Hey everyone! My name is Jacob, and I'm a senior at OU. I'm majoring in French and Linguistics with a minor in Spanish. I'm originally from Muncie, Indiana. This is my last semester here at OU and I'm really looking forward to making it a great one. I'm currently president of two campus organizations (French Club and Swahili Club), so if you are interested in either club please let me know! I also work on campus at the Language Learning Center in Kaufman Hall.
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| Me at a birthday gathering from last year, photo credit: my coworker |
If you're reading this, you're probably in the Indian Epics class. I'm really excited to be taking this course for a number of reasons. This will be my first class that has really focused on Indian culture or literature, and I think it will be a very different world from my other classes that have all focused on European or African cultures. This is not my first exposure to India though. As a linguist, my interests lie primarily in sociolinguistics, that is to say the intersection between sociology and linguistics, and I'm really interested by language politics within India. I've read a lot about modern Indian society and the different groups within the country, (and I've tried to teach myself Hindi with limited success) but I feel that this class will help me get a glimpse at the more intangible aspects of Indian culture.
I'm also really excited to be taking this course because of the story-telling aspect. I don't have the opportunity to be really creative in my other courses, and I'm looking forward to stretching my brain to be more imaginative. I'm really looking forward to learning a lot, and I hope that we all have a good time!
