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Bad Teacher

This is something that I think most students can relate to, getting a bad professor. I am currently in a class this semester that simply put is miserable. The professor is a high leveled professor at this University but let me assure you, her ability to teach is lacking. The class is long, haha, lets just say two and half hours feels like forever. Throughout the semester there have been several assignments where she simply has the assignment written on our syllabus but absolutely no explanation or outline of what she wants. It really has soured my opinion on some of the classes at Fordham. It really takes away from the experience that college is supposed to deliver, us students pay a lot of money to attend and learn at an institution like Fordham, and it really is a major let down when a professor who has clearly been here for years has simply stopped caring it seems. Sure she is smart, she is knowledgeable, but is it so hard to comprehend that not everyone is cut out to teach no matter how smart they are. Not everyone is cut out to be a professional athlete, or medical professional, so why think that everyone that gets a Masters Degree or PhD is cut out to teach our nations young people. Bottom line, not everyone is a great teacher and this course has really made my semester less than stellar.

ps Professor Leshi, this is not an entry about you haha

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New Look and Name

Since I decided to give in to the critics and start using super duper swell grammar, I have decided to clean up the look and change the name of the blog as well. All of us really like it!

*Cast members of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia are in no way affiliated with this blog haha

-john

Giving In :( Haha

So, I like to think of my writing style as something casual, something people can read almost as if they are having a simple conversation with me. As many of my followers and classmates have pointed out I tended to shy away from using proper grammar in my blog, and today I am officially making the transition to proper grammar, per request of many who reviewed my blog.I will even edit some previous posts to bring them up to the grammar code that is drilled into our tiny heads as grade school students.
This brings me to my topic for the day which is the idea of growing up, the fact that last week ws my birthday and I turned a whopping 23 years of age. It finally seems to be hitting me that my days of being a young kid are over, when it comes to reality. I have a simple philosophy that I live by and that is just to be happy, don't let people bring you down. It's important to realize that everyday you live can't be an amazing day. Everyday you wake up can't be a beautiful warm sunny day. People don't realize that you need crappy rainy days, and cold winter nights, so that those beautiful warm days are like paradise to us. Moving forward it's weird to move onto a totally new stage of your life, and whether you want to admit it or not, you tend to leave part of your last stage behind, not everyone and everything can make that transition. I, however, am going to make sure some things stay with me for as long as possible, my best friends from grade school I still am in constant contact with, despite being hundreds of miles away and only seeing each other a few times a year. I also am going to make sure I don't lose my childlike personality and idea of just being happy. One of my good friends has a great quote that we constantly say, "being mature is over-rated." I know, I know, kind of childish but I really do believe the happiest people I know that are adults, really show an immature side to them, now I'm not saying to make fart jokes in the middle of a business meeting, or anything of that nature.
I do think that men especially need sometime to just let loose and be "a kid" again, whether its playing paintball, or going out drinking like you're in college again, no matter how awful you might feel the next day. I really believe that this type of behavior is necessary for men to stay stress free and on top of everything else in their lives. I've met a lot of successful businessmen and a large majority of them seem absolutely miserable, despite being very successful, I guarantee these guys have been acting "proper" and 100% mature for decades and it really an show. Now everything I'm saying here has no scientific support, or any support at all for that matter, but it is simply something I've noticed. You might think, "why the hell would I listen to this guys crazy observations about life?" I mean you don't have to, this is all something I am simply just throwing out there, but just because you might not agree with me, doesn't mean I'm not right.

-john

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NBA Playoffs Rapidly Approaching-Going to Miss Nash

It is coming up on my favorite part of the year. The time of year when the NBA Playoffs begin. These last few weeks of the season have been very exciting, with teams still jostling for playoff position. The top 3 teams in the east, Bulls, Heat, and Celtics are only separated by three games. Personally I don't have an allegiance to one team, I've kind of grown up just enjoying any good basketball game. I was introduced to basketball at the age of 2 and have been hooked ever since. My favorite players have been Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire ever since their years together on the Phoenix Suns. It was a big let down for me when Amare left Phoenix this last summer for the glitz and glam of New York City, but I understand why he moved on and have to say it has been very exciting living in the same city one of your favorite players is playing for. After bringing Carmelo Anthony in late February, the city certainly has been buzzing for New York Knicks basketball for the first time since probably the 1994-1995 seasons when Jordan retired for baseball.
Last season the Phoenix Suns made a great run through the playoffs and made it very exciting for me to root for Nash and Stoudemire, but this year that excitement will be missing. Nash has been my favorite player to watch for almost a decade and I even based my own basketball game off of his. It will be sad for me to watch the playoffs this year without Nash present. The Suns have fallen out of the playoff picture and despite making it to Western Conference Finals last year, they have all ready been eliminated as a playoff team.
Nash isn't getting any younger, at 36 years old, he continues to defy his old age and still play at an incredible level, while still makes his teammates around him shine. Sure the Suns might be out of the playoffs, and not nearly be the team they were a year ago with Stoudemire, but Nash still managed to lead the league in assists this year for the fifth time in seven years. I still think of Nash as being the best offensive point guard in the game, the way he plays the game is unmatched by anyone else in the league, even the chris paul's of the league. The one bright point is that it seems the Suns are finally realizing that Nash probably will need to move on from his franchise player role in Phoenix and help a contender bring a championship home, only question is where will that be; New York, Miami, Dallas, we'll find out this summer.


john

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