Blog Topic #2

For your blog this week, we’d like you to discuss these issues. What did you learn from the Wikipedia entries that might seem interesting or relevant to your current situation? How might you marry the concepts of a liberal arts education with your professional pursuits? What could a professional musician possibly get out of taking a class on, say, Botany? Or the French Revolution? Or Ancient Greek Philosophy? Or any of the other Liberal Arts Courses that we offer here? (You might want to peruse the current Converse Academic Catalogue for ideas. You can link to it from the Converse homepage.) And, finally, did you take anything away from Convocation today that might resound off of these themes?

I am really not sure how a liberal arts education will help me with my professional pursuit, but with small classes there are lots of interaction between the students themselves and of course the professor. As a result, students can learn more things effectively, and can get help from their professor.
At a liberal arts college, there are so many classes to choose from, and most do not have anything with your major. For example, as a music major I probably do not have to take History classes, Philosophy, or Psychology, but by taking classes that seems out of my field can help me in so many ways. If you were to look straight on, music classes and history may not have anything to do with each other, but they are always connected. By taking a history class, I can learn about things that went on in the world when a composer was writing a piece and I can also learn why the composer's composition may sound happy or melancholic.
The most important thing I got from the Convocation was being a "well-rounded" person.

Blog Topic #1

Going to college was a life-long dream of mine since I was little. I always wanted to go out into the real world and experience everything life had to offer. Although I never imagined going to Converse, I am finally a college student, and studying what I like to do best.
By the time I was a high school junior I had a list of colleges I wanted to go to planned and made out, but Converse was actually not on the list. It was until the very last month of my final high school year that I decided to go to Converse College. My music teacher urged me to check Converse College out. I was not sure at first, since I had taken numerous years of private lessons through the pre-college program, but since my music teacher told me how good and different the college music program was I decided to give the school a chance.
Going to college was a life-long dream to me because when I was little, someone said "Doctor Hashimoto," as a joke, but I thought it had a nice ring to it and wanted to pursue toward a doctorate degree. Although I no longer want to pursue a doctorate degree, I want to go to college to learn everything I can, so I can pass on that knowledge to others.
Music is what I do. I started playing the violin when I was around 7 years old, and started the flute when I was around 12. It is really fun especially performing for others, and that is what I want to do. I want to be able to perform for others and be able to teach others how to play. That is why I am studying to become a teacher, but I hope to one day become a conductor. I really love to play and I cannot imagine not being able to play anymore, but if I could not play music again, I would probably go into writing, since I also love to write short stories.