Every time I try to talk to someone it's "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy"...

Hello all!
I'm Cameron Pierson, I am 20 years old, and I am a Junior at Grand Valley State University. I hail from Holland (MI, not the country) and actually do like Tulips. I am a French major and German minor, though with an interest in History as well. I'm something of an Euro-centrist, I'll be honest. Specifically my historical interests lie in the monastic history of France and Cold War East Germany, as well as the political history of both Rome and the Vatican (do not get me started on the Reformation!). However, recently I have found an emerging interest in ancient history.

I'm hoping to eventually go overseas and either translate or teach English. There are also vague plans of one day obtaining a degree in history.
I am currently employed at the Language Resource Center at Grand Valley and love it as well as a move theatre in Holland, of which my love does not extend as far.
As for an goals I might have in partaking in this blogging experiment, I do hope to learn Chicago style formatting as well as how to write as a true academic.

Let me also share the sentiment in that I hope that we, The Bloggers Who Say "Ni," can work in as many Monty Python references as possible, as to make reading our thoughts and findins even more enjoyable.

That being said: "Ni!"

what do you do with witches ?

My name is Joe McKinnon, I'm a sophmore here at Grand Valley. My major is history and I'm thinking about a spanish minor. I intend to teach secondary education history. I'm 19 I was born and raised outside of Dorr MI (Nobody else has heard of it either) its about a half hour from campus and I commute from their. At the moment I am unemployed but over the summer I make money doing farm work.

I expect to get from this blog better writing skills and some interesting discussion topics, as I am a history geek. and a better understanding of world history since I mainly know American history. And yes you should watch monty python all the way through or you will never pass through this wood alive! Ni! Ni!

She turned me into a newt! ....Well I got better...

Hello Everyone!

My name is Andrea Traver, and I am currently in my second year at Grand Valley. I'm 19 and was born and raised in Farmington Hills, which is about forty five minutes to an hour NW of Detroit, Michigan.
I am the youngest of three, and the only girl. Upon completing my time here at Grand Valley, roughly in two and a half years (2012, hopefully!), I will have gained a B.A degree in Group Social Studies with a concentration in education, and an influence in history. I also hope to complete a minor in Spanish and to obtain my ESL (English as a Second Language) certification. After which, I plan on traveling to Africa to teach, and then coming home to obtain my masters and another job in the states.

As of right now, I am employed by Grand Valley as a Reading Tutor at Stocking Elementary, where I spend much of my time enjoying the company of first through third graders, and the occasional time at recess with whomever chooses to walk around with me. This is my second year at Stocking, and I absolutely love it.
Unlike my other two team members, I have not been part of the GVSU marching band, however, I was part of my high school marching band as a member of the Flag Corps. Among many other things, I enjoy playing music (piano and guitar) and singing, along with reading, watching movies, medieval history and working on cars.

From this blog, I hope to obtain a greater skill for organization, and to gain more knowledge of history topics. Agreeing with Jamie, I also hope we can work in Monty Python references, as his work is hilarious and ridiculous.
I'm excited to see where this blog goes, and what kind of interesting things we can dig up!

If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood!

Good afternoon, bloggers!

My name is Chelsea and I am currently in my fourth year at Grand Valley. My plan is to take 5 years altogether and graduate with majors in Spanish and Biomedical Science, an emphasis in Microbiology, and a minor in Chemistry. As for how I intend to spend the rest of my days after I've left the university, I suppose I haven't quite figured that out yet, but I have some time still. It's likely that I will apply to graduate school to get a masters degree in Microbiology then work in a laboratory and play with microbes all day!

Like Jamie, I was a member of the Laker Marching Band, but only for two years. I'm currently in a new co-ed a cappella group on campus called GV GrooVe and also a musical collective called Babel Phish Collective, which is not affiliated with Grand Valley. It's basically a group of rappers, singers, and musicians that collaborate on different projects and put out solo and group albums. We recently did a concert at Western Michigan University where we were the opening act for Sugarcult!

I hope that this blog helps me improve my writing skills in addition to being a different way of learning the material rather than solely trying to retain what I've read from the text. I feel that I should watch Monty Python all the way through at least once if I'm going to call myself a true member of The Bloggers Who Say "Ni!" Hopefully I will come out of this semester knowing a few more Monty Python references.

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

Hello, fellow bloggers who say, "ni!"

My name is Jamie Belisle and I am in my sixth and final year studying at Grand Valley. I'm 23 years old and I'm originally from Brighton, MI. I graduated from Hartland High School, class of 2004. Brighton is located about 15 minutes outside of Ann Arbor, MI. I have one younger sister who is just entering her freshman year at the University of Michigan. When I finally graduate from Grand Valley this upcoming April 2010, I will have earned a few degrees! My major is English with a secondary education emphasis. I will also have two teachable minors: Spanish and History. My third minor is not yet teachable, but as I eventually hope to teach ESL students, the applied linguistics minor should come in handy. I have already completed my student assisting semester and am anxiously awaiting to complete my student teaching semester this winter.

I currently work at the Standale Meijer at the customer service desk and have been there for just over a year now. I've worked for Meijer all together now for just over six years. As for other jobs, I count four years as a proud member of the Laker Marching Band as one of them! It was a great run; I was able to go with the football team down to Alabama two years in a row along with a trip to Missouri in the 2007 semi-final football game. Some of my many interests include learning and speaking languages, playing music, following division II college football, watching thunderstorms, following weather patterns, Scotland, medieval history, writing, watching anime and reading as many books as I can. This is by no means a complete list of my interests--it's just a few to get you started! As one of my main interests consists of medieval history, I'll probably be including a lot of information in regards to that topic--along with linguistical history!

Hopefully this blog will be a creative outlet for us to discuss history. Of course, I hope it will also be laden with Monty Python references throughout--because there's no better way to share history than through one of the best historical comedies out there! If we do decide to take on "roles" of the Knights of the Round Table, then as your admin for this blog you could count me as Arthur, King of the Britons! I think it will aid a bit of flair to our blog, don't you?

I'm excited to learn more about all of you and hopefully this will be a fun experience for all of us!