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November 10, 2005
On The Road...
The title of my first blog entry is taken from one of my favorite books by Jack Kerouac and is quite appropriate for an admission counselor. I am in my first year as an admission counselor at Case and was the first in our office to be done with travel season, so I thought it was time to reflect on my travels.
It all began with my first morning of high school visits up in Sandusky, OH. I woke up early to prepare myself for the long day of recruiting that lay ahead of me. As I was ironing my dress shirt, I flipped on the television to check out the day's NFL news on ESPN but never made it there.
Not since my college days, just a few years ago, had I been completely free to watch re-runs of “Saved By The Bell” on a weekday morning. I kid you not, the episode that was airing that morning was the one where the gang from Bayside High takes the SAT and Mark Paul Gosselaar, aka "Zach Morris" scored over a 1500 (Note: The SAT was scored on a 1600 point scale back in the day). Bayside then hosted a college fair and Stansbury University, the Harvard of the West, showed up to recruit everybody’s favorite slacker, Morris, rather than the future star of "Showgirls", Elizabeth Berkeley, aka "Jesse Spano". Throw Screetch and Mr. Belding into the mix and you have yourself a gift of comedic genius.
Due to my schedule, I was off to Vermilion High School and had to miss the last five minutes of the show. While I have seen every episode of this classic show, I was kicking myself for not remembering how it ended! As a result, I am faced with the question...could I have done my job better that day if I had watched the entire episode? Hmmm.
Regardless, the Vermilion visit was a success and I learned that the reigning Miss Teen USA is a student at the school. I did not have the chance to meet royalty that day but the students I did meet were really cool!
More later. I'm gonna go read some applications and finish watching Lebron lead the Cavaliers to another victory...watch Sportscenter tonight, he just threw down an amazing dunk! That's levitation holmes.
Posted by dav8 at November 10, 2005 08:55 AM
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