Hello all! My name is Kyle Mitsunaga and I am a junior here at BSU. I am studying business finance. A little bit about me I grew up ironically here in Boise, Idaho. I then moved to Huntington Beach, California and went to jr high and high school. I played a lot of hockey growing up which is why I moved down there in the first place. After those year I ended up here back in Idaho and I still love it here in Boise. I think this influenced me a lot growing up, the main reason why I say this is because I moved out away from family to pursue my hockey career when I was 15 years old. Doing this really did change the way I looked at life. I grew up fast I like to believe, learning how to do all the things on my own was a big change. Most of all I would have to say I learned to respect my parents much more, not to say I didn’t before I moved out. Just to understand that they were giving apart of my childhood life away from them just to have me pursue my goals made me realize that they were sacrificing a lot.

Growing up my family was religious and still are. It was something that was just normal to me. Once I moved away I think that grew on me. Religion gave me something to do when I was away from family. Like I said above it just made me realize somethings that I didn’t when I had it all living with my parents. It’s something that will always stay with me and has influenced my life for the greater. I view things differently now, I treat people with respect because I feel that is something that everyone should deserve at the very least. It is who I am and it comes from what I’ve been through growing up as a kid playing a silly sport on ice. That is the little HISTORY about me!

 

Anyways that is a little about me, if you have questions just ask! I hope all of you have a great semester. Good luck with all of your classes. I am looking forward to working with all of you on our course site!

Hello Dr. Madsen-Brooks and group members,

My name is Jonathan Shoemaker, I’m a sophomore here at the big blue. My current major is Applied Physics, I know you cringed, its okay I myself do that sometimes. I’m glad to be in this class, hope you all are too. If you remember a guy with a blue and orange mohawk last year, ya that’s me. I run by the rule of “Pics or it didn’t happen” so for a laugh or just curiosity look at the bottom of the post.

Well if you’re still reading, the more about me part is here. I grew up in the LA area and loved it for the large mix of experiences one could have. I was raised with the notion that everything happens for a reason. I don’t mean this in the religious sense. For example if you slam your toe on something it happened for a reason, reason is you didn’t look. Some more things about me, I thoroughly enjoy being the breaker of preconceived notions. This has been the main way I like to view the world and its situations.

Now that I think about it the reason I view the world the way I do stems directly from my mother and friends. I commonly look at news as a way of knowing a topic but knowing that the whole truth. Also gathered that assumption from my mother. The culture my mother came from was a rather resourceful bunch that like to make something out of nothing. My father is in the same boat, although he is quite a bit more lazy. I unfortunately follow suite quite often. Needless to say I gather most information on my own accord rather than specific sources. Most if not all of my “filters of the world” come from gathering information or hearing it from anyone and everyone willing to tell me.

Hope this helps tell you who I am and I hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks

Jon