Alice's Assignment 0

My name is Alice Holtermann, and I decided to become an English major my Sophmore year. After having the opportunity to take a wide variety of classes I found that English was something that I understood and really enjoyed. I told myself I could pick a major that was more specific towards a career I might want after school, but instead I wanted to learn and study in a subject that really interested me, and besides I could always pick up the necessary skills I need for a job later if that’s even what I want.
Originally I am from New York but for most of my life I have been living in Wilton, Connecticut. When I was younger I don’t think I really appreciated my town, but once I got to high school I enjoyed it much more. It is nice area and I can see why a lot of people would move to Wilton and the towns around it to get out of the city and into the suburbs. The area is very pretty and my town is right in the middle of the woods it seems like.
For most of my life my hobbies have been sports from lacrosse to track and hockey, however my main focus since I was very young has been ice hockey. My mother put me in a figure skating class, after I passed all the levels I decided that figure skating was not for me and I decided to see what hockey was all about, since we shared the other half of the rink with a hockey introductory course.
For the most part I have had good experiences with English courses, I mean some can be dull but what I really enjoy is when I am assigned books to read that I wouldn’t typically but have always wanted to read. I also enjoyed the writing classes I have taken in the past, they made me really branch out and try to be a better creative writer, something that I wasn’t willing to attempt for quite some time.
As for right now I think I want to look into some more of the poems until I decide which I will pick for my paper. So far they look interesting.
I think this class will be interesting because I’ve already taken an Africana philosophy class which jumped into the philosophy and thinking of Africans and African Americans. Taking my experience and what I have learned in that class, the class was really enjoyable too, and using it to look at African American poetry could be really fun and interesting. Also I don’t know much about poetry and often times don’t fully understand it so I think this class will be a good learning experience for me.