An introductory into the amazing life of Joel Toon

Hey everyone, my names Joel and this is of course my blog for Communications in Science (summer school edition). Each week this blog will provide you with intriguing  blogs on my thoughts about the science world, I'm actually quite jealous you guys get to read such an amazing blog every week! This week is an introduction to the one and only me.

I'm 22 years of age and a male, hence the boy name. Originally born in Auckland, I eventually graced Palmerston North with my presence as a young chap, and when I say young I was a little kid with no choice in the matter. Of course I still kept my sport affiliations with the Auckland sports teams though, no offense to Hurricane supporters but Blues are just so much better. I've lived in Palmerston North ever since bar a two year absence when I did law in Wellington, which I absolutely hated hence the change in degree.

I love my sports and even though this information is not relevant and no one reading this blog is actually going to care I'm going to list my sports teams anyway. I'm a big fan of the Greenbay Packers, LA Kings, Boston Celtics, Essendon Bombers, Wests Tigers, of course the Blues and any New Zealand national side but namely All Blacks and the Kiwis. And if anyone doesn't like those teams,  in the words of Chris Brown,

"Haters keep on hating, cause somebody's gotta do it." 

I'm not a Chris Brown fan I just googled 'quotes about haters' if anyone was about to make conclusions about my musical tastes.

Now onto the serious stuff, I'm currently studying Health Science with a major in Sports and Exercise with the intent of doing a Physio degree after I finish. I love the gym and love the idea of helping people with serious health issues live a normal life. I've loved the gym ever since I lied about frequenting the gym to get a job eventually making my self go all the time, mostly at ridiculous hours of the morning.

If I'm going to be honest I only took this paper because a communication paper is required for my degree but as I started to look at the course content I realised this this course will at least help me in future science courses. Communication in general will be vital in my planned future career with constant communication with patients a must.  I would say my communication skills are average with no obvious strengths or weaknesses. That being said I really don't like public speaking but can still do it if absolutely necessary.

Bye bye until next week. Remember if you miss this blog that much you can just reread it over and over again!

Thanks for reading everyone.

Joel Toon signing out, that sounded so much cooler in my head!