Blog #1: Introduction

Hello everyone, this is Matt Sinclair. I am a biology major but currently do not know what to do with a biology major. I really enjoy our class on Latin America, and chose to take it as my sequence for a couple of reasons. First of all, I have been to Latin America, and to Tulum and absolutely loved being there. That experience alone was enough to make me want to learn more about there people, such as how they built these structures, how they lived, and where they went. This of course adds to the fact that I have never visited Asia or Europe or some of the other options we had, so Latin America seemed to be the more interesting topic to me. Second of all, was my three years of Spanish in high school, which I did well in and for the most part enjoyed. I especially liked the days where we would focus on culture, and so learning more about the modern culture of Latin America seemed like an easy choice in that regard. Lastly, I chose Latin America due to its closeness to myself. I have always felt that it would make more sense to learn the ways of the countries who neighbor us, not so much the ones across an ocean. Overall, between Asian, European, American, and Latin American civilization, I choose the one that, in my opinion, was most relevant to me, and most interesting, but still had this feel of newness to it of something I had never studied in depth before. I am happy with my decision and glad to be in class with all of you.