Caleb's CAS Blog!

Today I'm reflecting on how far I've come in my fitness journey. I've been seriously working out since I was starting sophomore year. This has been a constant push for me to be better and stronger. My exercise has helped me to be much healthier, happier, and more confident. I i dentify my own strengths and develop areas for growth by understanding that I've come a long way but I can still go a long way further.

Today is one of the last days we have at HITS and it’s a really bittersweet experience for me. These are the last days I’ll ever spend as a student at HITS but I’m enjoying them. Shrek is a good send off. I was able to demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively in my final show at HITS by working hard with my castmates to make a beautiful work of art. I was also able to show commitment to and perseverance in a fieldwork experience in the moments where it felt like rehearsals were way too often and way too long by pushing through it.

At this point, we’ve learned almost all of the show and we are well on our way to completing the show! I’m having a really good time learning how to dance. This is maybe the heaviest show in terms of dance and I’ve really been able to put my new skills to good use. I was able to demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process by exploring the dance skills that I have acquired in the past year.

In the past few months at Pennebaker I've taken up the project of researching private equity firms for Mr. Byrd. He and I have been interacting and making contact outside of school about exactly what the spreadsheets I've created entail: a list of employees, their contact information, the company's portfolio and its contents, and the company's contact information. I've learned a lot about the private equity world in Houston as well as nationally and maybe even somewhat internationally. These firms are a big part of innovation. They invest in and buy companies that they are interested in and that they see potential in before funding them and using them to push innovation forward. I think these private equity firms investing in energy, power, computers, and other innovative fields have really been set up to push the world forward. Take SpaceX. While not a private equity firm, it is a private company with the goal of putting humans into space and beyond. I was able to...

Today I got back from Jamaica. It was such an incredible trip filled with new and unique experiences. I feel as if my life has been changed. Being in such a different country from America constantly had me learning new things and rethinking things I thought I knew. I was able to demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance by understanding the poverty and socioeconomic differences of the area. I was also able to recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions when working on the film that we created by deciding what parts of interviews did and didn’t make it into the film.

Today I received my acceptance letter from Colorado College, my first choice! Looking back on this long winding road of a college search, I’m so grateful for the chances I’ve had and the experiences I’ve undergone. I was able to demonstrate how to initiate and plan a fieldwork experience by making contact with many admission representatives and setting up tour and visit times. I was able to show commitment to and perseverance in a fieldwork experience by sticking with the application process even when it got hard and it felt like I couldn’t see the end. I was also able to demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process by acquiring networking skills, learning how to write a CV, and becoming better at verbal and electronic communication.