Well to begin, my name is Samantha, I'm currently a super senior (just started my fifth year, go me!) who is majoring in English education and minoring in Psych education- an interesting combination I know, I just had so much fun in my psych 1010 class that I wanted to pursue it more. Before I knew it, I needed an education minor to go with my major and conveniently I had taken a few psych courses so, voila!
I consider photography a minor hobby of mine. I prefer to take photos of nature and abstract rather than take photos of people...okay, more potrait photos, I wouldn't mind taking random photos of people, where they aren't the focus of the photo, or posed. I'm actually hoping for a DSLR for graduation this year (super expensive so it's a big hope) but I think it'd be so much fun to have one, and then I could turn a minor hobby into a major one.
Besides photography, one of my favorite past-times is reading, which is one of the reasons why I decided to become and English major, and then other reasons propelled me into the education tract. These reasons being that I always enjoyed English is school, I actually enjoyed so much, I ended up lettering in English my senior year. You must be thinking, lettering in English? Nerd!, well you're right. I embrace my nerdiness, and if you ever need any suggestions for TV shows (Doctor Who, Sherlock, Firefly), games (Skyrim, Fallout 3), or movies (V for Vendetta, Paprika), come find me! To further show you how much of a nerd I am, one of the reasons why I chose the education track in English is because I like school, I never could picture myself not being a student or not being in school. (I figure a good portion of you actually like school too, which is why we are all in this class together!)
To say that there is no literacy in English would be ludicrous. However, I believe that literacy is huge in every aspect of your life! My personal definition of literacy is being able to read and understand (this includes critically reading) a text. I believe that it is content based as well. As an English major, I can say that I can read a paper about literature and feel confident that I can get the gist of it. However, if I try to read a BioChem paper, my eyes would just glaze over as I quickly give up trying to understand a thing about the paper. I don't have the experience or knowledge about the subject in order to fully understand what it is trying to say.
Here's another weird thing about me, I'm actually looking forward to keeping a blog...I have another blog...with about three posts on it. Might I just say, I'm not to skilled at keeping things like this updated and I really want to get my other one up and running...
