Why College?

   Why am I in college? Well... why not? I've always enjoyed learning new things and expanding my skills. I'm not by any means saying that college is the only way to learn new things. I have been able to learn many valuable lessons outside the class room but I think there needs to be a balance between book learning and life learning.
   As a junior in high school Stephan, a friend, and I were hanging out with a couple girls who wanted to make smores in one of their back yards. Stephan set out to build the fire and to make a long story short ended up setting a shed on fire. I ran and grabbed a garden hose and proceeded to control the blaze, clean out the shed of valuable/flammable materials before the fire department arrived, and I loved it! I had discovered one of my passions in life... Firefighting! Over the years that has developed into a passion for helping others.
   The few short years I lived in Utah County I attended Utah Valley University for a few semesters and decided that UVU was not the school for me but a dilemma arose when I found that the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy was sponsored by UVU. Luckily I found a volunteer fire department that accepted my application and subsequently was trained for free. Being able to help people in need has been such a blessing for me and helped me on my path to knowing what I want to study. Another opportunity I had while at UVU was to play Lacrosse and also coach a 7th and 8th grade Lacrosse team. I was able to experience the joy of coaching. The joy of helping kids learn how to play an amazing sport and see them progress in their individual skills as well as their team work.
   I am not giving up on the firefighting bit but I want to expand my options for a career because becoming a full-time firefighter is very competitive. While at USU my field of study, at least for now, is coaching and sports medicine.
   Eventually I want to attend the Logan campus of USU but first I have to make up some classes that I didn't do to well in during my time at UVU. What brought me here was one of my longest friends is an Aggie and he showed me around USU, what this college has to offer its students and I was very impressed.
   I look forward to this class because I do enjoy writing and my time at USU. One goal of mine during my stay here is to play soccer (football or futbol if you prefer) for USU.

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