The first week of my Senior Year

I need to clarify something really quick. My Senior year is probably going to last three semesters so it won't be like a typical Senior year. It will be a Senior year for with a victory lap. I mean after all, why deny the college community the privilege of Scott Lemons? That's what I thought.

I am taking 6 classes this semester.

1. Cultural Anthropology
2. Books, Media, and Literacy for Children
3. Classroom Assessment
4. Methods of Teaching Social Studies
5. Corrective Reading
6. Modern English Grammar and Usage

All my classes are very interesting. The only thing this year is I really need to be adhering to a schedule or else I will not be able to get everything done that I need to get done. I was telling mom that my workload and content was more in depth and she was like, "Well you are in upper division in your Senior Year!" I guess that's true. I shouldn't have a big issue with the classes this year as long as I manage my time. My only problem is that I work best doing stuff the night before or a day or two before, and I have a lot of semester-long projects. Not fair!

I am leading a Lifegroup again...this time of 8th grade boys! I moved up with my guys, so it's all good. I'm really excited because we're going to do the Case for Christ! I always wanted to read this book now I can read and teach it! It will be sweet. This will be very challenging for them as well as me because we get into, "Why do you believe what you believe?" this year. All of us have some big evaluating to do.

I'm also on the leadership team of the College Ministry. It's exciting. I'm being reminded that I am pretty much the oldest college student there. That's okay, it just really didn't cross my mind until I was like, "Wait a minute...I'm 22 years old and a Senior." I'm looking forward to this semester though. Things will be different, but I feel like we are going in a good direction.

I better be going. I hope you all are having a great rest of the day and I will blog soon!

St. John Update, Olympics, and other stuff

I wrote a lot on my St. John journal so the update for this section of the blog, will be that you need to go to this link to read about it. http://www.brentwoodcollege.com/SJ_08/journals.php?name=scott.

I have enjoyed watching the Olympics. I have been keeping up mostly with Swimming, Men's Gymnastics, Beach Volleyball, and Sculling/Rowing. I tried to watch a bit of Water Polo, Fencing, and Cycling, but the ones mentioned in the previous sentence are probably my favorites. I love hearing the stories of some of these athletes. They have such dedication to their craft and their worth ethic is flawless because they know that they can't just go about it in any normal way. They have to give it their best and then some. Let's look at a small comparison. The Oscars are great because the actors will say that it is an honor just to be nominated. It's like that for the Olympics...it's great just to have the opportunity to compete against the best. To be mentioned among the best is a reward in itself. Yet each member that is nominated or competing wants the Gold.

I'm excited about Football starting. It's such a unique year. Favre is now with the Jets, Pennington with the Dolphins, and I think that this year Young and Cutler will need to have a good year to prove themselves. Not just to the league, but to their teammates and themselves.

Well, that's about it. Be sure to go to the link above to read about St. John! It was an amazing week!