User:Lb81278

Introduction
My name is Leigh Bowerfind and I am a freshman at Georgia Southern University. Georgia Southern is located in Statesboro, Georgia and is a very small populated area. The school is the main attraction in this country town. As a high school graduate from the city, Statesboro is an extremely diverse change that was difficult to get used to. I actually was not suppose to attend Georgia Southern. I was suppose to be a student at LaGrange College located about thirty minutes away from Auburn. LaGrange College offered a small academic scholarship because I graduated high school with a GPA of 3.5, and LaGrange also recruited me to play on their women's basketball team. After a lot of thinking, and at the last minute, I decided that Georgia Southern would be a better place for me for many different reasons. Although I miss playing basketball and still enjoy everything about the sport, I think I made the right decision. Georgia Southern is a big school with a small school feel, so it was not too difficult to get used to the environment.

My major is undeclared and I am really not sure what I profession that I want to pursue. I am very interested in nursing, education, sports management, health related jobs, physical therapy, and coaching. All of these jobs are related to one another in some ways. I tend to lean more towards athletic activities and health related things. In high school I played basketball and soccer, both high school and club. Club was outside of school and took up a lot more time. I have been playing sports since I was five years old and it became pretty much a way of life. When I have free time, I like to hang out with friends, babysit, go to the gym, watch movies, and just relax.

Contributions to Wikipedia
My contributions to Wikipedia include edits done on some articles. These were minor edits done on random articles from the portal link on Wikipedia. I have also made my own article, I first created it on a test page and plan on opening it up onto the Wikipedia site very soon. The article is about the TV show on MTV called, Teen Mom. I plan on creating more once I start to understand Wikipedia a little better. It turns out, that my article was deleted due to many flaws and tags. This happened sometime in late September/October and another writer made an article about my same topic, it is just a more in depth article. I should have kept a better look out on my article so that it would not get totally deleted, but it is too late now. The new article is much more detailed and I'm sure has a little of my information on it. I plan on making another article that is on a different subject so that it is not up to questioning.

I decided to write my second article on a term that I learned in my sociology class. The term is "second shift" which refers to how a mother has more than one work shift each day. Sociology is something that I am very interested in and I knew a lot about this subject and it worked since I could not find anything else to write about. Hopefully this will stay on Wikipedia.

Relationship to technology
Throughout the course of the last ten years, the internet has created great possibilities for many people, companies, families, businesses, and many more. I first learned how to use a computer when I was around the age of six. At this time, I used the computer to play games and to listen to music. As I became older, I was more advanced at using a computer and became more knowledgeable on the techniques of how to use all aspects of the internet. However, I am not a master with the computer. Technology is definitely not a talent or interest of mine and I can sometimes struggle with computers. When it comes to the pretty simple, self explanatory things, I am able to figure it out and put the pieces together, but I would never take an immediate interest in computers or technology. I would much rather take a test, quiz, or simple assignment on a piece of paper than to log in on the internet and have to do it on the computer.

Philosophy of Wikipedia
During middle school and high school, I seldom used Wikipedia. If I were ever to use this site, it would be mainly for looking up the definition of something, checking a date of an important event and to quickly learn a brief description of a historical person that my teacher was talking about that day in class. However, I do know that in high school, Wikipedia was looked down upon because of how widely used it is. Anyone can make an article, and anyone can make edits. It is not a very detailed site that would be used for research papers or important essays for classes. I have mixed feelings about Wikipedia. A part of me likes how it's very easy and open to everyone, but another part of me feels that it is not very professional. Wikipedia is a quick search and can be extremely helpful for the moment.

Languages
My native language is American English. I was born in America and have lived here for my whole life. I read and write in English. In high school I did take Spanish class for three years and I am able to write and read some words in Spanish. However, I am definitely not fluent in Spanish. Also, in middle school I took one year of French. I can only remember some words and cannot read much in French at all. The only words that I truly remember from French are the numbers 1-10. In conclusion, English is my main language.

About me
This is really my first Wikipedia experience and I am not sure how I feel about it. As I said before, I am not the best with working computers and I am definitely not an English major. However, I love to learn new things and enjoy experiencing different events. I had no idea that I could even do this, until I came to Georgia Southern.