2. Being made to go to Chapel

Everyone knows that we have Freshmen experience on Tuesdays and Chapel on Thursdays. I honestly do not like being made to go to these functions. I like my Freshmen experience group because they are funny, but I still don't like being made to go. Chapel isn't really that good because I don't get that much out of it. We are in college now and shouldn't be made to do anything like that. I would be more inclined to go if I knew I wasn't being made to go.

I knew that I was going to be made to go to Chapel before I came here, but I didn't think it would hit me like it has now. I really enjoyed the freedom of going to church because I wanted to, not because I was being made. I don't want to be treated like a little kid anymore because I am starting to grow up.

Some of you will probably look down on me because you think that everybody should be made to go to church and all that good stuff. I am a Christian, but I believe that you should have a choice to go to Chapel. God gave all of us a choice to chose his free gift of salvation. We should be given a choice to go to Chapel or not. Forcing religion on somebody who is not a Christian will not bring them closer to God. It will only push them away.

1. Beginning Blog

Hello everybody. This is TJ. I sit way on the other side of the world in our classroom by Mr. Randle's graduate assistant. Hopefully I'll get to meet most of you before the semester is over with. And now that my introduction is over with, I will start my blog.

This week has been pretty good. My earliest class throughout the week is 925, so that means I don't have to get up too early. I love sleeping in. One problem I did have this week was with my labs. I have a chemistry lab on Tuesday night from 6-9 and a biology lab on Wednesday night from 6-9. I play football, so that sometimes conflicts with my labs since I have practice from 330-530 during the week. Tuesday wasn't that bad because I got out of practice, hurried to eat and take a shower, then went to my lab. I was probably about 10 minutes late, so I didn't miss much and I was still able to complete the lab.

Wednesday night was the real problem. We got out of practice early because we didn't do well and had to keep repeating drills. I got out around 6, and I still had to take a shower and eat. This would make me very late to my lab, so I just decided to miss and hoped I could make it up. At around 645, I headed up to Hederman and went into the Office of Biological Sciences. I talked to a professor there about my situation and he said that I would be able to make it up either on Thursday night or Friday afternoon. I was so relieved because I did not want to miss an important grade. I decided to make it up on Friday afternoon and I ended up doing really well in the lab. I think this experience demonstrated the "excellence in teaching" portion of the syllabus.