My name is Tommy Chernosky and I am from the the great state of Texas- more specifically Houston, Texas. I am a Junior here at TCU and am currently studying to be a Mechanical Engineer. It is extremely difficult to keep up with it, but I enjoy it and am trying to grind through it and hope to be able to become a successful engineer somewhere here in Texas.
I am taking this class because it is required, and I hate reading, I do however enjoy writing. Even from a young age I have always enjoyed writing. I even made it a hobby of mine throughout my middle school years. It is one of the few academic fields that seems to come very naturally to me. I enjoy writing in lots of formats and on different topics with the exception of being asked to write on long forced readings that are uninteresting to me. I have never been good at reading comprehension and having little interest in the subject further hinders my abilities in being able to take much from reading a book. I went to Episcopal High School in Houston where they really emphasized writing to us and I think the education I got there really helped me to refine my writing abilities before I came to college. I am very adamant about what I believe in and enjoy writing papers that express and defend my opinions.
As far as politics go, I would describe myself as fairly knowledgeable on the subject. I regularly watch Fox News in the mornings before I go to class or during the day. I like to stay informed about what is happening around the country. You can't really say you are for or against something or someone in politics unless you know enough about the subject to back up what you express to others. I don't care as much about state or city politicians because their actions don't impact our lives very often and when they do, the changes are usually minimal. With respect to the presidential race, I have followed it closely both on the democratic and republican side. I have grown up in a very conservative family and retain those conservative values today. Despite growing up in a republican family, they have never tried to make me choose their ideas and philosophies. I have been able to do that all on my own. I feel that many people in our country are very undereducated and under informed when it comes to politics and often vote without much of a base for their decision, but I know where I stand and which candidate stands closest to me on the issues I care about.
So "everything is an argument". Well I'm not sure I really agree with this completely, but I can see where the generalization would have some validity to it. I have chosen some simple stuff to put on this blog that hopefully will give people a little bit of a taste of what I like and enjoy. I picked colors that I like, mostly colors I relate with an outdoor type of feeling. I am not trying to make any strong arguments, just present a simple way to post my writings which will likely have much more argumentative type feelings to them.
I have read the syllabus and understand the requirements for the class and agree to them!!
4 comments:
Nice to meet you today, Tommy! I'm sure we'll figure out that we've crossed paths along the way in Houston. Most of the people I went to middle school with ended up at EHS. I went to Lamar, so I'm sure you know several people from there too. There are several girls here that I'm friends with that I'm sure you know. Glad to know we have something in common...see you Tuesday!
wHey! yeah I remember those days however that was a long time ago. Who knows what happened to that kid? Well anyway so your a little skeptical about everything being an argument, me too. I think this class is definitly going to be interesting. That's neat that your so knowledgable about politics I'm sure that will come in handy.
Tommy,
I have to say i give you so much respect for wanting to be an engineer! This is awsome! But I am happy that you also like to write because that is the one thing I like doing also. I do not like to read if it is required but I do like to read on my free time. I am also happy that I am not the only one that likes to watch the news and stay informed! It was great to meet you via blog see ya in class!
I honestly thought I would be the only Engineer crazy enough to be in this class, but as I can see, I'm not. If you do not mind, I might be looking for your advice/help sometimes since you already have been through the classes that I have been through.
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