Intellectual History

I chose my Humanities major because i love to study art and music, but i am currently looking in psychology as an alternative major. I took a marriage and family class last semester which had a psychology aspect to it which got me interested in the major. I am also pursuing a ballroom dance minor and a music minor with an emphasis on vocal performance. I love my AP English class my junior year because my class read a variety of old and new books, then we discussed them as a class and bounced ideas off of each other. This is also one of the only english classes that has helped me to improve my writing skills. Mrs. Lofquist, my AP English 11 teacher, was one of my most influential teachers because she would pull each student aside to tell them what they were doing well in their essays, and what needed to be improved. She told the students upfront what they needed to work on instead of beating around the bush. My parents have always taught my younger brothers and I to do well academically as well as improving our talents that we used in extracurriculars. Whether that be dance, piano, singing, sports, student council, also planning and leading mutual activities.

The Richard Light goal that i want to work on is to better my time management skills. To be able to balance school, homework, dance, and choir as well as looking to obtain a job. To meet this goal I have bought a planner and I am constantly writing down To-Do lists for myself. I need to set myself a bedtime, however childish that is, and keep to it no matter what. I also need to make sure i stay healthy by eating the right foods and staying physically active so that I can have the strength to keep up with my hectic schedule.