Hello all! I am Stephanie Merrill. I am currently a Senior at TCU and I am a Communication major and and English and Anthropology minor. I am from Coppell,TX, home of the Coppell Cowboys. I honestly can not remember what exactly lured me into TCU, maybe the fact that my dad graduated from here or the fact that I would have rather worn purple over green (I almost went to Baylor). Needless to say, I also like the fact that it is not too far from home because I am a family girl. Home is where my heart is.
If I were made the chancellor of TCU I honestly do not know what I would change. Maybe the most obvious thing problem I would say would be parking. I possibly would look into building a parking garage (that is if there was any available space left for one). I always feel that the good teacher is that one who comes to class with inspiration every day: The kind of teacher that will look past the students faults and still encourage them to keep pushing on, the kind that breathes life into dull material, the kind that wants to hear the voice of the students more than their own, the kind that is willing to accept the possibility that they might be wrong at times. That is what I think makes a good teacher. As far as a good student, I think that student needs be open-minded to ideas discussed in class, listen well even when tired, is persistent in trying to do well, and be honest with the teacher when they really do not understand.
If I could eat dinner with any three people, all three of them would be the grandparents that I never got to meet because they had passed away before I was born. Three things people should know about me : #1. I hate condensation rings and I love coasters. #2. Even though I am from Texas, I try to avoid saying "Ya'll" at all costs. #3. I love being outside and can't imagine my life without sports. If there are usually three things that I want to know about someone it would have to be: #1. If they could travel just one place tomorrow where would it be?#2. Where are they from? #3. What is something they are passionate about?
The reason I am taking this course is because it sounded interesting to me. But mostly the reason I enrolled in it is because I had Dr. Williams as my professor last year in an Emerson and Thoreau class and I loved it and I really got a lot out of it. Even though this class is different, I am still looking forward to it.
As far as personal reading goes, I honestly will read whatever sounds good to me at that point in my life. I really enjoy fiction novels. Sometimes romance, sometimes mystery. I also enjoy personal anecdotes of people's lives, just real life stories of people really interests me. Academically, I have read a lot of literature and personally things I would not pick up outside of class, for example, writings over King Arthur. I however took a class last semester over that and enjoyed it! I also really enjoy writers who make you think deeply inside yourself and discover new things just like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In relation to my own writing, I enjoy journaling a lot. I am someone of a hopeful writer, and sometimes cynical at times as well.
Even though it may sound silly, I would hope that my blog shows fun and light! I enjoy positivity and being hopeful in things. As an author, I would hope that it would display my approachability and optimism and that would also contribute to my participation in class.
I have read the course syllabus and I understand and agree to the terms.
