Community Service

What is Community service? Is it picking up trash that someone forgot to throw away? Is it helping some who is elderly cross the street? Or is it just letting someone take your spot in line? To me I think all these things are community service. The one thing I remember about helping my community was my senior year in high school. My drama teacher came to me and asked if I'd like to be in a play that dealt with the mentally challenged and having a mentally challenged uncle I didn't hesistate to say yes. It was a great experience for me. For about three to four weeks I was with different mentally challenged people and got to see they all had amazing talents. One in particular was a lady by the name of Lauren. She was blind and slightly deaf, but she could play the piano without using her thumbs. Now to some who don't know how to play the piano you'd think anyone can play without their thumbs, but really that's a key part of playing the piano. She also had perfect pitch. You could hit a note on the piano and she'd tell you it was a C note. I grew fond of her and not because she had an amazing talent, but because she had an amazing sense of humor. I couldn't believe someone who has gone through such hell could have such an amazing sense of humor. Seeing that made me want to be like her. Wanted me to just laugh things off and I've tried to work that into my life somehow. That experience was one to never forget.

Time Managment

For me lately I've been having trouble managing time. I'm so busy with school, work, and now a girlfriend. School is what really takes up most of my time though with the different classes I have and the different papers I must write before holiday break. I'm looking forward to the break and also looking forward to not taking as many credited hours next semester. As I get older it seems time starts going by rapidly. I remember when I was younger and things were so slow and how I wanted them to go by fast, but now that things are going by fast I don't want them to. I enjoy being able to let stuff sink in, but as we get older we can't afford that luxury. I just need to try and atleast get my associates out of the way so then I can focus on what I want to major in, which by the way I still haven't decided if I want to major in mass communications or become a drama teacher. Managing time sucks.

Coping with Change

It felt really awkward once I graduated high school and was pushed out into the real world. I wanted my senior year to feel as though it could last a lifetime, but in all honesty that's not realistic. I felt safe being in a school where everyone knew everyone and anyone could get along. The last couple weeks I couldn't help, but realize, "Wow...everything is changing so fast. So rapid." I couldn't believe how fast it went by and then how fast college approached. I thought entering college would be fun and exciting and it was for awhile, but now it's getting boring. I hardly know anyone here except for a select few from my high school. I guess when it all boils down to it is that I'm doing my best to cope with the change, but it could be better.

Hey everyone, I'm Alex.

So in the sheet I was given it told me to introduce myself. So my name is Alex Schneider. I'm 18 years old and a freshmen in college (obviously). In my spare time I like to work on my stand-up comedy, draw, and enjoy the company of my friends. I do enjoy reading from time to time and my all time favorite series of books would have to be the Harry Potter series. My passion and what I strive to do after college is act. It definately is a passion and I like to think I'm pretty good at it. I highly enjoy making people laugh and/or smile; this is why I do the stand-up comedy. Also it makes me feel good to know I made someone laugh or smile. Anyways, that's pretty much me. You'll get to know me more in class...I hope.