Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Introduction to Your Future Real Estate Agent



Hi classmates and Professor Gibbs! My name is Thomas Reilly and I am a senior at OU. My Hometown is Houston, TX. I transferred to OU from Rogers State University after playing two years of college golf. I came to school here to further my education about Business Management, which is my major.

My favorite TV show is White collar even though it has ended and my favorite movie I recently saw was Creed. I don’t really have a favorite type of music; I pretty much like Hip-Hop, R&B, Country, and some alt. rock. My career goal for the short-team is to find a job with a real estate company in Dallas, TX. My long-term goal is to manage my own real estate firm one day. My favorite type of food is definitely Mexican food and my least favorite food is Indian food. My hobbies are to play golf now and to be active in the gym. If I had extra day for fun, I would be spending it playing golf with a couple of friends. 

The cool thing about my major is that I learn so many different aspects of Business I could do whatever I would like with it. The best class I took last semester was Finance. I know it’s a weird choice but it is really interesting for me. The biggest accomplish last semester was being able to come back from a shaky start.

Over the break, I went back to Houston to see friends and family. I spent a lot of time with my family and friends but the highlight to my break was going to a ranch in southeast Texas to hunt and spend time with my girlfriend’s family. It was a great break but its good to be back in a routine and get back to my job in Norman



The Masters

Week 1 Storytelling: The Wolf and The Kid


There was once a little Kid who grew up with horns and it made him think he was a grown-up Billy Goat and had the strength to be on his own. But one evening when the flock started home his father called, the Kid paid no heed and kept right on nibbling the delicious grass but realized the Wolfs come out late at night.

The sun was sinking. But he was not all alone. He had his flock with him while the long shadows came creeping over the ground. A warm breeze came creeping with them making the crickets start chirping over the entire pasture. Then he started wildly over the field, eventually finding his mother. But that’s when he saw in the distance the wolves stocking the flock.

The Kid knew he was a grown up Billy Goat and felt so brave to finally face his fear.

“Please, Mr. Wolf,” he said confidently, “I have seen you stalking our flock for quite some time but we have known you are there and if you don’t sing us a song we will be forced to team up against you.”

The Wolf didn’t like the idea but he had no choice to sing the song in fear.

Meanwhile, the flock was moving slowly toward the Wolf and began making a circle around him. In the windy evening air the Wolf’s piping could not be carried far. The Shepard Dogs were not able to able to hear the Wolf’s song of fear. When the Wolf was ending his song he saw that he was fully surrounded by the flock now. The Wolf’s song ended suddenly, and as he was let go by the flock, he called himself a fool for leaving his mother when she called. Thinking he was wise and bold enough to keep eating but did not know the Kid was stalking him.

Do not let anything turn you from your purpose



Wolf Sing his song of fear


Author Note. In the original fable the Kid thought he was grown up just like I said but his mom called form him not his father but he did not listen to his mom and stayed to eat food and then the wolf came and the Kid pleaded to not eat him until the wolf sang him a song to make the Kid happy before the wolf feasted but the Shepherd dogs came to the rescue and chased the wolf off.


Bibliography. The story based on a fable "The Wolf And The Kid" in Aesop for Children, by (anonymous), illustrated by Milo Winter (1919)