During the Fall semester I had the opportunity to take English 1101 with Dr. Sturm who was a new teacher at the time. Believe it or not, it was one of my favorite classes because I was allowed to collect information and form my own opinion and thoughts on topics. Also, I was allowed to be creative and express myself on assignments and in the classroom. It was very different from the Calculus and Chemistry courses that I also took where I had to accept everything I was taught as fact. The course reminded me of English class in high school where the greatest takeaway was the insightful class discussions on books, prompts and current events. My favorite kind of communication is speaking because I find it an innate and powerful form of communication for people. I struggle the most with communication through my writing, I am looking to improve my ability to write over the semester because it is a necessary and unavoidable skill.
I am very familiar with the play Hamilton, in fact I know several people who have watched the production with the original cast. In addition, I have been outside the theater where Hamilton is orchestrated and have seen Lin Manuel and some of the other cast members in front of the theater. I have a general understanding of Hamilton, that it is a musical that follows the life of Hamilton. I enjoy musicals and particularly enjoy when the cast members in a musical sing together much like a choir. Hip-hop is one of my most favorite genres of music because my parents introduced me to it when I was around 3. I grew up on hip-hop music.
Also, I am from Brooklyn.
