Busting Out Final

When I got home late one night, there was a message on the answering machine saying that Western Technical College had an opening to live in the dorms. My heart was racing from excitement. It was hard to believe I finally got a chance to live the dorm life.  I was anxious to gain the independence that I always wanted. 

            I spent many years wondering what life would be like living in the dorms on campus. I couldn’t wait to go shopping for dorm necessities. I was so eager to have a roommate and meet new people. When I first moved in, even though we had our own bathrooms, I found my dorm room to be much too small for two people to live in. My excitement filled me to the brink, and I was extremely happy with my new situation. I wouldn’t have to worry about my parents demanding me to do things and be restricted by their discipline. I now had the freedom to do whatever I wanted and felt liberated to make all of my own decisions. It took time to adapt to my new living space, but I eventually pulled through and ended up having lots of fun.

            Having a life at home, my parents never let me stay out late, and when I did, I got in trouble. One night I got home at two in the morning and my parents found out about it. The next morning they were yelling at me saying that there was no reason for me to be out that late. Then for my punishment, I got grounded for two weeks and received a curfew at 10:00 p.m. I couldn’t stand living under their rules. Even though it made me mad, I still abided by their rules. While I was moving into the dorms, I frequently thought about how late I’d be able to stay up and stay out. There would be no more days or nights where I would get yelled at or grounded if I chose to have fun with friends until 2:00 a.m.

            One college night, my roommate and I wanted to have some fun. Because we were hungry, we decided to go to taco bell and get something to eat at 11:00 p.m. When we got there, we saw a group of cute boys. My roommate and I got excited and wanted to talk to them. So me being a flirt, I went over there to say hi and talked to them for a little bit. It was kind of awkward talking to them at first but there were nice so it made things easier. Then, when we all left the guys wanted to race cars with me and my roommate. We then raced down the street, but then they tricked us. Instead of going straight they turned right. Right when they went, the light turned red on us and my roommate slammed on her brakes as hard as she could and we came to a jolting stop. That scared the crap out of me. It felt like I was going to go through the windshield, but I wouldn’t because I had my seatbelt on. After that one heck of an excitement, we decided to go to Walmart and walk around. By this time it was after 12. We were goofing around for about an hour or so then we left. After that we still weren’t tired, so we went to see if one of her friends were still up. We went over to her friend’s house and played games until 2:30 a.m. It was insane but fun.

            As a second year college student, I look back on these memories and admire the comparison I have thought about. I experienced a different change in life. I still have fun with my friends, going out and staying out late. I visit my family frequently. Now that I have my own responsibilities, my parents don’t tell me what to do anymore and I don’t get in trouble. Through this experience, gaining my independence I had responsibilities to overcome and experienced a new life.

Largest Medicare Scam Ever

A large number of Armenian gangsters and their associates made the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the programs' history by using phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million dollars. The 73 people that were charged were caught in New York City and Los Angeles, but arrests were also made in New Mexico, Georgia, and Ohio. The company was under the protection of an Armenian crime boss. It is said to be the first time an Armenian had been charged in a U.S. racketeering case. Kazarian, Davit Mirzoyan, and Robert Terdjanian, were named in an indictment charging racketeering conspiracy, bank fraud, money laundering and identity theft. Terdjanian and others were accused of hatching other schemes involving stolen credit cards, untaxed cigarettes and counterfeit Viagra. Also, during a meeting last year at a Brighton Beach restaurant, Terdjanian pulled a knife on someone who owed him money "and threatened to disembowel the individual if the debt was not paid. So a judge jailed Terdjanian without bail.

After reading this article, I can't believe such a scam like this happened. It is even unbelievable of how many people where charged for it. I don’t think it is right that any kind of scam should ever happen. Especially in the U.S. It’s a good thing they were caught. I think that the Armenians should have had a background check before the company made them under protection. When it is said to be the first time an Armenian has been charged in the U.S., we now have to pay close attention to them.

Tinker School

After watching this video, I thought Tulley’s approach to learning was interesting. Kids go and just start working with stuff. They figure it out on their own or plan it out. The kids take things apart and put them back together. They can relax and have fun doing stuff rather than being stressed about a test or quiz. They learn new things that they didn’t know before.  I think with having the thinker school, kids can actually learn more with hands on learning rather than a teacher talking the whole time and trying to explain something.

Being a student in school is quite the experience. Listing to teachers lecture and talk about something is hard to do but, when you understand the essential of what is being taught you can actually learn something.In school you also have to be patient. You have to listen to the teachers and obey what the rules are.

My experience of learning things outside of school to me is more demanding. I learn to do things on my own and make my own decisions of what I think is best for me. Sometimes I don't make the right ones but, you learn from your mistakes and move on.  

I would love to go to a school that approached learning this way. With not having the pressure to worry about what to remember on a test, would make it so much easier on me. I would learn more with hands on activities. It would help me better understand how to make or do things.

Something that stuck out to me in the video was the dull, hateful, plastic grocery bags that could be used to make a bridge. A bridge stronger than anyone can imagine. Another thing that stuck out to me was the seven year olds' that built a roller coaster. I thought that was amazing.

Labor Day Weekend

Over my Labor Day weekend, I went to my hometown of Bangor. On Saturday, I worked at the AmericInn Hotel in West Salem for most of the day. Later that night, I hung out with some friends and went bowling. On Sunday, I worked again at the AmericInn for the day.Then, on Monday I had to work again at the Hotel for half the day. Later that day, I went back to the TC dorms. Overall, my Labor Day weekend was nothing special, but I sure made some money.

This is me...

Hi, my name is Carey Niedfeldt. I'm from small town Bangor, Wisconsin. In 2009,I graduated in a class of 52 students from Bangor. In my class I was voted for most likeable. Througout the years I played basketball and volleyball all four years, was in track junior and senior year, and played softball my sophomore year. In basketball I got all around Scenic Bluff Sportsmanship Award.


I am random and crazy. I love to hang with my friends and family. I like to laugh and have fun. I love scary movies. I like to watch football and baseball on TV. I am a fan of the Green Bay Packers and the Milwaukee Brewers. I like to listen to different kinds of music. I love ice cream and strawberries. I'm easy to get along with and I like meeting new people. A favorite quote I like to go by is, "You have to take the good with the bad, smile when your sad, love what you've got, and remember what you had. Always forgive, but never forget, learn from your mistakes, but never regret, people change, things go wrong, just remember, life goes on.