Hello Out Their!

It seems I only blog or really wright when I'm told to for an assignment. Thanks, to Keith C Russell, Ph.D. and his class of RECR 278 human relations young Hurd is back with this new blog "Phase II and beyond..." With this I hope to continue writing and documenting my adventures and lessons I learn through my career in the exciting field of recreation management. But to start I want to give you a summary of how this journey started and the conditions it began under.

When I was a Jr. in High School I applied for a senior only class for the opportunity of time to go out and experience the field that we were interested in.  Mrs. B was the head and the mastermind of this program, witch intailed her group of seniors getting to leave school at 12:30 two times a week to go and pursue a goal, passion, or internship of shorts. We would meet once a week in class to discuss how our projects were going and work on personal and professional skills.

When I first applied for this class I wanted to be a Physical therapist. But the summer between Jr. and Sr. year I was working at my city's community aquatic center, and it was my first summer stepping out of the rooky position. About halfway through this summer my older brother Adam who was assistant pool manager at the time looked at me during a family dinner when I was telling a story about swim lesson in which I calm down a very angry parent and came up with a plan that compromised what my boss said and what the parent was asking for. At this, Adam looked at me and asked if I ever thought about pursuing recreation. And that was the first seed of my journey towards WWU and recreation management.
If your curious about the blog that Mrs. B had me start and see what we worked on that year here's a link:
https://younghurd.blogspot.com/

Until next time!