About Me
- Erwin Coleman
- Hello, My Name is Erwin JaMarkus Coleman. I am from Tuscaloosa, Alabama; attending the University of South Alabama. I inspire to be a Secondary History Teacher. I want to do more than teach, I want to inspire and aid downtrodden humanity to a better path in life. After my undergraduate studies I want to get a Master's in Public Administration to reform education outside the classroom as well.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Blog Post #1
Hello my name is Erwin JaMarkus Coleman. I am 20 years old from Tuscaloosa, Alabama; my major interests are playing video games, watching interesting movies, playing sports, and Roll Tide football ( University of Alabama). I am convinced I am the biggest University of Alabama football at South Alabama. Attending South Alabama I still say Go Jags but Roll Tide will always be in my heart because being from Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama is like a religion to us (not literally).
I am the youngest of two brothers, both older than me by nine years, my mom just went back to school and finished her degree to be a Registered Nurse. My mom always stressed I be highly educated and be the best at whatever I do. I am only the second male to finish high school and attend college so my extended family is not highly educated. This is the main reason I chose education as a field. My passion in education is to make sure every child has the opportunity to receive a quality education; to me this is the civil rights issue of our time. I want to get my Master's degree on Public Administration to start a non-profit organization tackling the issues of education and also work for the government to give everyone the chance of social mobility upwards.
Another interesting thing about me is I am a Fall 2010 initiate of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Our motto is "First of All, Servants of All, and We Shall Transcend All" and aims are "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind".
Watching Dr. Pausch video confirms what people have been telling me from day one in college about time management. He starts off saying, "Americans are bad with dealing with time as a commodity but are good with deal with money as a commodity". He made an interesting point when he said people waste time and equate time and money. When it come to prioritizing he suggested to ask yourself, "Why am I doing it?" Another topic he touched on is experience saying experience comes with time, there are no shortcuts to getting it, and you cannot fake experience. My favorite point he made is dealing with planning specifically when he said, "Failing to plan is planning to fail". Every student should take a course on time management or at least be required to go to a seminar on time management because in college it is probably the most important skill to have. This is the link to the video Randy Pausch on Time Management
I am the youngest of two brothers, both older than me by nine years, my mom just went back to school and finished her degree to be a Registered Nurse. My mom always stressed I be highly educated and be the best at whatever I do. I am only the second male to finish high school and attend college so my extended family is not highly educated. This is the main reason I chose education as a field. My passion in education is to make sure every child has the opportunity to receive a quality education; to me this is the civil rights issue of our time. I want to get my Master's degree on Public Administration to start a non-profit organization tackling the issues of education and also work for the government to give everyone the chance of social mobility upwards.
Another interesting thing about me is I am a Fall 2010 initiate of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Our motto is "First of All, Servants of All, and We Shall Transcend All" and aims are "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind".
Watching Dr. Pausch video confirms what people have been telling me from day one in college about time management. He starts off saying, "Americans are bad with dealing with time as a commodity but are good with deal with money as a commodity". He made an interesting point when he said people waste time and equate time and money. When it come to prioritizing he suggested to ask yourself, "Why am I doing it?" Another topic he touched on is experience saying experience comes with time, there are no shortcuts to getting it, and you cannot fake experience. My favorite point he made is dealing with planning specifically when he said, "Failing to plan is planning to fail". Every student should take a course on time management or at least be required to go to a seminar on time management because in college it is probably the most important skill to have. This is the link to the video Randy Pausch on Time Management
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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