Thirty-two-year-old Michigan State University undergraduate Bill Bock reminisces about growing up in Alpena, Michigan and says that even though he read voraciously as a youth, he was an unmotivated and mediocre student. He credits one of his high school teachers with encouraging him to major in elementary education, but says that he doesn't really want to be a teacher for the rest of his life, but does want to be involved in education. Bock expresses frustration with his younger, ill-informed classmates and admits lacking a connection with them. He also talks about the adjustment his wife and kids had to make to living on campus and wishes the pace at MSU were a little slower.
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