Mic Check: Round two

My name is Bryce. I am a twenty three year old Marine Corps veteran and a freshman at GCC. I have a girlfriend named Samantha and we have two dogs named Arya (German Shepherd) and Taylor (Pit bull). I consider myself an outdoors-man. Born and raised here in Glendale, Az, I grew up with two brothers (Ryan & Colton), and one sister (Erin). Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, shooting, four wheeling, and a cabin in the woods sums up my hobbies. It would be wrong of me to not mention my adoration for PC/console video games. Mechanical engineering is my desired career field, working for Raytheon or a D.O.D contracted company. My inspiration for that specific degree lies in my history with missiles and missile systems. While I was in the Marine Corps I spent my time becoming extremely proficient with these missile systems, and it quickly grew into a passion. Raytheon makes and manufactures these multi-million dollar machines and I want in on the next generation of missiles and missile systems.

Entry #11: This is the end.

Well my friends, we have reached the end of our blogging, and I couldn't be more pleased with the experience.  I like blogging as a creative outlet that allowed myself and my peers to be expressive on a different and unlikely plane.  At the beginning of the semester there was a lot of worry and doubt that I would like using a blog.  As it turns out, I really did enjoy it and even went as far as introducing it to my family and friends.  Unfortunately there was a period of lack luster posting and I missed a few blogs (booo).  Aside from that I took the blogging experience seriously because it intriguing me and I was eager to learn something new.  For English 101 specifically I think blogging is a great idea.  Most students at this point in their college careers have had little to no experience writing creatively.  Everyone follows the same MLA format and every paper is exactly the same as the last.  Being able to freely express your opinion, feelings, emotions or thoughts among like minded peers in invaluable.  Using this as a tool within your course curriculum is A) thinking outside of the box, B) breaking the traditional school stigma, and C) providing students with a new creative outlet.  As for me, it provided all three of these things and then some.  Thank you for being apart of this learning experience with me. Cheers.