{"id":6268,"date":"2015-10-30T08:07:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=6268"},"modified":"2015-10-30T08:07:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T13:07:19","slug":"intro-to-alex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2015\/10\/30\/intro-to-alex\/","title":{"rendered":"Intro to Alex"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"alex20151028b\"<\/a> Hello everyone! Welcome to my new blog, let me tell you a little about myself …<\/p>\n

I was born in Racine, Wiscosin. Living in Racine I felt like the city was really small. I mean, everyone from Racine thinks it’s small but that’s probably because they haven’t really gone anywhere else.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee neighbors my hometown so that made things feel a million times smaller because Milwaukee is a major city. The only time I would leave my city before I started attending UW-Stevens Point was when I would\u00a0 playing high school football games in other towns. My perspective on size of cities was definitely not developed. When I first visited UWSP, I knew right away that life would be different.<\/p>\n

Everything in Point is smaller than Racine. Even the outdoors life. Stevens Point has a good nature reserve (Schmeeckle Reserve<\/a>), but no beach! Having a beach was something I really took for granted while growing up in Racine. The closest thing I have seen to a beach here on campus is the sand volleyball courts. I never thought that I would miss simple things like a sandy beach but it has happened.<\/p>\n

The main reason why I chose to go to UW-Stevens Point for furthering my education was because it was far away from home. I wanted to get the true experience of living on my own. Ever since I was a baby my mother wanted me to go to UW-Parkside. It was maybe 30 minutes away from my house, if traffic was bad. Parkside was too close for me. It’s literally in our backyard.\u00a0 I also knew if I ended up going to UW-Parkside that I probably would have ended up seeing my mom more than I did when I lived at home. My main goal of college is to grow as a person and I feel like I had to be a distance away from my home to do that.<\/p>\n

I changed my majors several times already and I am only a freshman. I made most of my changes before school even started. When I applied to UW-Stevens Point I was a graphic design<\/a> major. I changed my major to English<\/a> during freshman orientation. After that, I added communication<\/a> to my majors list. I currently still double major, but not with English. Now I major in physical education<\/a> and communication<\/a>; I am the sole physical education<\/a> major at UWSP to also major in communication<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I finally decided to major in these two areas because during the summer I am a playground leader for my city. That just means I got paid to play outdoor games with kids at parks in my city. It was the funnest job I will probably ever have so\u00a0 I started to think about\u00a0 the closest thing to being a playground leader. Other than working at the YMCA or something like that, being a physical education teacher came to mind.<\/p>\n

The communication major came from my belief that media truly controls the world. Which is why with the comm. major my emphasis is media studies. The profession I would love to get into with my communication degree is radio. Just anything with radio. Or really just anything with media in general. Media is a passion of mine.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned,
\nAlex<\/p>\n

Alex Grant<\/a> is a first-year physical education and communication student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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