Hello, my name is Jacob Colegio (pronounced co-lay-he-oh). This is my English 3110 - Our Place in Nature blog, where I will keep all my responses to in-class discussions, books, and other blog assignments for this course.
Some fun information about myself. I have a pretty diverse schooling history: I was home-schooled through elementary school, attended Baptist Christian school for 3 years, Public High School for 2 and a half years, and Art School for just one semester before coming to Western Michigan University.
My family consists of myself, my mother (City Councilwoman), my father (Police Officer), my brother (adopted, currently in high school), and my two sisters (One a teacher, the other a college student) and my dog (Stays at home). My extended family comes from Tennessee, Texas, and previously Mexico.
When my Grandfather moved to Michigan and started a family, he changed the pronunciation of our last name to co-lee-jee-oh in order to "Americanize" it, but I decided to change it back to its original pronunciation for myself and my future family. If my Grandfather was allowed to change it, why shouldn't I be able to change it back?
Some other fun information. I grew up wrestling and playing football for 10 years each. I've been playing music for my entire life, starting with my great-grandmother's antique piano I found in our garage as a toddler and progressing to picking up the guitar (my instrument of choice) in 8th grade. Art and technology are two of the most fascinating things to me.
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That's it for my short introduction for myself, thanks to everyone or anyone who read it.
I played football growing up as well and made some of my fondest memories. I'm sure you as well as anyone that played that sport has a shared love hate relationship with it like I did. The practices seemed to never end yet every year I loved it so much I went back out the next year.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely agree about the love-hate thing, sometimes it's great but other times it's really strenuous.
DeleteI like how you changed how to say your last name. I know something about having a unique last name, and it is funny how how it is pronounced changes person to person. Even in my family we say Braunschweig differently then my extended family.
ReplyDeleteI am also musical! Piano and flute, love playing so so much.
It's funny how problematic it can be to transfer a name from a foreign language into English!
DeletePlaying music just feels great, I agree.
I bounced around a lot of schools when I was younger too because my family moved a lot. It was an interesting experience, but I think it was for the best because of the broad network of friends that I now have from that! Homeschooling sounds really interesting as well!
ReplyDeleteExactly, going to a lot of schools allows you to build a pretty diverse group of friends.
DeleteI have tried many times to play both the piano and the guitar, but continue to fail. Actually that's a lie. I never fail, I do however quit because I don't get good fast enough. I have always been stuck in the basics and that's no fun, nobody likes the basics. So, congrats to you for getting out of the basics.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had quite a diverse schooling career. It's cool that you have a fascination with art and technology, two very different subjects. I played the clarinet for one year in sixth grade band, and then I sort of lost interest.
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to learn piano and guitar, unfortunately i am to impatient for it. I did get the opportunity to play the piccolo in the bronco marching band which was a lot of fun.
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