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about the site...

Thanks for visiting my website! I hope you enjoy your stay and are able to find your way around without any problems.

I created this site as a project, but it turned into a different few things. First off, it is a blog; simply a place where I can write some of my scattered, random thoughts, and occasionally rant a little bit, about how the man is keeping you (and me) down.

Secondly, it has become a place where I have posted some photography, so feel free to check some of that out as well. And lastly, This site will be used as part of a a few different projects for my masters degree. Feel free to email me if you have any questions, comments, concerns during your stay: (benhelms@gmail.com)

about me...

A little about me, let’s see...Well, I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, then moved to Los Angeles for college and about halfway through that I moved out to Boston. After falling in love with New England (go Pats/Sox!), I made my way back to SoCal and got two degrees from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, CA (a BA in English-Writing & an MS in College Counseling and Student Development). Then I moved up to Oregon and woked as a Hall Director at the University of Portland in Oregon. From there, I moved down to Mt. Shasta, California. Man, I love this place. Mountains, sun, snow, and family. What more could a man ask for?

Besides all that, I love writing, backpacking, photography, homebrewing, music (recording, composing and listening), playing/watching sports, and exploring new lands.

Tag Archives: CCSD

Millennials: How’s It Going to Be?

We’re in a recession, two wars, extremely high national debt,  personal debt of Americans is at an all time high, school violence seems to be increasing all the time, and FOX news has us scared sh@%less about our own personal security. By most accounts, America isn’t doing too peachy. However, and I’ve been thinking long...

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Summer Break 2010

Okay, I know not everyone is in the education business, but for those of you who don’t know, it’s Summer. Hooray! Not only does that mean that school’s out, it also means I’m taking a little break from blogging…woot. Only about three weeks, but still. Just a heads up. I know, I know, get the...

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CCSD Class of 2010

I know, another slideshow…BOOM! Related Posts:LA-Term Spring 2010Trip to Tijuana with LA-TermCapstone Colloquium…what?It’s been awhile…The March to Graduation, the Photographic Journey Continues…If this was in your backyard, you’d help too…

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LA-Term Spring 2010

It was a great semester… Related Posts:CCSD Class of 2010Trip to Tijuana with LA-TermCapstone Colloquium…what?It’s been awhile…Do You Believe In Magic? (And I Hope You Do…)The March to Graduation, the Photographic Journey Continues…

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Capstone Colloquium…what?

I know, it’s a big word and Brent can’t describe it (“Colloquium”), but it’s also the name of my final project/presentation for my masters program in College Counseling and Student Development (at APU).  It’s sort of a culmination of everything I’ve been working on the last two years, inserted into a 30 minute presentation. Anyway,...

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Trip to Tijuana with LA-Term

Went to Tijuana, Mexico with my work (LA-Term) and got a few tours around the city. We went to a Nazarene church, a migrant worker house (Casa Del Migrantes), and Friendship Park (the place where the U.S.-Mexico wall ends in the Pacific Ocean. It was definitely an intense 24 hour trip, and whatever your political...

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It’s been awhile…

I know, a few days ago I was but a boy and now I am man. Since my last post I have: 1.) Finished my last collegiate course for my masters program, 2.) The Duke Blue Devils beat the Butler Bulldogs to win the men’s NCAA basketball national championship, 3.) Sean Thompson and Laura Marks...

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