BLOG ASSIGNMENT 1

A Little About Me

I am a complex individual with a complex history. At least that sounds like me! Or, I wish it sounded like me! I was born into a family that honors tradition. I was named after the woman that raised my daddy. Her name was Virginia Carolina - so my "real" name is just that... Virginia Carolina - what makes these matters even more complex is that my maiden name is Tanner - therefore, my name was Virginia Carolina Tanner from Tanner Williams, Alabama! Oh geez - what a name! Thankfully, my Grandmother came to my rescue. She said that I "looked" like a "Gina" and that my parents should name me Gina. When they refused, she said that it didn't matter what they named me she was calling me Gina - the name has stuck my entire life! What a beginning I had in life - people fighting over just my name! Other than that, I was born during a deadly hurricane - Hurricane Camille. Since then it has all been a bunch of hot air!

I was raised on a dairy farm. I am one of five children and my parents have been married for 45 years! I have been married for 19 years and we have one child that attends a local private school. I am a Secondary Ed/Language Arts major. I am currently a junior. I am hoping to teach at the private school where my daughter attends at least while she is still in school.

I really enjoy literature and I hope to pass along my love of great literature to my students. I also love photography. I currently take most of the action athletic pictures for my daughter's school yearbook. I feel I have gotten pretty good at taking photos. Like any hobby, it is pretty expensive keeping up with the newest technology. It would be my desire to share my love of photography with my students as well.

Randy Pausch and Time Management

I have to admit to being a closet procrastinator. My family might disagree about the closet part though! I don’t enjoy putting things off and it makes me crazy to not get things finished. Still, there I am with no more time left and tons of things that still need to get completed.
Fortunately, I don’t seem to have a problem with managing my time with my school work. Everything else goes on pause until I get my school work complete. This means, of course that my house is a wreck and I spend my Saturdays trying to straighten things up and do a hit and miss clean!

I like what Randy talked about in his video about making a list. I do make lists for my academic work, just not for housework! Maybe if I organize my weekends like I struggle to organize my weeks, I would do better at getting all my chores completed. Randy talked about not beating yourself up if you don’t finish the list. I liked that – I am constantly beating myself up over the things that may not ever matter!

Busy students, teachers and parents would do well to take a note from Randy Pausch’s lecture – I DID!