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Tom Wasinski ’26Theology (intended teaching path)
With support from his team of instructors, mentors, and coaches, Tom Wasinski learned not what to think but how to think, how to overcome challenges, and how to wrestle with difficult questions. They championed both his accountability and growth, reaffirming his desire to become a theology teacher in the future and repay the favor of a Jesuit education to the next generation.
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- Coming into John Carroll, I knew I wanted to study theology and play football and no better place to do it than John Carroll.
- So that made my decision making process really easy.
- I came in here and I met great people both in the academic field and the athletic field.
- Specifically my team of instructors such as Dr. Hanenberg, Dr. Murphy, Dr. Jun, many more.
- But those three specifically have really just taught me so much.
- And they haven’t taught me what to think, but they’ve taught me how to think and how to overcome challenges and how to wrestle with difficult questions.
- And for that I’ll forever be grateful.
- And that has just reaffirmed my passion for wanting to teach theology in the future and repay the favor of the Jesuit education to the younger generation.
- And on top of that, in the athletic field, I’ve met some of my best friends here being on the football team.
- I met a group of guys that I could count on, that could hold me accountable, that I could wake up early in the morning with and grow on the field,
- in the classroom, in the weight room.
- And specifically Coach Polian and all the other coaches for believing in me and knowing that I have more growth inside of me and pushing me to be my best self each and every day.
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