Watch out for Advice!

So I guess I am supposed to either talk about the journey from high school to college, or the freshman year of high school. Either way, all you need to know is that you need to figure out what is best for you and act on it.

Worrying about what others think at this point in your life will simply demobilize you and cause you to be slow in making decisions. Think about where you really want to go to school, and think about the real reasons for that. Will those reasons be good for the long term?

Think about what you want to study, not what your parents want you to concentrate on. Start really getting used to making all of these decisions on your own. It is so worth it in the end.

College is fun, and the time management thing has been over stated. Be smart, you know at Heritage everyone was really busy all the time as well. It is just that its a bit different here. Everything you do has school has involved in it in some way. It is a good thing though.

Do not worry about going far if you are worried about not making friends, I go to one of the closest schools to Heritage and I rarely talk to anyone from Heritage that goes here.

Just work hard and make smart and informed decisions ON YOUR OWN. Everything will be good from there.

Bystander; Response-Ability

Well, I am not the most schooled individual when it comes to having issues happen to people and having no one there to help them. Maybe that is a good thing though...

One of my old youth pastors who now lives in LA had a wreck or something of the sort and was stuck sitting on the road in his pajamas for an extended amount of time. He had no phone to call anyone so he had to simply wait for one person to step up and help him.

He sat there on the side of the road simply wondering why people can not take time out of their obviously packed days to simply help. Well finally, one guy came along and helped him out. Think of all of the bystanders that decided not to help someone who was in need.

This realization that people do not normally do extreme or even simple acts of kindness gave Elijah the idea to build a site that encourages and pushed others to do acts of kindness for others.

This picture was the main picture of that little group he started.

But I do now remember one time when my car broke down. Only a few people even went down the road where I was stranded. But one who did went to Mcdonald's and got me some water so I would not sit outside and perish.

My girlfriend would not even come and pick me up and take me somewhere that I could at least not be in the intense heat. My mom was at work but she was still working hard to make sure that I was safe.

For the most part, people I am around do the right things and speak up and act out when it is most necessary for the action to take place to help others. That is why I do not think to much about responding to problems, because it has been a natural action of mine and my friends for such a long time that it is second nature.

Good people.

Dorion Billups

Prioritize my life.

I am not the most organized person, but I do find the time to do everything that is asked of me.

One of the best reasons for that is because I have good friends that take care of me as far as keeping me accountable and on time to any and every meeting I need to attend.

I am part of a wonderful Christian brotherhood that consumes quite a bit of my time. So between that and volleyball, school can seem difficult to stay in the fore front of my priorities.

But luckily, I have been raised to where school is one of the most important things I do.

So school is always a great priority, and byx does a great job of making sure we have many study hours to keep us up to date on our school work.

After school, I must make sure that volleyball is not forgotten and that I am fulfilling my duties in that.

Then BYX and friendships being built from that is next simply because of the amount of time given to that.

All the while, I have a multitude of family members supporting me and making sure I am making good decisions.

So my priorities are good and I am very blessed to have the people around me that I do that make sure that I am successful and continually pressing foward.

Influences

Liking sports so much came from my Mom, but its interesting because that is the least of things she has done to influence me.

She has influenced me to become basically the person I am today. A person who fears God and loves being the church.

I think she has proved the benefits of extremely hard and work and perseverance. I want to be able to take that quality from her and apply it to my life.

I am a St. Louis Rams fan from a man named LG Hamilton.

My love from music is basically all from my friends who have introduced me to so many different types of music and I have taken it and have become the connoisseur that I am today.

My music teachers in middle and high school both laid down the foundation for who I am today as a musician and I applaud them for trusting and sticking with me in my quest for musicianship.

Dorion

It's all about me...

My name is Dorion Billups

I have two middle names, one of them is Gyasi which is Swahili for wonderful!!

I love music, musicals, instruments, and all that good stuff.

I play the sax, bass, drums, and I am currently teaching myself the guitar, hopefully by the end of the year I will have a good grasp on it.

I only like good music, no true genres, just good music.

I have played the sax for 8 years.

I hope to be able to continue playing for the rest of my life.

Football Recruiting is my thing. I cover high school football in state. I love it and I am very lucky to do what I am doing right now.

I am a freshman at OU, and school is going well.