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Mad ravings of a first time donor
by Kevin Newhart
When I awoke on the morning of
November S, I knew what the day had
in store for me. I had told all my
friends countless times what I would be
doing .that day. I was eager to go
through with the task I had set for
myself. I was going to donate blood at
3:30.
At 10:00 I was excited. At noon, I
felt cautious and my body was reeling
from twinges of nervousness. When
3:00 rolled around, I sensed hysteria
creeping between the fibers of my
being.
“Hey, Kevin,” my friends would say,
“are you nervous?”
“Who, me? All I’m doing is giving
blood. No problem,” I would reply.
Yes, I know I was making a big deal
out of nothing. I wasn’t performing any
monumental task, I was just giving
blood. At the time, however, I was
gripped by the fear of the unkown. As
a first-time donor, I had no idea what
to expect
I take that back. I expected PAIN.
Great, heaping buckets of PAIN. To
my surprise, there was very little pain
at all. Sure, I was stuck in the arm with
a foot-long needle (yes, God as my
witness, it was one foot long). The
horrible pain I anticipated was nothing
more than a bee sting.
In fact, the most pain I felt that day
happened when the nurse wrestled to
get a blood sample out of my earlobe.
She had to squeeze on my earlobe for
five minutes! When it was all over, she
mentioned that I was the most difficult
person to get blood out of (a fact I’m
still proud about).
After they drained a pint of blood
out of me I was feeling kind of woozy,
especially after seeing my blood in a
baggie. Thankfully, an angel of mercy
guided me to the refueling station - a
table stacked to the ceiling with all the
pizza and Coca-Cola you could handle.
This was obviously one of the rewards
of giving blood.
The most important reward I
received was the feeling I got from
donating blood. It may sound corny,
Penn State Hazleton
but donating blood made me feel faded, but my feeling of significance
needed. I felt like I could make a continues to grow. The main point of
difference, but mostly I felt like sky- my account is this: everyone should
diving, a feeling I attributed to my participate in the blood drive the next
sluggish state. time it comes around, or if you’re like
My lust for sky-diving has since me can’t wait to donate, contact
Dr. Haeussler continued...
Ernest Haeussler is a man that will go out of his way to assist in any way
possible.
Haeussler is most impressed by students who take an extra effort to make it
known that they’re willing to learn. However, as with every course, there’s bound
to be a select bunch of students that don’t do well. Haeussler’s prime suspicion is
that a lot of math students don’t know how to properly prepare for exams.
Sometimes, it’s a lack of preparation, but the majority of the unsuccessful students
aren’t studying in the right manner. Haeussler states that the only way to be
proficient in math is to “keep up with the material.”
“Sometimes a student concentrates on a few courses too heavily, then expects to
learn three weeks of math in a single night,” Haeussler said. “The best way to
survive math courses is to continuously attend class, keep up with the material,
and review frequently. Don’t let another course drag you down.”
According to Haeussler, the students have changed as well. “It seems the
whole attitude has changed...students were a lot more serious back then,” he
stated. “Now, when most people have trouble in a course, it’s like...okay, I’ll just
drop it, no big deal. Maybe it has to do with the way that college is a common
successor of high school. Twenty-five years ago, not everybody went to college.
Maybe it was more important to them back then.
In terms of Haeussler’s accomplishments, his experience and publications speak
for themselves. If I could give every student a piece of advice, I’d say that adding
one of Haeussler’s classes to your schedule is a must Whether it’s a basic algebra
course or an advanced applications of calculus course, you should experience the
man as a teacher.
Haeussler’s motto in my interview was, “To the students: Make sure you get
your money’s worth...a lot of people don’t”
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