Freshman Studies Final

Hello. My name is Ethan Wilson, and this is my

freshman studies final.

I am a freshman here at Virginia State University.

This is my first semester here.

I'm here on basketball scholarship, full scholarship under coach blowing

Coach Drew very blessed for that opportunity.

And my major is mathematics along with my minor in

middle school education.

So I've learned a lot in this class, and I

really look forward to giving this presentation on everything I've

learned and just really thank you guys for everything you've

done and helping out with over these past few weeks.

Okay, about the V s U traditions here.

I never really knew about a B s you traditions.

When I decided I was going to come to this

school, I mean, obviously, I knew it was the HBCU,

and obviously everybody, every HBCU has their own traditions that

they do.

And I mean, it was just hard for me when

I committed to a school, because I was.

When Kobe started beginning up and I did, my options

were limited.

I had a scholarship offers and Virginia State was at

the top of my list, and it was hard for

me toe make that decision.

I didn't know much about the school.

All I really knew.

It was just what I looked at in the videos

and what I've heard from other people.

But taking this class has been able to really help

me and just give me a better understanding of the

traditions and just the history here at B s.

You and it's been really helpful honestly.

And fresh mint studies, learning about the history, talking toe,

my teachers about it.

It's just it's been really helpful because I didn't really

know that much coming into it.

I really look forward to getting on campus, though, and

experiencing a lot of these things that we've talked about

over the year, Um, over the semester and I really

look forward to and the ace presentations?

The ace presentations were actually very helpful at first.

If I'm being completely honest, I didn't even know about

them. It was kind of last minute.

My friends were like eating like you got to get

you a class and I was like, Okay, but I'm

actually glad that I did attend these presentations because they

were actually very helpful just learning about how to do

different things and such as like registering for classes.

Um, how Toe Put together a plan for your future.

How toe navigate yourself around campus.

How toe?

Just do a bunch of things that it would struggle.

It would be a struggle for me to learn on

my own.

And I'm really thankful for a Dr Hobson for helping

me out with that.

Um, yeah, These age presentations were very helpful.

They actually helped me prepare for my finals because I've

been stressing out a lot about them lately and help

me gave me tips.

Told me to sleep.

Right. Eat right.

Take it.

Take it one day at a time, relax, and everything

will be good.

So I'm very thankful for the presentations that the teachers

were able to put and the professors were able to

put together a couple of weeks ago.

We had we had a discussion board about our why

and this one.

This one was like it meant a lot to me

because I really got to express.

I feel like I got to express who I really

am in why I do what I do every day.

A za basketball player.

You know, my wife.

My wife is really to just push myself and to

be the best version of myself that I could be

every day.

Um, you know, I always have toe find that motivation

in the back of my mind to keep me going,

and it's always there just that, wanting to be better

than everybody else and what I do every day and

getting 1% better every day as I go along.

And that doesn't just go for basketball.

That goes for life is well, and I also talked

about my otherwise, which is my grandmother passing.

She was like my best friend and we went through

a lot together, and we had a lot of great

conversations in her lifetime here.

And she's a She's a reason why I pushed myself

every day because I feel like I owe it to

her and she she is the reason why I am

the person I am today.

She's hoping through so much and I have her tattooed

on my arm.

Just a daily reminder why I push myself to be

the best version of myself every day, and I'm going

to continue to carry on her legacy, so I'm really

thankful that we were able to do that discussion board

and I could share my experience off just my wife

and why I do things every day and watch through

it. As I mentioned earlier, this class has helped me

in so many ways, like coming into the issue.

I really didn't I didn't know much.

As I said earlier, I didn't know much about it

and just being in an environment with a bunch of

other students, hundreds of other students that are in the

same boat as me and from different situations, different places.

It was very comforting and I met.

I made a lot of new friendships I made.

I made a lot of people and although I haven't

met them face to face yet, it's Ah, it's a

blessing to know that there will be people that I'll

be able to interact with and be friends with, hopefully

for a lifetime after we get on campus and I

mean, I'm just really thankful for the opportunity that I

had to take this class because at first I didn't

think it was a class that I would need.

But when I when I just kept going through it.

I was like, Yeah, this is I actually didn't need

this. No matter how you know, it seems, lastly, I

would just like to say thank you for everything.

Everything like, um, I really appreciate it honestly, Beyond measures

like I went through a lot this year and Cove,

it didn't make it any easier for me as well

as it did for anybody else.

And I'm thankful that I had a group of professors

and a group of students and friends that were able

to help me just get through the semester.

And I learned so much about the issue, and guys

really helped me.

And I'm very thankful for this course and how I'll

be able to implement it in my life, moving forward

not just in school but in life and becoming, uh,

a future teacher as well.

Thank you.

Freshman Studies Final

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