Hi Everyone !
So, my name is Maria and I am an exchange student at UT for one year. I lived all my life in France but my parents are German and Romanian.
I am truly looking forward to this class and to follow one of the projects that are proposed to us (I can't decide which one I will pick!). I have never done such a project before, though local development interests me a lot and that I have always wanted to do something like that ! I have been a human rights activist for the last few years and one of the important things I learned was that poverty and social disadvantages in general are not a fact per se, they are not something that has to exist in order for the society and the economy to work. They are not a necessity and they enter into the framework of human rights violations.
I am very pleased to being given the chance to work on a concrete situation and I hope that I will learn a lot and that I will acquire some knowledge that I could implement on other projects when I get back home.
See you all on monday!
Maria
Hi Maria! I think it is awesome that you are passionate about protecting human rights. I hope you are able to accomplish your goals!
ReplyDeleteHi Maria,
ReplyDeleteI think you were given an advantage to live out of the US. Your perspective from another country could help you immensely. Its crazy because even being from the South here in the US my perspective is totally different from my friends who live in New York. I hope that we get to work together this semester and then I'll have a friend in France who is also trying to battle the injustices in our society.
Hi, Maria
ReplyDeleteI think its great that you will have and do have a different perspective then those of in the class because we are American. I really do think that you are going to have a lot to bring to this class and these community projects.