Christian Trogdon Journal #1 (1/8/14) How do employers expect employees to behave?

Any employer would like to hire an employee who is hardworking but also acts in a proper manner on the job. In order to be a hard worker most times you must be quiet and focus on your work so most businesses wouldnt be too fond of someone who tends to talk a lot. Also on the job you are expected to do things in a safe but quick manner. Someone wouldnt really want to employ a careless person because they could become a liability to the business but they would also want someone who works at a quick pace to maximize the workload. Expectations From Teacher: I expect my teacher to provide the class with useful material that will help us be successful, not only in class, but also after we complete the course. From Classmates: I expect my classmates to provide a welcoming, respectful atmosphere that will allow me to put forth my best work in this class. Journal #2 (1/13/14) What does identity mean to you? What is your identity? In my opinion an identity has to do with the type of person you are and the way you portray yourself to other people. The most accurate way to describe it to me would be the actual type of person you see yourself as and the way others see you because you know with this type of evaluation opinions cannot be biased. Your identity is what defines you and it is yielded by the combination of all your talents, traits, and characteristics. 1. What are your likes and dislikes? Likes Sports SNEAKERS Dislikes Liars Fakes People (General) 2. What makes you feel guilty? Why? Lying makes me feel extremely guilty and I havent and never will be a liar. Talking behind someones back makes me feel guilty because I have been self conscious most of my life which has led me to hate when people do that, so I couldnt imagine myself doing it to someone else. 3. Are you a victim of your past?

Christian Trogdon I am the furthest thing from a victim of my past because I have transformed myself into a very futuristic person because of a past where I let my dwelling on the past hinder me. 4. Do you feel depressed? Why? I wouldnt consider myself as one to feel depressed but I have strong internal emotions that I allow to take a toll on my actions. 5. Do you feel angry or bitter toward yourself? Toward others? Toward society? Why? I rarely find myself bitter towards myself because I am a very confident person and Im also very confident in the decisions that I make so I never really find reasons within myself to be bitter. Im often angry or bitter with society though because I have a sort of dislike for people because Im often disappointed and I hate allowing anything to do with me be dependent on other people. 6. Do you play the blame game? Why? I wouldnt necessarily say I play the blame game but the things I do would reflect that I do because I never view myself as wrong so I could see where people would believe that I was doing this. 7. Are you responsible? I am responsible to a certain extent because I am also extremely forgetful which doesnt help much at all. 8. How and why do you react in a certain manner? Im typically a fairly serious person so there are many times when I react in a certain manner. 9. What inspires you? People I trust and have chosen to look up to inspire me. 10. Are you disciplined? I am very disciplined. 11. What gives you simple pleasure? Sports and sneakers give me simple pleasure. Journal #3 (1/15/14) What is home? Home to me is simply a place you feel comfortable and welcome. Home normally consists of a family that you are a part of or have been welcomed into and I feel like the definition wouldnt be complete if it didnt consist of the last part that states a place youve been welcomed into. A home could be a house where you live, a church you attend, a gym you attend, or even a restaurant that youre a faithful customer to. All of these have one thing in common and that is the feeling of being welcomed. What is my inquiry? I would like to study my hopeful major deeper. International Business/Marketing What exactly do I need to major in? Classes to take?

Christian Trogdon Clubs that will help? What jobs can be found in marketing? What jobs can be found in International Business? What jobs can be found in sports marketing? How do you get a job with Nike? What jobs do the Charlotte Bobcats and Carolina Panthers offer in these categories? Connections within big organizations? Routes to take to become part of different organizations that would open doors. Journal #4 (1/22/14) What is academic writing? How does it fit into your identity? Academic writing is writing on a topic presented to you by a teacher or professor. This type of writing fits into your identity the same as any other form of writing because it has your own twist on it based on your identity. Using my writing as an example, I like to connect a lot of my writing back to my life experiences, which in most cases, has to do a lot with sports. Journal #5 (1/27/14) 1. What makes you unhappy? People make me unhappy and this is why I choose not to depend on them. 2. What makes you happy? Bettering myself makes me happy. 3. What are you naturally drawn to? I am naturally drawn to sports and sneakers. 4. Do you worry about the future? Why? I dont worry about the future but I do think about it a lot simply because Im a very futuristic person. 5. What irritates you? People irritate me. 6. What grounds you? Humbling experiences ground me. 7. What are your greatest fears? Why? My greatest fears are of bugs and heights but I am especially fearful of failure. 8. What are your desires or ambitions? I hope to be able to make my career revolve around sports and sneakers. 9. What are your unique talents or gifts? I am a people person although I dont really like people. 10. What gives you passion? Why? My competition gives me passion because I am very competitive and I always want to be better than the next person. 11. Do you feel stuck? Why? No, because I have very many goals and if I do not see progression in a certain area for some reason, I move onto something else.

Christian Trogdon Journal #6 (2/3/14) 1. What are your strengths and weaknesses? My strengths are my personality and competitive nature but these two are also my weaknesses. 2. Are you independent? I am very independent in a way that I hate asking for people to do things for me and I also have relying on someone to get something done when I could just as easily do it myself. 3. Do you rely on others for guidance? I never rely on people because I hate being disappointed. 4. Are you co-dependent in relationships? No, Im never dependent on anything. 5. Do you feel comfortable and safe being by yourself? I tend to like being alone and to myself. 6. What are your hobbies? What feelings do they give you? I love sports and sneakers because they always give me a special joy. 7. Do you feel bored? Why? I do tend to get bored because I dont like doing the same thing repeatedly. 8. Do you feel special? Why? I feel special because I am full of myself. 9. Do you love yourself unconditionally? Yes, because I feel like Im always right. 10. Do you feel successful? How do you define being successful? I do feel successful because I have accomplished the majority of my goals thus far.

Christian Trogdon 11. Do you feel you need to fit in or be part of a group? Why? No, because Id rather be by myself anyway. 1. Do you like working outdoors or do you prefer indoors? I prefer indoors. 2. Are you a city dweller or do you prefer a quiet country setting? Im a city dweller. 3. Do you like working alone or as part of a team? Id rather work alone so I dont have to depend on anyone. 4. Do you like travelling on a tour or of the beaten path? I would choose a beaten path to travel on because youre never on a timetable. 5. What do you feel spiritually connected to? I feel spiritually connected to sports. 6. Do you feel that you are part of nature? In a sense, I am part of nature. 7. What is your source of inspiration? I find inspiration in many things sports related. 8. Do you question what gives you life? No, I do not question what gives me life. 9. Are you compassionate? I am very compassionate when it concerns things I care deeply about. 10. Are you sincere? I will never say something I do not mean, so yes I would say Im sincere. 11. Are you honest and trustworthy?

Christian Trogdon I am honest and trustworthy. Journal #7 (2/5/14) 1. Are you controlling or manipulative? I can be controlling but Im not manipulative. I tend to get my way in a non-manipulative way. 2. In what parts of your life are you not being authentic? When I meet important people I tend to act differently than my normal self. 3. Where are you not genuine? I like to think I am always genuine. 4. What is important to you? Success is important to me. 5. I am Smart Athletic Competitive Confident Goal oriented 6. I am not Dumb Inactive Incompetent Content One time during the summer I took an hour trip to Alamance Crossings, which is in Burlington, to get a pair of shoes. I slept outside in a chair and I ended up not getting the shoes in my size. I was really upset but I ended up getting a smaller size and sold it for a profit. Journal #8 (2/10/14) What is love? Love is a deep feeling for someone, or something, that doesnt always necessarily have to do with liking them. I do not like a lot of my family members but because they are my family theres always going to be a certain love there. I love sneakers because they make me happy. I love women because they make me happy. I feel like if there is some kind of connection involved or some deep feeling you get out of it, then love is involved. What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the act of using someone elses work and not giving them credit for it. Plagiarism is very serious these days and offences tend to be pretty highly punishable. You can plagiarize in many fashions as well, such as writing papers or even patents. In schools plagiarism is very serious and some times can be punishable as far as expulsion. I tend to be very careful of plagiarism and I made Journal #9 (2/17/14)

Christian Trogdon sure I learned everything that could be considered plagiarism so that I dont have to face any of the harsh consequences. Journal #10 (2/24/14) Finding yourself. At one point I was torn between figuring out whether I was really confident or actually cocky. I have come to the conclusion that I am just extremely confident but for people that believe Im cocky; I have come to accept it. In order for you to find yourself, you must first be lost. I was in a sense lost because I was in denial about how confident I actually was. Ive come to the conclusion that I could be considered cocky from certain perspectives but I dont see myself that way and this epiphany came to me during my senior year of high school. I finally took the attitude and ran with it. Journal #11 (3/10/14) Dream Spring Break. My dream Spring Break would be a week in South Beach, Miami, where I would spend all day every day with LeBron James and attend all of the Miami Heat games. While in South Beach I would hope to meet a bunch of beautiful females while chilling on the beach and out and about with LeBron. My travel there would be first class with all the amenities and hopefully I could meet LeBron and leave in his car from the airport. Journal #12 (3/17/14) Six word memoirs. Sports marketing, what does that mean? No expectations leads to no disappointments. Activities Annotated Reference List Blogs Journal #13 (3/19/14) Learning How to do APA through Owl. I didnt know Google had blogging. Specific Examples I learned the punctuation and organization of the APA citation format. Weve done a few blogs and it has shown me new capabilities of Google. This form of blogging has also taught me how to take the important things from what I read and kind of summarize it along with my opinion. Ive always heard the saying, If something is bothering you, write it

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Christian Trogdon down, but the depth Mrs. Waterhouse has forced us to go into relating to this has allowed me to see that this statement really is true. Journal #13 (3/24/14) Pick a song that describes your project and explain how. I would choose My Adidas by RunDMC, because this song was used as a direct marketing scheme by Adidas and although its not sports marketing it directly relates. Journal #14 (3/26/14) What do you feel about your project? What would you change? I feel like my project was a success and for the most part it has turned out to be exactly what I had planned for it to be. I feel like there could be more on there but it definitely covers my topic and is a good portrayal of my purpose. I need help putting in the links for my images but other than that I feel like its an A+ project. I really am proud of it though. Last week I just knew I wouldnt be able to finish and I had no motivation to finish but once I got rolling I really had fun with it. Journal #15 (4/7/14) How do you feel about your project now that it is turned in? I still feel really well about my project and I feel like I got everything I planned to get done, done. I covered everything I planned on covering and I know that it serves the purposes that it was intended to. Im fairly proud of myself and I feel like the work I put into this project will surely pay off now and in the future as I go in to a field of study that directly relates to the topic. Journal #16 (4/9/14) Who are you? I am a 19 year old, confident freshman at UNC Charlotte with huge goals to fulfill in this life. I love sports and sneakers and both of these ideas tie into my career aspirations. I am very ambitious and I dont ever accept failure. I am also a very influential leader and I have not only noticed this, this year but I have also been told this for a very long time.