Sunday, October 31, 2010

Twitter

My week of Twitter wasn't that bad. It was kind of exhausting knowing that it was an assignment and the posts had to contain content that was informative, so that was kind of hard for me. I did not really like Twitter because I don't really care what other people are doing. If I wanted to know, I could text them and see because I don't really want to know what everyone is doing 24/7. The one thing that would be nice is following a news paper or a certain magazine, writer, or critic because then you would know what is going on around the world with anything and everything. Another thing that could be of value of having twitter is to be able to keep in touch with your high school friends that you never see anymore. I know someone that just has all of his close friends on Twitter and they are always tweeting to each other about crazy stuff that has gone on. Another thing is to know how to do it so in the future if I need to do it for a job I will have an idea of what to do so it isn't brand new. Some things I learned about Twitter is that it could be very useful but at the same time it is kind of dumb. The only way to have a Twitter account is to have it set up on your phone so you can get the tweets right away and not later that night when they are less important. But by having it on your phone, one constantly gets messages from everyone that they decide to follow, which would be really annoying. Here is a link to my Twitter account: http://twitter.com/kirenev17. Here is a link to one of the articles I read about Twitter: http://www.commcognition.com/blog/college-students-guide-twitter-101/.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Me At My Best

There have been many times where I have been at my best. The one time that stands out the most to me was during my senior in high school. I was a member of the tennis team all four years of high school and every year I improved. I feel like I was at my best in playing tennis my senior year.

One thing that made me at my best my senior year was that I was on the varsity team. I was on it for three years in high school. It helped me get good experience by playing older and more experienced players. It also let me get comfortable with playing at a higher level of skill. I also think that it helped me gain skills by learning from others and playing harder people.

Another example of me being at my best was playing during the off season. I hadn't really thought about doing that until my junior year. I started to go to this camp with a few of the girls on my team and we had someone coach us and hit us balls. The only thing about it was that you had to pay, only five dollars but it was a lot for only one hour a week. I think that it really helped me get ready for the season and get ahead of some of my upcoming opponents.

Finally, the thing that made me feel like I was at my best was that I went to state. I played doubles with a girl in the grade below me. I think that we worked really hard to get to state. It was not the easiest thing to do. There was one time that I didn't think we were going to make it when we were playing in regionals. We went to state and placed eighth out of sixteen teams that went.

I think that having played a sport in high school really helped me become a better person. It lets you interact know people that you might not normally hang out with. It gives you more confidence and team experience. My senior year of tennis is the most fun I had out of all four years of high school and I was at my personal best, which made it even better.