I recently tried out
for the ECU football team as a walk on, on March 17th. I played football in high school and my dream
was to always play at the next level in college. It turned out I did not receive a scholarship
to play football in college. This made
me want to challenge myself and try to walk on for ECU. I was as nervous as can be the day of the
tryouts. I wanted to make the team
really bad because I missed being a student athlete. Seeing the football games at the beginning of
the year, increased my desire to play football again. To my surprise, I was informed with great
news that I made the spring team at ECU.
This meant that I made the first tryout and that I would get to practice
with the real team during the spring until it was time for the second and final
cuts. I have been blessed to practice
with the team during the spring as I got to experience what playing football at
the next level was like. Spring practice
is now over and to my surprise I have not been cut yet. Lots of walk-ons have been cut but I am still
remaining. My position coach told me to
keep doing what I am doing and to keep my grades up. Hopefully this is a good sign that the
coaches will keep me on the real team. I
am still praying!
Freshman Student at ECU
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Rec Center
ECU has a nice
recreational facility that is right next to my dorm. It includes a beautiful workout facility, six
basketball courts, indoor track, indoor and outdoor pool, racquet ball rooms,
and etc. I enjoy the workout area and
the basketball courts the most. When I
am bored and want some exercise, playing basketball is always the option I
select. There are always competitive and
skilled students on the courts who make playing basketball fun. Me being an ex-high school varsity basketball
player, it feels good to play the game I love in my free time since I am no
longer on a team. Usually after I am
done playing basketball, I will go and workout.
There are usually a lot of people in the workout area which can be a
struggle sometimes. This can get frustrating because a lot of the machines and
free weights will be occupied by others when I am trying to get a good workout
completed. It is great to have such a
nice recreational facility that is included in my tuition fee.
Campus Food
One of the things I
love about ECU is the access to all of the food. With eating being one of my favorite hobbies,
I love the fact that the campus serves food all throughout the day. In high school, I would have to wait until it
was lunch time to eat and that would be my only time I could eat at
school. I am a big eater so this did not
always satisfy my appetite. Lots of
times I would get hungry about an hour after lunch time but would have to wait
until I got home before I could eat another meal. In college I don’t have to worry about
this. There is a dining hall that
doesn’t require a personal lunch number to order food like high school
did. In high school, the cafeteria ladies
would never tell the kids if they were running low on money. If there was a day where a kid ran out of
money in their account, there was a good chance they would not eat that day
unless they got someone else to pay for them.
In college, the dining hall meal plan is paid in advance for the entire year
and all it requires is a swipe of your one card and then you have access to all
the food you want. The food in the
dining hall is delicious and it stays open throughout the day until late at
night. ECU also has some delicious fast
food restaurants, such as Chick-Fila, on campus that are a part of a student
meal plan. With all of the food options
on campus, I usually eat after every class until I can’t eat anymore.
Having a Roommate
Before I came to ECU, I
didn’t know what to expect about my roommate.
I was used to having my own room at home that I didn’t have to share
with anyone. Sharing a room with another
person didn’t sound too appealing to me because of the lack of privacy I would
have. I didn’t know if I would have a
roommate that would distract me while doing homework or a roommate that would
keep me from having a good night sleep. Even
though I was worried about my privacy, the thought of meeting someone new that
I could communicate and hang out with on a daily basis, interested me. It turns out this was not the case at
all. When I first met my roommate in the
room, he seemed like a fairy nice guy. He
was a little socially awkward when we first met but I thought it was just
because he was shy. It turned out I
would have to start most of the conversations and when he would answer me it
would be one word responses. He was very
nice but not someone I had a lot in common with and could hang out in public
because of his lack of communication. We
ended up making our own friends, ones that we feel we can relate to. My roommate and I are still very friendly
towards each other whenever we are both in the room. Having a roommate that isn’t in the room all
of the time, who can give me some privacy, who goes his separate ways, and is
friendly when I see him in the room, is actually the type of roommate I prefer.
Living in a Dorm Room
Although I don’t mind
living in a dorm room, I am starting to miss my own room as the year goes
on. My dorm room is very small compared
to my room back at home. The fact that I
have to share the room with my roommate, limits the space opportunities I
have. I don’t have that much space to store
or hang my clothes because my roommate and I both have small individual
closets. The fact that I brought a lot
of clothes to ECU didn’t help either. I quickly
ran out of space in my closet and the drawers for all of my clothes. Now I am forced to leave the clothes that are
dirty in my big laundry bag. I can’t
wash them all at one time because I wouldn’t have enough room on my side of the
room to put my clean clothes away. Since
the room is so small, the beds themselves, take up a lot of space in the
room. One of the reasons I’m excited
about summer, is the fact that I will have a lot more space for my clothes,
more room to move around, and I will be able to sleep in my own queen size bed
again.
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