Founders hall activity week #8

Last Thursday was not a normal class for us in Mr. Browns English 111 class, instead we did something pretty fun and went down in front of the library to listen to a variety of people talk about their life. The people that I had the pleasure to listen to were about the army life, Vietnam veteran, and people of color. First off I listened to the army life. The man was I believe 19 years old and told us he just got back from training, and was over there for a pretty long time. He started off by telling us about their training and how miserable it is. He said the main thing they try to do is to break your mind and try to get you out of the “civilian” mind set and to get you to your “war” mindset. Basically he was telling us that they work them into the ground and just keep pushing and pushing you until you want to quit. They also give you certain duties you have to do such as do something in a certain amount of time or else you would get punished, which most of the stuff they told you to do was impossible he said. He kept telling us though that it is totally worth doing because it teaches you lots of life lessons and makes you appreciate everything you have and some things you didn’t realize.

The next person I talked to was the Vietnam veteran. He was in the navy for 3 years I believe and began in 1969. His duty was part of the nuclear weapons such as missiles and things like that. One type of missiles he talked about was the underwater ones that go after submarines. To me I thought that was pretty cool. He told us that the missiles travel under water within a mile radius and go as deep as 50 feet from the bottom. He also kept telling us like the first man I talked to that he encourages everyone to join the military.

The last person I talked to was the man of color. You might have seen him walking around the halls of delta before. He is a well-dressed man that’s always in a suit and is covered with tattoos. He might look intimidating at first but once you talk to him he is a really nice guy. He started off part time here at delta teaching and built his resume up to become a full time teacher. I believe he has been teaching for over 10 years here. That shows you that it’s not about what the exterior of a person looks like but what there are like on the inside and have the willingness to work hard.

The time that we spent down there listening to those people was a cool experience. Just getting out of the classroom and doing something different was the cool thing. Plus you get to learn about different people with different backgrounds and experiences.