College

Four years ago, I was searching for colleges. I don't really know what I want to be; all I know is that I want to teach. But I have a particular interest in music, so I decided to major in music education. It's hard to choose a college when there's so many choices. Since my mom works at a private college for over four years, I could go to any private colleges tuition free! But, if the private college is over $25,000, then some of the tuition is free and some of it is not. My college that I'm going to is Wartburg. When I first went there, I loved it. It has a great atmosphere, great education program, the classes are small (which I like), and it has an open-door policy for help. Plus, once you graduate, your councilor will help you find a job; which has over an 80% rating of success to find a job! Just yesterday, I got accepted to go there, with $13,000 for my good grades. Now all I have to worry about is the cost. Right now I just finished  my national scholarship. It's called Prudential Spirit of Community Award. If I got accepted at state or national level, I'll go to Washington D.C. for free with a parent at no expenses! Plus, I'll receive a lot of awards. I cannot wait! Here is the link: http://spirit.prudential.com/view/page/soc/16676. Hurry, the deadline is November 1st. Plus, you need a lot of volunteer hours to qualify.

I cannot wait until I go to Warburg College; I want to go there now! It feels like home to me, plus it has rich history as to why it's called Wartburg College. Did you know that it's named after a castle in Eisenach, Germany? That is where Martin Luther was disguised as a knight and translated the Bible for the common folk. I applaud him for that, because now we don't have to listen from our pastors without a Bible at hand; we could read the text ourselves.

I also liked the program in there; they are good at teaching music and education, plus literary arts. Right now, I'm also big on writing. Did you know that they also have an instrument workshop where you could fix instruments? Yep, that's big. Schools are also looking for that, instead of paying a heavy bill on Midbell. They also have ballroom dancing classes and a huge gym for everyone. I cannot wait!

Since I love choir and orchestra, I will sign up for those classes while I'm in there. There is Wartburg Choir that sings A Capella (my friend is in that group), Castle Singers; jazz group, Ritterchoir; men's group, St. Elizabeth Chorale; women, Chapel Choir, and Gospel Choir. I'm hoping that I'll be in Wartburg Choir and St. Elizabeth Choral, that is, if I could do both. I would also join in Chamber Orchestra (if I could play well). I would also have a composition class and will learn on how to play other instruments. I would probably major in Bachelor of Music Education degree in choral music for secondary schools, and if I could, also teach Orchestra.

Knights Rock!
P.S. This is a link about how Wartburg College has it's name. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJWcy52IZdw