Who am I?
My name is Thomas Brush. I am majoring in Deaf Studies at LaGuardia CC, but I plan to major in English when I transfer to a "senior college." My plans after I graduate from a bachelor's program include applying to and volunteering for the Peace Corps. I want to go to Africa to help where I can, and then come back to help in-need people in the USA. I will be majoring in English because I love to write fiction and poetry, and it is one of my talents. However, I have many other interests, so it would be really hard to choose my dream career if not in English/Writing. I am also a linguaphile, someone who loves languages and words. Currently, I am only fluent in English. I am learning Spanish on my own and American Sign Language at LaGuardia. I have a whole list of other languages that I plan on learning. The next language I want to learn is Arabic, and I've already learned the alphabet.
Science or Humanities?
I find science very interesting. However, I am more a fan of humanities. My views have changed on this topic over the years. I used to imagine myself as a scientist, but now see myself as a writer. My view of technology is partially positive and partially negative... I think that most of US approve technology without thinking about whether this technology is really beneficial or a temporary fix... Science is great, don't get me wrong, but technology might not be as great as we (society) make it seem. At least, not all of it. There are some aspects of technology that are great and interesting, but there are others that I don't approve of. For example, a technological "advance" that people have found interest in today is the sign language translation glove. This technology and a lot of other technologies are good only on one side. You can understand the person signing, but the gloves can not arrange your hands to sign what you want to say to the person using sign language. These technologies also eliminate the need for Americans and other native speakers of English to learn more than one language, which I feel is essential factor to build relationships with people from different cultures. Even if these people know and understand English, it is a one sided learning process and the relationship would be weaker than if both knew the language of each other. Also, learning more than one language is beneficial to the mind of the bi+linguals, which these technologies do not promote. There are many more situations and examples, but that is what the point of this class is, so we'll see if they will be discussed in a later post!
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