Ryan Moore

I got home (whatever that is...?) in Driggs, a couple days ago because Freshman Academy at BYU-Idaho just finished so I think I best tell a bit about it. Freshman Academy is basically a 6 week introduction to college. I had to apply for it and those selected (my guess is everyone that applied) were able to attend. During those 6 weeks you attend 3 classes.

Everyone in FA had to take GS 111: Intro to BYU-Idaho (aka BS 111), which met once a week and was taught by a volunteer upperclassmen. The class taught some good doctrine and knowledge but grew repetitive and boring and I felt I was writing and learning about the same thing that was taught the previous week(s). It was a 1 credit class and frankly I wouldn't take it again if given the chance.

Everyone also took a Book of Mormon class. There were a couple teachers (at least 2 that I know of), but I felt I got the better of them. My teacher was Greg Palmer and he was such an amazing teacher and person. He was funny, friendly, and he knew the scriptures so well and knew how to convey what he wanted us to learn in a way that was fun and interesting. He really brought in the Spirit and definately had the skill of making kids cry in class (in a good way), even me once. Besides just teaching he was a really good guy and actually cared about you and your life. He got to know you and asked where you were from and how your classes were going and such. He occasionally held a picnic where he would just come and eat with us and just talk with us about anything. I even saw him at our dorm complex just hanging out with kids in their apartments. He definatly was an awesome guy. I learned so much in his class and I am definately going to try to get into another class of his sometime.

The next class, depending on your Learning Community, differed. I chose Psychology who was taught by Brother Gee. It was an interesting class and he brought some humor to the class with videos from various popular shows/movies (The Office, Mad TV) that were tied into what he was teaching. It was pretty fun but grew old after awhile.

Somethings I noticed and that I thought was interesting while attending BYU-I

• Prayers before every class
• Gospel and doctrine tied into a non-religious class
• How nice people were, especially the faculty and staff
• There was a Catholic kid....he's brave...

Boys and girls roomed in different aparment complexes (duh..) which were seperated only by a parking lot which made hanging out and assosiating with the ladies very easy and something I did alot. These complexes were the dorms and were alot nicer than I was expecting. Each apartment housed 4 people and had 2 bedrooms, 2 per room. I lucked out and didn't have a ROOMroommate and I got a room to myself. The 2 people that shared the apartment with me were Alex Shumway and Luke Radford, from Lehi, Utah and Middleton, Idaho respectively. They were way fun and were way fun to be crazy with.

Some other people that I hung out alot with: Kris Smith, Tyler Kroff, Jaimee Plaisance, Shelby Titensor, Annamarie Pontius, Hannah Tracy, Amarie Graves, and alot others. I had a blast meeting new people and making lots of new friends. My track is Winter/Summer but I decided to stay there during the Fall and take nightclasses and work while still enjoying the college life.

Thats all I can think of to say for now.
Peace!

About a week ago I went on our school's senior sneak. Which I was barely able to go on. I had the decision of going on this trip with the senior class, or a couple days after graduation flying down to Texas to see my Texas friend's graduation. That night I gave it some hard thought and decided to go on this trip instead of flying down to Texas. Was a hard decision to make and I hoped I wouldn't be disappointed and have regrets. So I called Mr. Birch, the dean of students and the guy in charge of the trip, at his house that night and asked if there was anyway possible I could squeeze into the trip (I was supposed to have signed up with money and permission slip about a week before). And he thought about it a bit and finally said that he thought he could make it work and told me to bring cash money and written permission from my parents to him the next morning as we were leaving. So I was really grateful for that and I thanked him. He's a good guy.
So that morning I woke up at 3 am and got ready and left to the school. At 4 am we left with a bunch of sleepy senior kids. Most of the people slept a few hours. Alex Bagley managed to wake up a few people. He got on the bus' intercom system thing and pretended he was pilot saying things like "Welcome to the flight, we may be experiencing some turbulence". And the bus driver played a long and drove on rumble strips on the shoulder of the road to simulate this "turbulence".
About 7 hours later we arrived at Tremonton, Utah and stopped at this diner called "Crossroads Restaurant" to eat breakfast. The food was good but the wait was horrendous. We were there about an hour and half before the last person in our group got their food. Many kids had been done eating for about an hour before I even saw my food. Probably wasn't expecting a group of a 55 kids to come raid their restaurant.
We then continued our way to Salt Lake City and after driving past this one high school about 4 times due to a can't-find-the-entrance-to-the-parking-lot problem, we went to the Clark Planetarium. I had been there before about 5 years ago and I surprisingly remembered it and remembered where the cool stuff were located. We wandered around for a little while and looking at the different exhibits. One of the best was the amazing Newton's Daydream which was an intricate maze that small metal balls would travel through using only gravity (see link).
The Dome IMAX was the next activity at the Planetarium. We watched a show The Ultimate Universe which looked amazing with 3D visuals of stars and planets. But got pretty repetitive and ultimately turned out to be pretty boring. When I looked around there were alot of sleeping people.
(Alex, Dakota, Adam, Dayna, Andie, and some others) went to the swimming pool where we played some Marco Polo and enjoyed the hot tub and sauna.
For dinner we went to Benihana, a Japanese restaurant where the food is cooked right in front of you by Chefs that do tricks and pretty much just show off their skills. I was pretty bummed at first when our table's chef was white (everyone else's had an oriental chef). But it turned out to be okay; the guy was pretty funny and after doing a trick said "Pretty good for a white guy huh?". The food was awesome (shrimp, teriyaki, rice, and some other great stuff) and I managed to eat it all using only chopsticks the whole time. It was a somewhat expensive restaurant and the final bill for everyone was $1,400.
Then, at around 7:20 pm, we were let loose to wander around and do whatever we wanted until about 11:30. By that time we had to be back at the hotel. First me, Alex, Dayna, Brooks, and Elijah went to the movie theatre in the Gateway Mall and bought tickets for Ironman (we were planning to see Prom Night but it wasn't showing there). Then Dayna left with some friends and me and Alex went wandering around the mall in search of a swimming suit for him. He found one at Pacsun and I decided to buy two shirts while I was there.
At 8:15 we met back at the movies and watched Ironman. All I can say is that movie is epic. Amazing. Awesome. Wow. It was alot funnier than I was expecting and it was just great. If you haven't seen it. You better change that fast. It was one of the better super hero movies I have seen in a LONG time. Except.... sadly... I fell asleep at the end of the movie so I wasn't too sure how the ending happened. I was so exhausted that day had been a long one.
The Delta Center (name is different now, dont know what it is) was just across the street from our hotel and we walked past it where a basketball game was going on. Game 6 between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz. I personally was hoping for the Rockets to win (Gotta rep the H-Town) and everyone else I was with was totally for the Jazz. Unfortunately Houson lost to Utah. Everyone wanted to go see the game since it was so close. It would have been way fun.
Then we went back to the hotel and I decided to go swimming again. Skyler, Ross, Cheyenne, Andy, Beatrice, Jill and a couple others sat in the sauna for awhile (very relaxing). I was so very tired I was almost falling asleep sitting in the sauna. And I was feeling very lightheaded and couldn't walk straight. It was very strange. Then we played in the pool for awhile. Making a current and such stuff. At 11:30 everyone met in the lobby then was sent to bed.
I slept on the floor and didnt really mind because I was lucky to even have been able to come. They put in Family Guy and I watched about 15 minutes before I was out. Dakota told me the next day I had fallen asleep while texting someone.

So that was the fun first day of the Senior Sneak. Day 2 next.

Yea, I sprained my ankle pretty bad last Tuesday. The school was having a 2v2 basketball tournament and during the first game I jumped up to try to block someone's shot and I came down on the side of my foot really hard. It looked pretty nasty.

A few days after