I've learned many things in this class, heard many guest speakers enlighten us with their experiences and knowledge. I'm well-aware of the many opportunities that I have at my college time in Purdue, and out-of-Purdue as well. Inspired by this class, I'd really like to take up Spanish as a foreign language. I've always wanted to learn Spanish, but never focused on it. Hearing the guest speakers talk about how useful this could be makes me go for it now.
I'd love to study abroad, in Germany probably, since it has amazing aerospace programs for foreign students. I've mentioned about it too in one of my previous posts. My first step in engaging in global activities was to go to the call-outs of Purdue MUN team. I was selected in the interview and accepted in the team due to one single reason : my awareness of the global issues and problems that our world is facing. And being to an actual college MUN in November made me realize how big these issues are and how many people actually care about these things without any personal benefits.
The learning community gave me some really good friends. Sharing almost three classes together helped a lot. I barely know people from other classes, since its too hard to interact with them outside the classes. But the LC organizes social events too, which gives us a jolly time to spend together. I'm really thankful that I got friends like Dharna (who is also an amazing roommate), Karlyn, Daniel, Karan, Liang, Nick, Patrick, Justin, Mrigank. Moreover, it's always good to have friendly teachers like Anne, Veronica and Prof. Jesiek around. Allover, my decision of being in a learning community was truly worth it (thanks to Dharna who convinced me into it) .
I agree with you about the speakers and presenters having a huge impact on you. They were great and influenced me (and others) to study abroad not only once but possibly twice. I had no idea that Germany was a great place for aerospace engineering even for foreign students. The Purdue MUN team sounds real interesting. I regret not going out to any call outs this past semester. I plan on going to them starting the second semester. The learning community has been a great experience that helped us in many ways. Too bad they only last for one semester.
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I was thinking of going to Germany for my study abroad experience as well, but for Mechanical Engineering instead. I agree about our great professors, they were very helpful and very nice. I thought the class was put together very well overall and I enjoyed it, I also learned a few caluable things that I will take into the field with me. Such as the different mindsets of global engineers. In my opinion, that was one of the most important things I learned all year.
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Germany would be a great place to study abroad, especially for engineering!!! I would love to go there to see how their engineering is different than here in the United States. As for Spanish, it's a relatively easy language to learn. Additionally, it is spoken almost everywhere! It's one o te only languages that is spoken widespreadly in almost every continent. It would be a very helpful language to have for a job, especially in engineering.
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