10 Years

In ten years, I want to look back and be proud of all my accomplishments from the past 20 years. I want to be able to say all the hard work paid off. I want to be able to sit around with my college buddies and reminisce about all the good times we had.
I guess before I can do all of that I need to think about what I have in store before then. I will be graduating from Clemson in Animal and Veterinary Sciences in the spring of 2009. Therefore, next fall I will be applying to vet school. Lord willing, I will be accepted to either the University of Georgia, Mississippi State or Tuskegee Veterinary School. After receiving my diploma at either of these schools, I hope to move back to the Oconee County area to join a practice or start my own.
Along the way, I hope to meet the girl of my dreams, get married and have two children. I wouldn't plan on having any children until I have paid off all of my school loans and settled in with my job. I hope to be members of a loving and caring church family. I want my wife and I to be very involved with our spiritual lives. My parents have made it an important aspect in my life and I hope to do so for my children.
Lastly, I hope to have a nice house and a good sized piece of land. I've had horses my whole life so I hope I can continue to have them in the future. Along with horses I hope to have a few cows, a couple dogs and a cat, of course. Most of all, I want to be happy in 10 years. If none of these things happen, I want to be at peace with myself and realize what is most important in life which is God, family/friends and happiness.

Web 2.0

The title Web 2.0: The Web is Us/ing Us characterizes how the virtual world is shaping the people of today's society. In the beginning, from what I remember, the web was a research tool or place to chat with friends. Now, we, as a society, are dependent on the web. We shop, read the news, socialize, get our mail, pay our bills and even take courses on the internet.
Web 2.0 most definitely affects someone entering the workforce. Many years ago looking for jobs and applying was done in person or conducted over the phone. You couldn't just post your resume on a website and hope someone notices it. Nowadays, there are certain agencies that will publish your resume and get it out there for employers to seek. Initial applications and interview questions are conducted over the web.
It is affecting people already in the workforce because it is requiring them to be educated in using the web. The affect is going to be extreme because many will need to learn basic computer skills and aquire an understanding of the web.
I believe when it says we will have to rethink everything it relates to how we will react to all that is going on with the web. There are millions of different ideas and concepts on the web that give you an opportunity to learn many different things. The web gives us an opportunity to completely analyze these different ideas and thoughts through things such as blogs. We have to be careful to choose which ideas we may believe and support.

Introduction

My name is Will Alexander and I'm a junior in Animal and Veterinary Sciences. I'm from West Union, South Carolina. I grew up a tiger fan my whole life and finally made it here. I've enjoyed being a Clemson student so far.