Academic Profile of Brandon Powell
I’ve had the time to meet with Brandon Powell to talk about his academic profile. Our interviews included us discussing his goals, not only academically, but his goals in life as well. Brandon is 20 years old, and it is his second semester hear at Georgia Perimeter. He was born in St. Thomas and spent Kindergarten through 4th grade in the Virgin Islands. In the middle of 4th grade, he moved to Virginia for about two years. In 6th grade, he moved to Georgia where he attended and graduated from Shiloh Highschool. Brandon’s major is Computer Science and hopes to have a career with programing video games. He enjoys creating content videos for YouTube with his friends.
One thing Brandon is passionate about is school. He’s always been a great student and what keeps him going is the influence he gets from his mom. Growing up, his mom taught him that’s its important to put school first. Being academically successful is always a key aspect to have. Going to school and getting and education is important to him. His favorite subject in school is English. Brandon is a great writer and has a love for books. He loves to read and write about Greek Mythology and his favorite book series to read is the Percy Jackson’s books.
Brandon’s music teacher also influences him. His music teachers taught him creativity and showed him another love for music. Being able to also teach a group of people music is another strong aspect Brandon has. Brandon had a passion for music and used to be a part of the choir program in school. While he was a part of choir, he used to teach the boys how to sing in the Tenor key. I asked Brandon why he decided to major in Computer Science rather than music and he said that he “lost his passion”. When his old high school got a new choir teacher, it just wasn’t the same to him.
Three words to describe Brandon’s academic self is persistent, hardworking, and “very lazy”, or as I like to call it, a procrastinator. When he told me that he built his own computer, I was very shocked. Not a lot of people can say that they can create their own computer, so for Brandon to have a creative skill like that is amazing. Being a procrastinator might not be a good trait to have, but it never stopped Brandon. He has the skills to be academically successful in the technology field, and if he ever gets his passion back, he can also be successful in the music industry. I know whichever route Brandon goes with, he’ll be the best at it.