way better because there is much more merchandise. Another thing i really liked about the farmers market was the location, it is a perfect location for the event. When i was walking around i was trying to find the didgeridoo's because my anthropology teacher always talks about them. He even had some girls from the didgeridoo club come in and play a whole bunch of music and sounds. I have tried to play a didgeridoo and it is harder than it looks. They learn how to breath out there nose so they can get full circular breathing. The ones i saw had some pretty cool designs on them. The culture that the didgeridoo is from is Austrialian. To me it deminstrated that the musicians playing them are very talented. All you could hear when they were playing was animal noises it was really cool. A lot of the things my anthropology teacher talks about is multicultural and he always talks about artifacts from other countries and at the farmers market there is a lot of that. There are blankets, jewelry, clothes, and so much handmade merchandise. There is more than that not just man made artifacts there is foods from other cultures that is really tasty. My mom would usually go to the farmers market every week. She would always buy the best breads, and pastries. She would always get weird jewelry there too. The main reason i think people go to the farmers market is because the prices are so cheap its unreal. Everything there is cheap and it is always a great deal. If you go down all the way there are tables of pipes and other tabacco products. There were actually a lot of people smoking weed around me which i thought was kind of funny because there are so many hippies here. The age range of the people who run the little individual markets is all over i see college students, adults, and the elderly working there. Its good to see that a lot of the students from UM participate in the farmers market. Next Fall i will definatly attend the farmers market here and this summer i will definatly go in great falls because my mom always goes, but its worth it besides the early hours you have to get up to go to it but thats not a huge problem. So for the most part the farmers market is an awesome thing to go to when you have nothing better to do. I would recommend it to anyone to go there because its a real pleaser. If you want to enjoy a good walk and look at some pretty cool stuff, and maybe get a good bite to eat go to the farmers market. Where else can you go and get so much out of it than there, i can't think of many places that do.

Major Choice

Currently i am undecided on my major to be honest i dont know what I am going to do. I dont think it is a bad thing but i just have really decided. There are so many things out there to do and i am just not sure yet. I have been leaning towards health and human performance and becoming a health teacher or a personal trainer and strength coach, but i could change my mind and do something completely different. I know right now that i want to spend my future in my home town of Great Falls because it is simply home. So i want to find something that works good for me there. I am really thinking hard right now about my major choice but i dont think i have taken the classes yet to get me there hopefully next semester i will like my classes a little better and i will become interested in something that fits me. I assume i will have my major picked out by the end of the year or til the start of next year, but if it takes me longer than that so be it. I didnt realize before as much as now that your major choice is one of the biggest decisions you have to make in your life so you have to put a tremendous amount of thought in it.

what am i passionate about

There are so many things i am passionate about i couldnt tell you all of them but i will state a few. I am really passionate about friends and family because i know without them i prolly wouldnt be as far as i am right now. Like i said in previous blogs family means the world to me and nothing can change that. Another thing that i am passionate about is sports like i also said in previous blogs sports are a big part of my life because i like to be active and run around. A lot of people who know me can say that i am pretty competitive because i hate losing. I dont know why i am like this but i just am losing as a whole sucks. Passion is a very strong word and there are so many things in life that i have a passion for. I think everything you do in life has a passion or needs passion in order for for it to work. Everything u complete in life requires passion. Passion is a beautiful thing.

You are what you do

I would describe myself as a fun outgoing person who likes to just live life one day at a time. I dont really like to look to far ahead because ill just get off track. Taking it one day at a time is perfect for me. I am a family person and i can say that i am pretty good with kids. I have 5 nephews 3 of which that i have been with since they were born. I have taught them so much stuff it is unreal and it makes me feel good that they look up to me. i am a sports fanatic i watch and play basically every sport i can. I basically do what i want not to sound like a rebel or anything i just like to make my own decisions for myself because i know it is my life and not anyone elses. The one thing i try not to do is stress out because i know if i get stressed or anyone gets stressed it is just harder on your life. Plus i think a lot of stress takes years off your life and i want to live for a long while. Another thing i dont do is let things get to me so easy like when someone says something bad about me i dont freak out because it is just pointless to get stressed out over small things. I am who i am nothing else.

Topic from class that is personally relevant and interesting

There have been many things that have been very relevant and interesting in some of my classes but right now i would have to say that the most interesting thing i have learned is all of the research that has been done on animals testing emotions and behavior. Also how they act and respond mainly with chimps. It baffles me on the fact how they are so smart and act just like humans. There are even some chimps that can sign to interpreters which is amazing. Jane Goodall has had a huge effect on the study of chimps and everything about them. Another thing that has been very relevant is some of the writings we have done is English class. We have done a lot of writing on expressing our opinions which i believe is one of my favorite types of writing. It is really interesting and kind of amazing on how educated some of these professors are and how much they know about that type of field. I would have to say that i am learning a lot of knew concepts in college.

biggest issue facing college students today

I really don't think there is just one big issue facing college students today i think there are several. First i think a big issue as a freshman is making new friends and meeting new people. it is hard for a lot of people because they had so many great memories in high school and don't really realize that you have to move on. Another issue that i think is pretty pick among college students is picking a major. it is so hard because what you pick is most likely what you are going to do for the rest of your life and its kind of weird to think about. I still haven't picked my major and i really have no clue what i want to do there are so many things out there to do. I love so many things that it is almost impossible to choose but i am sure it will come to me sometime in the next few years. College as a whole is a big change for everyone. it is so much more different that high school it is crazy. when u finally go to college you realize that there actually is a world out there and it is a real big world. There are so many opportunities out there for everyone. You just gotta live and let it happen.

gender issues

I thought the discussion was very good and interesting. I liked how we got to talk for our selves and let our opinion be heard throughout the class. I thought the class participation was really cool because it got everyone involved in the discussion. He has some very good topics that we talked about. I didn't really disagree with what anyone said because it was there and opinion and i respect that fact that everyone has there own opinion. I thought that some of the things people had to say were pretty funny. There were some pretty funny stories going around, but i would have to say that i agreed with pretty much everything he had to say because he did prove some good points. If we had a speaker like this again i would enjoy listening to them speak. I didn't realize at first how big of a topic gender issues is but there is a lot of things he brought up that i didn't know so he brought a lot of new information to the table to me.

personal choices

My personal choices are pretty basic for a guy my age, nothing to extreme. My thoughts about drinking aren't bad at all. I do not think it is a problem that high schoolers or young college students drink as long as they are safe. Its a part of life and most people are gonna try it no matter what. Dating is a good thing for everyone because everyone does it, at some points I do think it is stupid because most girls all have a pretty bitchy side to them. My thoughts on drugs are pretty mutual, some i don't think are horrible but some are very bad and wouldn't dare to try them. This topic is the one that most people would care most about because drugs can screw a persons life up so easy. Everyone in there life cheats, it depends what kind of cheating but it is all bad. The thing i would never do in my life is cheat on a girl. I think it is wrong and very stupid, usually people don't understand what they do until after they did it. Cheating is one of those things, it might not have an affect right away but after you see a what you did to that person would be a horrible feeling. Personal Choices are an everyday thing, everything in life requires a choice. It might not be the right choice but every single person in this world lives off the choices they make. Right or wrong you have to trust your instinct and just live.

what is my cause

The thing i care most about is family and friends. Thats not the only thing i care about but they mean the most to me. I say my family because we are pretty close, but yet kind of far apart to its kind of complicated. I also say friends because i am always with them and i like being with them all the time because they know me pretty well. Even the new friends i have made since leaving home are awesome, but i will always have the same friends back home that i care about also. I can also say i care a lot about sports. If my teams aren't winning i get pretty angry, but it is all fun and games. The same goes for when i play sports. My friends and i are all really competitive so it gets pretty fun, But family and friends is where it is at.

volunteer experience

The volunteer experience i am going to talk about it when a friend and i worked on the montana veterans memorial in great falls. I thought it was pretty fun because you got to meet a lot of new people that like doing the same thing. It didnt really affect me to much besides the fact that i had to wake up at like 6 am. That was a struggle at least for me. If i had to do it again i probably would because it wasnt all that bad. I thought it was going to suck and be miserable, but it was better than i thought it was going to be. The one other volunteer experience that might have a bigger impact than working on the veterans memorial was volunteering at a nursing home that my dad worked at. Everyone there was so nice to me and let me do anything. I loved working with the people there and just helping them out. to this day i go there and a lot of people still remember me but it has been so long since ive been back there.

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Coming to UM

Before i came to the University of Montana i was very excited. The only thing i was really bummed about was missing my mom and all my friends back home. I came to the campus a lot when i was younger and i always knew i was going to go here. When i came here it was unbelievable and everything i expected. The people here are so friendly and it seems like everyone is laid back. When i started going to my classes I had an even better time because it is so much more different than High School and i liked it a lot more. I was really looking forward to meeting all the new people in the dorms also and when i got here everyone was really friendly and now i am the best of friends with almost everyone in my hall. When coming to college i bet everyone is a little nervous but as soon as yo are here and realize what it is all about it is a blast. I am looking forward to my next 4 years here at the U.