Hi guys!
My name is Karl Risley and I am a second year Aerospace Major hoping to graduate in May 2021, but we all know that’s probably not gonna happen. I am taking summer classes in order to keep this dream alive because in the fall I will be co-oping off campus. My biggest time-consumer besides academics is definitely hockey. I have been playing since I can remember and actually went to a boarding school in New England to pursue further aspirations in hockey. I have also always wanted to be an engineer and am from Georgia. Ultimately I was led to Tech to pursue my goals while also continuing my passion for hockey with the Georgia Tech Hockey Team. We had a great season and made it to nationals, finishing in the top 16 teams in the country. I also have started to play guitar and have a twin that goes to Clemson.
I am in the online section while taking classes on campus at Tech. I had to do the online section because it was the only way I could get into this section, as one of my classes has the same timing as the actual in-person section of this course.
Last fall I took English 1101 here at Tech, I also came from a high school that heavily focused on humanities. In the past most of my experiences with english classes has focused almost completely on written communication in many forms. Because of this I would have to say my favorite form of communication is written. I also believe that with the huge focus on written communication my skills in the other form are somewhat lacking, specifically oral communication. Last fall, because of the freedom the woven curriculum provides, I decided to focus on my oral communication. Building off of this, I would like to again focuson my oral communication in order to solidify the improvements I made in this mode last fall. Hopefully a semester off wasn’t enough to lose these gains.
I had never heard of Hamilton before this class, let alone any musical really. I frankly have no feelings of like or dislike towards the musical genre because I have never seen one. I am writing this blog after listening to the songs required for the first class and with this new experience I can officially say I like this musical. I like hip-hop and I did not know hip-hop musicals exist. It is very exciting and fun to listen to something new. The symbolism and importance of every layer in each song is astounding.
I am excited for the rest of the summer!