By: Zac Frederick
Hi everyone! My name is Zac Frederick, and I am very excited to be a part of this English 1102 course. I am a business major and have just completed my first year here at Tech in May. My four-year graduation would be in 2021, however (hence the summer courses) I am hoping that I can bump that forward maybe a semester or two! I am in the online section of the course, however I am still here in Atlanta, and am also taking in-class courses at Tech every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. In addition, I am fortunate enough to have landed an internship this summer, and have scheduled Tuesdays and Thursdays for that effort.
In high school I would say that English courses were probably my least favorite area of study. The content was far too broad for my liking, and I never felt that my efforts would ever yield a knowledge that I saw as valuable. However, when I came to Tech I realized that English was taught differently from a standard English curriculum, in that classes focused on a specific study, and you could become proficient in one or a set of ideas. My 1101 course studied the effect noise, music, and our overall soundscape has on every aspect of our lives, and I really feel like I got something out of the course that I had not yet experienced with English thus far.
For this reason, I was very excited when I learned we would be taking an in-depth look at Hamilton over this summer semester. Coming from knowing almost nothing about the play that has created such a craze across the nation over the previous few years, it is understandably somewhat intimidating of a position; however, I am glad to be introduced to the subject in an English course setting. I really enjoyed our AP U.S. History study of this time period, but I feel like we glossed over such an important time period, one that I would very much desire to learn more about. In addition, I am not really well-versed (or desire to be) in musicals, but I am happy to make an exception for one that is held in such high esteem.
Here’s a picture of my greatest life accomplishment, me accidentally killing a bird with a golf ball at the driving range!
