Head in the clouds, feet on the ground

  Hey everyone! I might've mentioned before that the semester I'm in is quickly coming to a close. There's 3 to 4 weeks left. What a strange semester this has been. There's been unexpected changes and obstacles, but there's also been great opportunities for growth and connecting with others. There's still time left, and I still aim to post on this blog from time to time once the semester is over but I'll still be sure to transmit all I can about what I've learned from this class til the very end! This week our focus was on Finances and Fatherhood, two things that I consider to be very close related. One thing stood out to me the most and I want to address it first. Someone in the class mentioned that far too often, someone judges their worth as a Father by their ability to provide financially. This makes sense, as it's easiest to see how much a man is providing by their income. It's an easy benchmark. I do feel, however, that a man's ability ...

Hey everyone! Well, this was an interesting week to be sure. It had it's ups and downs. I was under the impression that I had a week and a half to prepare, rehearse, and polish a presentation that was worth a lot of my grade. Turned out I had two days. That didn't go super well... but there's a chance for me to redeem myself with the next and final presentation coming up in a couple of weeks, so I'll be sure to do my best and learn from this mistake. Otherwise, I'd say it was a good week! Very busy and very rewarding in many cases.  Also I bought a longboard so that's cool.  For this post I want to focus on something that my dad always told me: A Dean never says they can’t. I would say that I can’t tell you how many times I heard that as a kid but that would be breaking the rule so I won’t. My father oftentimes told me that whenever I told him that there was something that I couldn’t do, something that was difficult for me to do. You know what? He was always rig...