User:Jlloyd81278

My name is Jason Lloyd and I am a freshman at Georgia Southern University as an Honors student majoring in mechanical engineering. I am currently using the Gulfstream Engineering Scholarship and HOPE scholarship to fund my college classes. I plan on getting all my basic classes out of the way and going to Georgia Tech in two years through the Georgia Tech Regents Engineering Program (GTREP). I picked engineering because I love the math behind it and the challenge of trying to develop a solution to a problem. I play french horn in various bands and march in the Southern Pride Marching Band. My music skills have gotten me into district and region bands in Georgia for around six years.

Contributions to Wikipedia
I have so far done some minor grammar edits to various pages. I also created a page for Rene Baire, a famous analysis mathematician, which was originally a stub. I don't plan on doing any more major additions like that, but I may do some more copy edits to new pages.

Technological Abilities
My technology skills vary from program to program. Microsoft Word, Excel and other similar programs come very easily to me. I have a basic understanding of programing with Delphi, Java, and Matlab languages. If I need to learn how to operate a program more in depth than basic operations (programing in Excel or formulas in Word), I will somehow find a way to understand it when necessary. Overall, I have enough of an understanding of computers to survive in classes and a future career that demand more than average knowledge of the computer.

My Wiki Opinion
I believe that Wikipedia is a good source to find basic information from. I don't like the fact that anyone (and I mean anyone) with access to a computer can change and add information to a public encyclopedia. For major research and actual work, this shouldn't be used. I would never use this for college essays and reports. However, it does come in handy for small info such as actor information or basic book analysis. It does appear to be a great place to learn basic programing tricks and expository writing though. I use it mainly to find other resources on a topic.

Languages
I am a native speaker and writer in English. I have some knowledge of German and Spanish but not enough to actually contribute anything to a project in another language.

Stuff You Probably Didn't Care to Know

 * I am left handed
 * I attended the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge in 2006 as the only Georgia participant
 * I have played trumpet, french horn, and baritone in concert and jazz bands since middle school
 * I attended the Governor's Honors Program in the summer of 2009 in the fields of mathematics and music