Brandon W

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SHORT BLOG, IT MIGHT NOT EVEN INTEREST MOST OF YOU!

My Revolution

For reasons that are too long to explain, starting next week my life is going to be totally revamped. The main reason is school and how interesting my subjects are getting. It makes no sense so let me explain in greater detail.

Recently, I got offered a scholarship to a University highly respected in my area (www.uq.edu.au). I never really thought of attending this University, I did but it wasn't looking too good. I knew quite a few people that had attended this UNI and still are enrolled now. They recommended it to me but it didn't really offer the courses that I wanted to study. So I was looking at another University (www.qut.edu.au). This UNI seem to offer everything I wanted to study but as I got more interested into Mathematics in Senior, my mind had drifted off into a entirely new world.

I changed from going to designing and programming Operating Systems, to Software Developing, at this time I was still going to do IT. I constantly changed my mind for which career in Information Technology until I started my senior years of schooling. This is when I started to do the hardest Mathematics class at my school. I have had a passion for Mathematics for as long as I can remember, in some way my Father had something to do with this. When I started to think about Mathematics, I changed to Game Developing. Time after time, I changed my mind until I sticked with Mathematics and was leaving it at that.

Yet again, my mind had drifted into all different careers involving Mathematics. Now I'm sticking to doing a career that involves Maths but what? I started to do a class called Aerospace, only offered in 21 schools in my State. We do all the areas of the Aviation industry, Business, Engineering and of course Physics. This class really had me interesting, well not really the Business but yeah haha.

Back to the original discussion however, I got offered the scholarship which I will only pay AUD$500 for. This will give me many benefits, some being;
- Help through my final year of high school
- Days through out the year which I visit the UNI
- 4 Day trip to the UNI over the holidays, accommodation included
- Easy transaction from High School to UNI
- Presentations and lectures by Australia's best teaching and research staff
- Guaranteed overseas study scholarship
- UQ Library access
- Online community with other scholars

This is something I really wish to take up so I'm studying my butt off to get there. On top of this, one of my Aerospace teachers approached me the other day with another opportunity with this University. If I can get 5 HA's (High Achieving) marks, I can get straight into a Engineering or Information Technology UNI course without an OP (Overall Position, required to get into UNI).

The best thing about these two opportunities is that it helps my future which is something I really can do with. With all this extra work, I need to try and keep up with all my other subjects at school. On top of that as well, the other day I had an interview with the Principal of my school, he requested one with me. When I went down to see him, it amazed me with what he had said. For the past 2 years at my school, he has been watching me. Watching how my marks go, my behaviour, what my teachers think of me etc etc. It turns out that every single one of my teachers over the past couple of years has said something to this Principal about me. Which really had pleased me. He also mentioned that he would be highly disappointed in me if I did not run for School Captain. That's why I'm going to run for it, when I spoke to a few of my teachers about this interview. They all had agreed with me and they stand behind me. They'll give me the support I need to achieve my goals, help me to get this position of School Captain. Some of you might know it as School Leader?

With all that above going on, I have realised I don't have enough time in the day for anything. For the last two weeks, I have been working Saturday mornings. I work with car trailers but thanks to my brother, he told me boss that I'm a computer guru so I spend most of my time in the office fixing his computer for him. I'm not really a guru just to him, he doesn't know much at all so to him I'm a genuis haha. Finally getting some money coming in from this job now so I have gone out and bought two books I want to read. "Einstein for Dummies" and "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. To get some inspiration and some insight to Physics and Mathematics. I wish to read more of these books so I went down to the shops today and got a long list of books I want to read about Science. The problem is, they are expensive and at this moment of time I can't afford to buy them. Which is why, I'm building my boss a new website (currently www.economytrailers.com.au). If he was silly enough to pay AUD$3500 for that, I wonder what he would pay me if I were to create something a lot more attractive. Code some programs that will help them with their work and satisfy more of their customers, I should get a bigger payout. Which if that time comes, I will build more sites for local startups and bring in some more money. With this, I can finally go out and by the books I wish to read.

In some ways, I'm leaving programming. I do enjoy it very much but I just don't have the time to do it. It doesn't interest me as much now as what it did a few months ago, I'm getting more into the Mathematics, Physics, well Science really, side of things. This is what I wish to pursue and this is what I'm going to continue doing.

After reading everything above, I think a few of you will be thinking "Are you leaving CodeCall, again...". The answer to this is no. I made my promise to Jordan that I'm not leaving and I'm going to stick by that. I might not be as active because I hardly get on the computer anymore. Either working out, running, riding, with my girlfriend, reading, watching documentaries on the TV, speaking to my Father (we share the same passion), studying or at school. These are things lately that I seem to do but I will make time every couple of days to get on CC. I made my promise and I'm sticking by it.

Starting next week my life will be changing. I'm still going to be Brandon but a more productive, healthier, fitter and hopefully more knowledgeable person.

Regards,
Brandon