Marcelo is a University student studying Criminology and a former student.

Topics Covered: Parents and Coaches; Transitions from High School to University; Being a Student during COVID; Criminology

In this episode I get to catch up with Marcelo who is a former student of mine who reached out to me about joining the podcast . He talks about the examples his parents set for him in working hard and shoutouts his soccer coach who gave him opportunities to prove himself on the soccer field. We then talk about the transition between high school and university, the growth Marcelo’s experienced as an individual and how COVID changed student and social life.

As an educator it’s a joy and blessing to get to catch up with alumni and hear from them and what they’ve been up to. Along the way we reminisce about our senior English class and Marcelo teaches me about some of the things he’s learned in his criminology classes.

Shoutout to Marcelo’s parents, Coach Eric, Mr. W and all the kids who graduated with Marcelo.

Timestamps:

3:45 – Shoutout to Marcelo’s parents: examples of hard work set by parents; thankfulness; sayings and lessons from parents that have stuck

9:48 – Marcelo’s shoutout to his soccer coach Eric; opportunities to prove himself on the field;

15:04 – Marcelo’s transition from High School to University: tangents about studying techniques; length of media content and shorter attention spans excitement of being accepted into University and future aspirations

23:20 – Marcelo teaches Anthony some of the things he’s learning in Criminology: labeling theory; concentric zone theory

29:43 – Being a University student during COVID; missing the social aspect of school; reminiscing about crazy high school English classes, missing in class debates, discussions and arguments; new routines because of COVID and weirdness of it

42:38 – Change as a person since High School: shoutout to Mr. W; needing to take more responsibility; from small school to big university

Recorded: August 7

Released: August 20