Christmas Break

I am already counting down the days to Christmas Break! All I got to do before break is two presentations, a paper, and take two finals.  It will be nice to have almost a month off from school to spend time with friends and family.  I also will be able to celebrate my birthday with my family since my birthday is on the 21st so I will be home.  On December 22nd, I am going to visit my high school and do a panel with other classmates of mine on how college life is going for us.  We will be doing that in front of the senior class to get them ready for college.  There will be a student from several colleges that include, Wartburg, St. Ambrose, NICC, Hawkeye, Winona State, Iowa State, and Northern Iowa.  I thought it was really helpful last year when the class above me did that, so I knew that I wanted to be one of those people to help the class below me get prepared for college and what to expect.  This break will give me time to sit and relax and spend time with friends and family.

Coaching Authorization

This weekend I am taking coaching authorization classes at Hawkeye Community college.  The course is two "power" weekends, starting December 2nd through the 4th, and the December 16th-18th.  The class starts on friday night at 5 p.m. and goes till 10 p.m..  Saturday and Sunday are suppose to go from 8 a.m. to 8:15 p.m..  On Friday, I arrived to class late because I was not sure where the location of the class was. Then on Saturday and Sunday instead of going to 8 p.m., our class instructors let us out early at 6:30 both nights.  That helped a lot because it was starting to be a long day sitting in a classroom.  In our class we learn about Coaching Theory, Ethics, Anatomy, and Care & Prevention for Injuries.  Once I am done with this class on the 18th, I will have my coaching license so I'll be able to sit and watch practices.  I am hoping that I can be an assistant at my high school this summer for baseball, and then next winter take the basketball job that I was offered at Hudson.