Well, here we go. The inevitable first post in a new blog. The post that lacks direction, lacks a real purpose, and hopefully doesn't scare you off so badly that it becomes the last post as well. Let's cross our fingers.
I'm not the best at introductions, so I apologize in advance. My name is Jeremy, and I am a rising senior at Napa High. I've obviously never blogged before, so I grasp this as an opportunity to develop my writing style into the 21st Century. At school, I enjoy courses with numbers and dates. Before this year I had been relatively modest about my course selection, but this year I'm not holding anything back: all four of academic courses are adorned with the "AP" prefix.
While academics may consume my brain, choir consumes my time. I have been a member of the Choir Program at Napa High for all four years, having served as a mentor and section leader from day one. This year, I am a Second Tenor in Napa High's Concert and Chamber Choirs, I sing Baritone in our Barbershop Quartet and Bass in our A Capella group, Vocal Music Workshop. Chances are that if you attend a choir performance in the valley sometime before next June, I will be there. Just look for the guy with the pitch-pipe!
No high school resume is complete without a sport of some variety, so I joined our Varsity Tennis Team my sophomore year. I originally joined so that I wouldn't have to plague my transcript with a second P.E. class, but I have really come to enjoy the sport since then. None of us on the team take the sport too seriously, which is just the break that I needed from the sports-crazed society of today.
I tend not to worry too much about the future, but I would like to attend a four-year university, not for the job opportunities which a degree can bring, not for the "awesome parties" which accompany the college lifestyle, but primarily because I enjoy learning. I always have. Since my youth I have been a sponge, soaking in any information which comes my way. This love has brought me to the California State Geography Bee in 2010, and I hope that it will unlock more doors for me down the line.
As far as long-term goals go, I would be delighted to work for some kind of government, be it federal, state, or local. I would also like to be a National Park Ranger at some point in my life, I am already a Junior Ranger at 25 different parks, so I might as well confirm my love for our Earth by getting the real badge.
But all of this is big picture. Right now, my only real concern is posting this before Mrs. G. yells at us again. So I'll wrap this up for now, and if there's anything you want to know about me that has gone unanswered, never fear. We've got a whole year ahead.
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