A) My handle is Frank's JUS 420 blog. The reason for choosing this handle is quite simple. My name is Frank Pino and I am blogging for JUS 420. I found it difficult to get creative in choosing my handle name as I have never had any nicknames.
B) My major is Justice Studies with English as a related field. If all goes well I will graduate by summer's end.
C) I chose this class for many reasons, all of which different in their own right. I initially started at ASU full time in 2001 and continued as a full time student through 2005. I was expected to graduate in the Spring of 2005. Unfortunately on January 23rd, 2005 Justin Smothermon, fellow Justice Studies Major, and I were in a fatal car accident. Justin passed away.
Justin and I lived together and to make a long story short I had to move back home with my parents in the west valley. My college career was consequently put on hold. In the mean time I have been taking online classes and community college classes to fulfill all of my elective credit requirements to graduate.
I now have 13 credits remaining, and am excited to finally graduate later this year. Since the accident many things in my life have changed. I am now happily married, have a 1 year old son (future ASU student Frankie Junior), and work full time for Alliance Beverage Distributing company. Full time work and full house keep me busy. Jus 420 fits perfectly into my into my life as it currently stands. The online class saves me the time of commuting to and from main campus and allows me to work at a more personal pace.
I look forward to fulfilling my final Justice course requirement with a bang. Women, Work, And Justice hits close to home with me. My brother and I were raised by my mother, a single parent. I'll never forget the struggles my mother faced supporting a family on her own at such a very young age. I look forward to comparing and contrasting my mother's experiences with other's in similar situations. I am eager to partake in thoughtful and enlightening discussion throughout this semester.
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Welcome to the class, Frank.
ReplyDeleteYour bio suggests that you have a lot of lived experience to draw from in thinking about women, work and justice. Having a single working mother, you will relate to the challenges that working mothers have in the labor force and the difficulty of being the sole care and financial provider. This will be an interesting contrast to your experience as a working parent. I do hope you share your own challenges with balancing work and home and the degree to which your employer has family-friendly work policies.
I did know Justin Smothermon but heard about the terrible accident and the lost was felt in the department. I can see that his death had an enormous impact on your life. I am glad to hear that you continued to take classes and will graduate this year. Your graduation will be a good way to celebrate Justin’s memory.
I look forward to reading your blogs.
Professor Romero