The reason why my article is Monday instead of its traditional Saturday slot, is because I was occupied to the gills in schoolwork and fun here at Clark University. I am finally understanding what my highs school teachers were talking about when they said that what we are doing now is a lot easier than what you will be doing then. Whether there is more work or not I still enjoy my time here much more than any other scholarly experience. Here, I am challenged and called upon to work to my full capabilities. So for a short answer, I forgot my article on November first and here I am a few days later.
Now, one may be wondering, how can one possibly enjoy doing more work? myself the same question. What I came up with is that work only becomes work when one treats it as such. Instead of saying or thinking that I need to do my work, I am thinking I get to do my work soon. I owe much of this mentality to my great professors and myself for selecting courses that I knew would be interesting to me. My least favorite class, which I already knew was going to be going in, is my biology 101 class. While, I am only taking this to fill a perspective, I still feel entertained in this class. More than any other science, I am the interested in Biology. My teacher is also a leading scientist on the Three Spied Stickleback, which is one of the few model species left in existence. As somebody who wants to go to law school after my four years at Clark University, I thought I would get a head start and take a trial advocacy class; and I am not disappointed in my decision. This class hasn’t only told me what it would take to become a lawyer, but it has also vastly improved my skills as a speaker in front of a crowd. In this class we wrote our own opening statements and did mock cases to learn about objections, evidence, and other procedures lawyers need to know. I am leaning towards joining our Clark Mock Trial team next semester, which has competed against some of the most prestigious schools in the country.
While I am going to be stating things that won t be popular to Giants fans, I must admit that the entire playoffs was very boring. Besides the World Series there was no game 7, which led to the World Series ending before November for the first time in my memory. As a Cardinals fan I should be mildly impressed by this year’s series, but our victory over the Dodgers wasn’t satisfactory enough; especially since we have made the same round four years in a row. For me the highlight of the baseball playoffs was that two of the smallest markets in baseball had the opportunity to make it to the world series for the first time in decades. The hard-hitting Orioles were one of the most consistent teams all year asnd had one of the prolific lineups in baseball. What I admire about it is that all of these players were drafted or traded for early in their development. If this team has pitchers coming up from triple A, then this team should only be better next year. The Royals were a story before they got on their winning streak to make it to the World Series. This team had not made the playoffs since 1985, which is the longest streak in any of the four professional sports. For reference, the San Jose Sharks became a team in 1992. This team has constantly been loading and unloading talent, but never keeping enough of it to make a competitive team. With new management they finally put in the money to bring in the veterans Infante and Vargas that teams need to be successful. With these additions they made steps necessary to be competitive for years to come.
Winter is here friends and I am frightened. I already see myself coming up with a bunch of excuses not to ever go outside and I feel like one day I may just start hibernating. I look forward to my return to sunny California in the middle of December where I will look forward to see all of you guys
