Introduction Letter

Hello. My name is Katelyn Temple. I am 22 and I am from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I love and miss south Florida. I am a junior at UCF but this is only my second semester here. I have been to four schools in three years; I like change! I recently changed my major to Interdisciplinary Studies and I should be graduating in about a year. I have been living in Orlando for almost three years and I am sorry to those who love central Florida, but I am ready to leave!

I am taking this course because I am interested in women's studies. I think historically, it is vital for people our age to know the history of one particular group. Whether it is a race, a religion or a gender. I find it interesting to focus on one specific group rather then American history or Jewish history. I do not know if that makes sense but to me, it is very interesting and I am excited to see what I can learn from this class. It is important to me, as a female, to know and understand the struggles and barriers women had to overcome. I am excited to but my knowledge into action and to learn about the history of my gender.

I believe there are a lot of differences between genders. I also believe there are also of similarities. For example, men and women are not the same when it comes to emotions and sharing their feelings, sometimes. This is an assumption because not all men hate to share but at the same time, not all women want to share. There are a lot of double standards when it comes to classifying how men and women act and how they should act. I think the media, religion and the government play a huge role in how we act, interact and react to certain situations.

In this course, I hope to learn a lot. I do not know exactly what is in store as far as reading and course works goes, but I am very excited for the service learning project. I love helping people and I hope I can make a difference. I was a girl scout for many years so I am thinking I was to volunteer with this organization.

I had read the guidelines for the course within the course syllabus and also the protocols for the blog and I understand what is expected of me. I am worried I will mess up on this blog because I have never in my life written a blog, so I am a bit nervous. I feel like I can approach my classmates if I need help though. Also I like that we can post pictures on this website because when I get to class I can put a face to the name and blog.

In conclusion, I am excited to see what the course has to offer to me. Obviously I will get out what I put in but the syllabus seems very straight forward and self explanatory so once I figure out this blog stuff, I will be ready to learn about women's studies.