On Tuesday, Professor Irwin Appel gave us a presentation on the Theater and Dance Department at UCSB. He explained how he his parents may have shaped his love for live theater and that he had always wanted to become an actor when he was younger, and never expected to become a professor. However, he loves being a professor and teaching at UCSB because of the energy of the students always give him. He recommended us to take classes we wouldn’t normally take, and I found that to be very good advice because exploring new things can possibly lead us on different paths. His enthusiasm for theater made me quite excited to see the production of Macbeth, and I must say I was very impressed. I thought it was very creative how they used sticks in substitute for different props including swords and tables. Theater seems like an interesting class, so I may take one course during my freshman year to see how it is.
On Friday, we had the pleasure to go to the Education Abroad Program office and receive a presentation from one of the peer advisors, Maya. She was very informative and made me extremely interested in joining. So far I am thinking about studying abroad in either France or Italy because of their fashion industry, but for many of the programs, I would need to know the language and I don’t think I have time to learn a whole new language in a year. I want to explore my options and hopefully study abroad during my sophomore year, but I would need to take all the Pre-Comm courses before I can go abroad. I’m glad UCSB give students the opportunity to study overseas and embed ourselves in different cultures.
Hi Melody,
ReplyDeleteI was totally excited to see Macbeth when he described it in his presentation as well. I personally did not like the performance too much, but that is because I could not follow the storyline. Oh! I am glad to hear that you are really thinking about studying abroad. I think you should do it! I haven't heard of anyone ever regretting their decision to study abroad. I hope that you can work things out with your major so that you can go. Do whatever you can to go! Obviously I am biased towards studying abroad haha.