So that was Mississippi, then came the social shock of moving as a 5th grader to Georgia, once again because of my father and this time thinking we would only be there for two years. Guess where I am still to this day? That's right, I still live in the great peach state, Georgia; but that's not such a bad thing because I think I've managed to accomplish a lot through this state and its members, everyone from the woman who I babysat and cut grass for to the man who started molding me into the engineer that I am sure to become have helped me change from the elementary school kid I came as into he Georgia Tech student I am today.
So we've got my basic history out of the way, classic family of four that eats ate at the table for dinner whenever the timing worked out (which wasn't very often because with my mother and father both working at separate schools and my sister and I both going to school and playing sports, we just didn't see each other that often but as a family I would say we're rather accomplished). My animals include my border collie, who though is still with us is exceedingly old for a border collie and can't be expected to be with us much longer, my mother's papillon who though was bought for my mother is definitely my sister's devoted follower, and my tabby cat who over the last two years has grown incredibly attached to me. I've managed to do a lot of things in 18 years, I've barrel raced horses, competed in a swim team, played a lead role in a school play, won multiple high school awards, graduated 5th in my class of over 350, played piano for 12 years and attempted guitar, violin, and the drums, played tennis and broken every school record as well as was awarded MVP two years after I first picked up a racket, bowled on a league, and competed as well as coached gymnastics. There's my historical breakdown, now we can focus on the now.
Now, I am at Georgia Tech, which I am convinced is absolutely the best school not just in Georgia or America but the world. I'm not afraid to show my bias. A few days ago I announced my pledge status to Theta Chi fraternity, which after visiting many others leads me to think that Theta Chi is unbeatable as a fraternity, my bias being clear on this subject too. These kinds of blogs are not the kind I would choose to write, I prefer to discuss topics more interesting than myself for two reasons, one I don't let off that I'm an ego maniacal jerk, and two I just really don't think that the rest of the world truly cares. But, apparently my GT1000 instructors do, therefore "so it shall be written, so it shall be done." (Yul Brenner, Ten Commandments)
I'm a little over one week into these next 5 or so years of my life here at Georgia Tech (if everything goes right) and in that time I've met probably a couple of hundred people and have yet to meet anyone I just don't like. It seems that when you throw together some of the brightest kids in the state, good things happen. I can't remember having as much fun or feeling as empowered or free as I have since my first day here, even the classes are fun but on that subject it seems that I have lucked out. My instructors are so far the rare kind that manage to mix necessary information with a little humor and a little sarcasm, instead of the dry forward force feeding method of the teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Why did I choose Georgia Tech you may ask? It's simple, I needed a college that was instate because with two teachers for parents I'm not what you would call wealthy, and a college that had the prestige to let me know I would come out of it as a better and more intelligent man. Georgia Tech will exceed that expectation I am sure. I do not expect that many will read this entire post, as it is the short version of my biography but honestly other than a few select close friends perhaps, I can't imagine anyone caring enough to take the time to read this entire thing. However, that's completely fine with me, because the words that I want everyone to read or think about aren't about me, they're about things that matter ever so slightly more. As my calc teacher says, Cherio.
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