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I am a transfer student from Ithaca, New York in my second year at Evergreen. I studied at Sarah Lawrence College in 2008, before taking two years off to work and live. | I am a transfer student from Ithaca, New York in my second year at Evergreen. I studied at Sarah Lawrence College in 2008, before taking two years off to work and live. | ||
| − | I have focused on several different areas at Evergreen including linguistics, writing, and education. I have felt weary about committing to one field of study because I am not convinced that there will be a job at the end of the long haul. Instead I decided to focus on educating myself as an individual, investing into my own intelligence because that is something that cannot be lost or appropriated. I feel a strong drive to understand the human condition at this point in time, as well as historically, so that I might be a part of change. I have a strong faith in people's ability to innovate and work together in a civicly intelligent way. | + | I have focused on several different areas at Evergreen including linguistics, writing, and education. I have felt weary about committing to one field of study because I am not convinced that there will be a job at the end of the long haul, as well as believing that humans are meant to be renaissance men/women, meaning we should not be tied down to one thing. Instead I decided to focus on educating myself as an individual, investing into my own intelligence because that is something that cannot be lost or appropriated. I feel a strong drive to understand the human condition at this point in time, as well as historically, so that I might be a part of change. I have a strong faith in people's ability to innovate and work together in a civicly intelligent way. |
I am particularly passionate about everything to do with food. I love to cook and think all people should have access to beautiful, nutritional food. I am very interested in the study and practice of alternative agriculture systems, I am particularly curious about the feasibility of institutionalizing an alternative model in the US. | I am particularly passionate about everything to do with food. I love to cook and think all people should have access to beautiful, nutritional food. I am very interested in the study and practice of alternative agriculture systems, I am particularly curious about the feasibility of institutionalizing an alternative model in the US. | ||
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About Me
matteak@gmail.com 607.227.7571
I am a transfer student from Ithaca, New York in my second year at Evergreen. I studied at Sarah Lawrence College in 2008, before taking two years off to work and live.
I have focused on several different areas at Evergreen including linguistics, writing, and education. I have felt weary about committing to one field of study because I am not convinced that there will be a job at the end of the long haul, as well as believing that humans are meant to be renaissance men/women, meaning we should not be tied down to one thing. Instead I decided to focus on educating myself as an individual, investing into my own intelligence because that is something that cannot be lost or appropriated. I feel a strong drive to understand the human condition at this point in time, as well as historically, so that I might be a part of change. I have a strong faith in people's ability to innovate and work together in a civicly intelligent way.
I am particularly passionate about everything to do with food. I love to cook and think all people should have access to beautiful, nutritional food. I am very interested in the study and practice of alternative agriculture systems, I am particularly curious about the feasibility of institutionalizing an alternative model in the US.
Interests
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Food Access and Quality
- Politics
- Economics
- Art for Social Change
- Linguistics
Thoughts on Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives that are important to me are:
- Building leadership/facilitation skills
- Developing capacity to do in-depth research
- Participating in a community of learners
- Increased understanding of policy-making
- Useing existing frameworks to build the capacity to develop new ones
Issues I'm Interested In
- US food system
- Illegal US wars
- Economic injustice and monetary systems
- Civic intelligence as a catalyst for change
- Promotion of human innovation
