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well thanks for all the well wishing guys! I am now officially done, I just sent in my last paper, the finals are done, papers are written, I have proven I can do college. I am really excited to go do something besides school now, honestly, I think so much better on my own. Don’t get me wrong, it has been an absolute joy to have professors to work with as I’ve struggled to develop my own opinions on thinks I’ve never thought about before, but it’s a whole different ball game when I get to read a book because I’m interested in it, or write a paper because I think I have something to say, and not to satisfy a requirement.

My post grad plans are still up in the air, I suspect they will be as much for the rest of this week. The company I am talking to about working with right now is still developing the details of the position, so I am yet to get a firm commitment out of them, so the options are still vast. I’ll let you know when I know though. For now, I plan on being kicked out of my home on Friday, and living on the beach for two weeks so I can have a great ‘homeless’ story when I’m doing motivational speaking with Donald and Guy.

Besides that, all is well, much aloha to you all, and thanks for all the kind words and support. Uncle Jason, Darrell, Sarah, and Mom, you guys have been particularly terrific in throwing your support and love my way, thanks for all you do, without you guys, things would have been a lot more difficult.

Today, the 16th of April, I had my last day of classes, for maybe ever. I just had my last day of classes. It’s pretty crazy to be done, my body can’t fathom the idea of not feeling guilty when not constantly thinking about whats due in which class and when. Could be a nice change.

Here’s to the future though…. what’s next. :)

so I mentioned it in an earlier post, but I just found these great videos that were fun to go watch again. I was entertained anyway. :)
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so this week was general conference, which meant I got to cruise for a bit, having legitimate excuses to calm down and take a proverbial chill pill. So naturally me and mike wanted to live it up, so we made a movie. If you hit play, you have to commit to watching it all the way through…. or I kill you.

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It’s a make you smile, not laugh…. so if you don’t smile while watching this, you also are unable to cry. Just fyi

This is the presentation I made on a 20 page paper I have written on homeschooling entitled ‘The homeschool advantage.’ In my paper I detail several aspects of homeschooling and make a cohesive argument for the alternative method of homeschooling. In my 6 minutes speech I was invited to give, I had substantially less wiggle room so I picked a point I thought would generate the most controversy/discussion. It kind of worked, but I guess I needed more time to build the argument. Anyway, here the piece, I’d love to hear comments, if you agree, disagree, etc. I love a challenge, so don’t just read, think about it and tell me why I’m wrong. Oh, and beware, it reads how I wanted to speak it, now how it should be written
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I remember a story my mother shared with me as a child about a young boy whose family moved to a new town and he was enrolled in a big and intimidating new school. The story, which I’ve now found to be written by Mary Schramm, (continue reading…)