Doing The Best

Have you ever had a time in your life where something didn't go very well, but you know you tried your best. We all have had one and I know that I have had quite a few. Though there are many experiences that I have I am only going to tell you of one.

One time while at band camp I was trying to help the younger drummers in the drumline understand their music. I had tried so many tricks in the book. As I kept helping them they seemed more confused. So what I did to try and help them, was that I took the drumsticks and played the beat slowly hoping that would help them.

While this is all going on the band instuctor is helping other students in the band. I kept working with the students and most of them were getting the hang of it, but there was one who still seemed confused. As I kept trying to work with him he seemed more and more confused. That is when I relized the student was trying to follow along with the music when he couldn't read music at all. When I tried to have him follow me by ear he was still having trouble. When the band instructor came by she relized, without asking, what my problem was, she told me to go back to my drum and work on it.

After doing all that work I felt like I failed at helping. I knew I did my best, but when I don't finish a job that I started I feel like it was a failure. Even though I felt really bad about not finishing my job, I knew I tried my best and that I just needed to teach myself how to work with more people like that. This way when this occurence happens again I will be prepaired to finish the job.

ISU Club Fest

There are always the college students who are looking for something to do so they can have some free time from studying and meet new people. Well the solution to that is joining a club. Did you know that Iowa State has 500+ clubs and is still expanding. Well I went to this club fest that Iowa State has and saw some interesting clubs. There was a club for everything. There was running club, German Club, Guitar Club, Anime Club, Japanese Sword Fighting club, ect. If there is some thing that you believe or like there is a club for it. Many of the clubs I looked at are ether something I want to try like the Japanese Sword Fighting Club, or something I enjoy doing so I looked at the Drum Set Club. I looked at so many clubs that I am going to have to see what they are all about before I decide to join.

I survived

I can't belive it! I went to college and survived the first week of classes. Granted I had to drop one of my courses, but I knew I wasn't going to pass the class after a week and already falling behind. The college experience is going to be fun and hard the whole way. Don't forget to have some of your own time, otherwise all that studying is going to make you crazy. I have already started my adventure at Iowa State and I wonder where it will end???? I guess my choices will determine that.