Alexandra's Blogs

Phill Cuzzi MLB umpire came in to talk to us about his life as an umpire, and what he has done. As a softball player, who’s dad loves baseball, and brother plays and loves it, it was such a great/interesting conference. How many people can say that an MLB umpire came in to talk to us. Not many. We asking him about some of his worst/best experiences, and how he knew he wanted to become an umpire. Recently, as he was umpiring a game for the New York Yankees, he threw out Bret Gardner. It was amazing to get a deeper understand at what actually happens at a higher level of sports.

Business Owner. Public Speaker. Family Man. Sal Leto is a business Owner and Public speaker. He has a website named Sal Leto 360. Mr. Leto was very knowledgeable about the business world, and has made  a success of his life. Each time we would ask a question he would go into a depth life lesson, and taught us what we should do in those life lessons. Also thought the conference he was talking about how he made some mistakes, but learned and grew from it. Also he told us to write a few things down. He said, "The fortune is in the followup", "Space repetition is the mother of all mastery", and"Learn to love not judge." All these sayings have meanings for life as a whole. Lastly, he said "Life does not happen to you, it happens for you", you have to learn from your mistakes grow, and remember that everything happens for a reason.

Teaching Associate Professor of Business Administration and Academic Director, Marketing Major Mark Wolters  Educational Background Ph.D,  Management, Finance and Banking, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa,2011 M.Sc., Economics & Management Sciences, International Management, information Technology, Industrial Economics, Humboldt University, 2002 B.Sc., Business Administration in Marketing,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,1999 About Mark Wolters  Mark Wolters is a Management, Finance and Banking professor who teaches at University of Illinois. In 2019 Mr. Wolters has engaged students in large lectures,and he managed  the Market Association Educators Conference in the Fall or 2019. Besides working extremely hard Mr. Wolters travels widely with his wife and two sons. He has also created a website called Wolters World, where he posts honest travel advice to the places him and his family travel too. Before the quarantine he traveled t...

Top Definition Senior Year:  The very last year of high school. Where student pull pranks, skip, have prom, and graduation. Last chance to not care before stepping out into the real world. Last homecomings. Last chance to play sports for some of us. Last chance to show people who you are. The year where you go all out. The seniors  plan  their  senior skip day  for every  month . On March 13, 2020 Mr. Abate announced on the loudspeaker that we will be starting online schooling for two weeks. When I first heard this I was filled with excitement. Two weeks was great! I would get to catch up on some sleep, let my leg heal, and just relax. All those thoughts were wrong. Two weeks has now turned into longer, not knowing when we will be going back. Everything is now hitting, and starting to become a reality. The reality that everything I was waiting to experience during my senior year, I won't be able to experience. I know for myself I can say this pande...