I am Naif, a student at The University of Houston, from Saudi Arabia, and majoring in Management Information Systems (MIS). I transferred on a government scholarship to the University of Houston in the fall of 2006 after completing a year and a half at a private collage in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. I am doing great in my studies and I hope to graduate in the fall of 2009.

I am a former athlete. I used to play soccer and follow it wherever it goes. From Saudi to Spain, to England, and finally here in Houston after I a go a serious injury that wont allow me play soccer or even run again. I got a car accident that changed my whole life when I was 17 and made me think about my self in a deferent way and plan a new life from the start line again. I never imagined to be in this level in college or do what I do now out of school. I own and manage a couple of businesses and happy with my new life, but to be honest, I still have soccer in my mind and keep on watching it and encouraging children to play the game.

My experience in English writing is great. I wrote some good papers in the past which are related to my courses I took in college which were three classes in Saudi Arabia and two classes here at the University of Houston. I reached a good level of writing where I wrote a technical report about online auctions and got an A grade on it. Another report I wrote was an analytical report talking about the influence of politics on soccer and how the game is controlled by power and money in the present time. Both reports were interesting as I heard from my instructors and classmates. Furthermore, writing isn’t really a thing that I don’t like, but it is not a thing that I would do in my free time. I try to do it if I have some work that should be done, or sometimes I write some papers about soccer and keep it in my folders just incase I need it as a source when I participate in my soccer debates I have with some friends and coaches.

I participated in ENGL 2306 to satisfy the college’s core requirements. I had an option to choose another course, but I had a teacher and a poet in the past who inspired me and made me curious about poetry. He knew how to reach me in a way that pushed my curiosity buttons. I feel like a child still when someone try to keep something blurry from me and let me dig to find out more about it, which never made me board. Hence, I try to read some works of the old Arabic poetry and I find it interesting and makes feel I want to read more. In fact, a good grade in this course as any other in collage is my goal to graduate soon and keep my scholarship active.