Hello everyone.
My name is Dominic DeCinque, and I am from Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, a small town around 30 minutes away from Philadelphia. I went to La Salle College High School and am currently a freshman in the Division of Undergraduate Studies. I hope to become a student at the Smeal College of Business, but am not exactly sure about the specific major I will graduate with. I am passionate about all Philly sports, but especially my Sixers. I believed in the science of analytics right when the Sixers brought in General Manager Sam Hinkie to turn the franchise around. “Trust the Process” became a saying I believed in, and my dream finally came true when the Sixers selected Ben Simmons with the first overall pick. Simmons is the future of the league and I cannot wait to see where he takes them and am excited for the future. The reason I decided to take this class is because when I was scheduling my classes at NSO, all the science classes that were available were not to my liking. I made it clear I wanted nothing to do with biology, chemistry, or physics. After hearing this, my advisor told me to check if SC200 was still available and explained to me that it was a class based on critical thinking of questions and topics that the general public have thought about, but have not been able to answer. I quickly scheduled it and became intrigued during our first class last week.
When I was in grade school, I loved science. Learning about planets and animals was so interesting to me that going to my science class everyday was something I looked forward to. As I got older and started taking true science classes such as my worst enemy biology and chemistry, I realized that science was not my cup of tea. I despised having to memorize the curriculum that I did not want to learn about. I hated having to conduct labs and writing reports on our discoveries. The only science class I somewhat enjoyed in high school was physics, because that was mostly math driven so it was easy for me to catch onto the material being taught in class. Yes, I love the show Breaking Bad, and Interstellar is one of my favorite movies of all time, but I could never see myself doing the actual science that took place on the TV every night. In physics class, we learned about a man named Elon Musk, the inventor of Tesla cars. Here is an article talking about Musk’s plan to send an unmanned spacecraft called SpaceX to Mars as early as 2018.
Hi Dominic,
When I was scrolling through the posts yours stuck out to me because I noticed we have a lot of things in common. I went to Malvern Prep which isn’t too far from La Salle, you probably know exactly where it is.. But anyways Im also a big sports fan especially our philly teams. I grew up playing and watching a lot of sports. I am also thinking about a business major. I also hated all of the memorization in past science classes.. Didnt really see the point of it..
Hi Dominic,
After reading your post, you and I seem to have many things in common. Not only am I an undecided student with hopes to enter the Smeal College of Business, but I am also a huge sports fan! I am as excited as you are for the Ben Simmons era and to hopefully watch the next big time player in the NBA. Simmons has such a mature feel for the court and also has great vision. Not only will he be a dominate scorer, but he will also develop himself as a fantastic all-around player and I can see him having a few triple doubles this season. I also noticed that you said you were more of a “math style thinker.” I as well was a fan of the physics course in high school due to the fact that is was more math driven. Here’s a link to Ben Simmons summer league highlights to get you pumped for the Rookie’s first season! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAwDojUXOs