Sunday, January 23, 2011

Who I Am

My name is Kallie Hitchings. I am a graduate student majoring in Kinesiology in the school of HMSLS. I completed my undergraduate degree here in Exercise Science.

As you can see from the picture, this is my brother. He obviously loves me so much... We are twins and he has recently moved to North Carolina for a job opportunity in Criminal Justice. He also has an undergraduate degree from Bowling Green.

I really enjoy watching college football games with Bowling Green and Ohio State being my favorite teams, in that order. I feel that the Ohio State team has a classy program, all though there is much to be desired with the issues now. I also love BG football not only because I am a student here, but also because my cousin has played on the team. Other than college football, I am not up to date with other sports. My hope is that this Sport and Society class will update my knowledge of sports and give me more of a drive to keep up with historical sporting events such as the Olympics and the World Cup.

My ultimate goal is to work with childhood obesity. Ever since I was in grade school, I began to notice the choices of food that kids made at lunch and also how big those kids were. From this statement, it seems like I would be a Dietetics major, but I have found that I enjoy human movement more than studying foods. I would really like to focus my research in this are, though I am not sure if I would like to do a project or a thesis. I am leaning more towards a thesis so I can still have the opportunity to get my PhD in the future.

As I stated in class, I am not very competent in sports. I have not played many, nor do I understand the rules. The biggest concern I have for taking this class is that I will not understand what others are talking about in class. My hope is that taking this class will help me take interest in watching and learning about sports. Being able to understand sports more might help me with a potential thesis with children, or using sports to keep children, as well as adults, exercising without them realizing it.
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4 comments:

  1. JerzeyBoy53January 23, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Kallie,

    I think it's awesome that you are interested in working in the fight against childhood obesity. With all the budget cuts that schools in America are having, I think it is sad that many physical ed and sports programs have been cut and that is a key component of why our youth is so over weight today. I look forward to discussing this more in class with you and I wish you luck in your persuit of a PhD.

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  2. AnthonyJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    I share your concern about not understanding references! I enjoy following college football and tennis, though I do not follow either of these to the extent of a true "fan". You have also entered your field at a great time, as childhood obesity is a hot topic and one that Washington seems likely to pass legislation on in the near future. I hope you achieve your goals!

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  3. Yu ZhangJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Hi Kallie,

    I always want to have a big brother, but China has the "one child" policy. I wish I had a twin brother, because if you have twin you can get two kids!

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  4. The Tennis Prof ChroniclesJanuary 26, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Hi Kallie,

    This is a nice introduction. I think there is a good connection between your interest in obesity and sport. In fact, as you may know, Dr. Berger does research on the relationship between exercise and obesity. Recently, there has been a lot more research in the Sociology of Sport that relates to obesity and sport. In fact, I have several articles for later in the semester that relate specifically to that topic. I think it is great that you are thinking of doing a thesis in this area and look forward to reading more of the entries on your blog.

    Great start!

    Dr. Spencer

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