Hello everyone, my name is Lashley. I am a senior Political Science major, Concentration in Public Policy/Administration. I took environmental policy making last semester, and I am looking to further my understanding and knowledge in this area. Some of my interests outside of politics include hiking, reading, and most important sleeping. I learn best in study groups.
Hi, this is Eddie. I am a political science major with a minor in history and a focus in public administration. I am taking this class because I need to get my upper level requirements out of the way, but I registered a little too late, so I got stuck with a bunch of oddball classes. This is one of them.
Hey everyone, my name is Stephanie Pully and I am a senior this year. I am an Environmental Science and History double major, so I am taking this class because it is the perfect combination of both my majors.
Hey there, I am Dave Foye. I am a new transfer student. I went to school at Frostburg years ago as an International History Major and recently finished my AA at AACC. I commute from Annapolis via public transportation. I am majoring in History and Psychology, minoring in Asian Studies, and seeking a certification in Education. At Frostburg, I took a class called the Environmental History of the World so I thought it would be fun to take the U.S. Environmental history here at UMBC. I look forward to our semester together. Cheers, David Foye
Hey everyone, my name is Saad Syed. I am a transfer student and I am a freshman. I'm a History major and I want to teach Secondary History. I was enrolled in the Environmental Science magnet in my high school, so I already have a sense of what we're going to be talking about in this class. I'm taking this class as one of my seven electives, but I didn't choose this class as an easy class that I could just take to get out of the way. I actually enjoy learning about the environment as well as history. Combine them both into one class? That's perfect. I'm looking forward to this semester.
Hey everyone, I am Kathryn Cole. I am a transfer student and this is my first semester at UMBC. I am a Photography major so I am taking this class to help fill up my electives. Even though this class has nothing to do with my major I am still looking forward to learning about the topic. I hope the semester goes well for everyone :)
Hey everyone, my name is Ryan Zentz. Im a transfer student majoring in Political Science with a minor in International Affiars and I am taking this class because I have always enjoyed learning more about history.
hi everyone, I am Eric Greenbank. I am a senior and this is my second to last semester here at UMBC. I am a Biological Sciences Major but i do have varying interests in the environment. Such that I have taken a environmental science class and environmental policy class. This class would compliment my environmental policy class from last semester. This would help me see the bigger picture with how the environmental problems of the past and the present effected policy making and how the players framed their arguments. Other interests include reading, writing, listening to music and researching cancer.
Hi there. My name is Daniel Bosmajian (pronounced Boss-may-jin). I am a junior transferring in from AACC with an AA degree in Environmental Science. My major here is Geography. I am taking this class because it is very interesting to me and would help refine my knowledge of the environment in years past and how to avoid repeating any past mistakes with the environment.
I'm actually a doctoral student in UMBC's Language, Literacy, and Culture program. I'm taking this course as an indepdent study, which means I'll be doing the readings with you, attending class and soaking up as much as possible from the lectures and discussions, and then I'll also be doing a bunch of additional readings, writing assignments, and other projects for graduate credit.
I teach writing full-time at the University of Baltimore. I've been at UB since 2007 and prior to that I taught writing full-time at CCBC-Catonsville. Here's my profile at UB: http://www.ubalt.edu/cas/faculty/alphabetical-directory/christopher-justice.cfm.
I look forward to learning about this fascinating topic with all of you.
Hello, My name is Emily Frazee. This is my first semester at UMBC. I graduated AACC with my associate of arts in teaching. I am a History major also seeking a certificate in elementary education. I love learning and I think this class will be very interesting. I look forward to our class discussions and exploring how humans have impacted the environment.
Hi! My name is Arya Tayebi. I am a Junior studying Environmental Studies. I chose this course because I am a GES major and have always enjoyed history and history classes taught at UMBC in addition to this being an upper level course.
I'm Anthony Woodcock, a Junior History major. I really enjoy history and hope to one day teach it, I don't have the biggest background in United States history and I thought this would be an interesting lens through which to view the development of the United States.
Michael Heigh, I'm a senior majoring in Political Science. I really enjoy history and have a passion for learning about and preserving our environment. I was really excited to see a class like this being offered, I think it will provided a new and interesting perspective on how we have affected out world.
How's it going, everybody? This class certainly seems to be an interesting one so far. I hope everyone does well in it. I'm a history major with a (yet to be declared) minor in creative writing. My parents are both environmentalists, and my dad has worked for the EPA for twenty-five years, so I grew up bashing their left-wing tree-hugging, acid-and-flower-skirt ways, but have now in my age and experience grown to accept and possibly even respect their views. Maybe in the future when we are able to swim to our digital libraries the world will realize all that industrialization does have its downsides. In the meantime, we will continue to do what we as a species do best, and historians in a few hundred years will look back to our time like we do the middle ages and say, "What the hell was wrong with those guys?"
Regardless, have a good semester, my dear classmates.
Hello,I am currently a senior at UMBC working towards a major in environmental studies and a minor in history. This being said, I think it is quite clear why I am taking this course; it covers the two subjects I am most interested in.
Hello! I'm a Junior and my major is history with a track in teaching. I thought this class sounded interesting because I never took environmental history before. I only heard about the topic! I hope I get to learn a lot!
Hello, I'm a junior and a history major, and I thought this class' description sounded very interesting and hope to learn new things about America's environmental past.
Bradford: I think it is amazing the ignorance and stupidity of the English settlers who are trying to settle in Cape Cod area in the winter. There are obvious reasons for why the Indians did not great and help the new arrival of Englishmen, for they brought nothing but trouble. First off, it is winter and the Indians new not to stay in that area during those months. Second, English and Europeans brought disease and took with them only selfish things like Indian gifts and perhaps the Indians themselves. I am sure that when the weather got warmer, the Indians were returning to that land, cautiously of course, for these white intruders were not there when they left. And so I suppose the Indians showed the English settlers how to farm because they had settled in the lands that they were going to use for farming. Just like how the Mid-atlantic Indians stopped farming tobacco and only bought there need from the English, the Cape Cod indians probably had the same intentions. Farming is tough.
Anonymous: As for the Tobacco writing, it is interesting to be to see how the mid-atlantic colonies had the perfect climate for tobacco farming. I also thought it was interesting to see how the farmers would use (up) the fertile land until it was pretty useless for tobacco farming and then would move on up the rivers finding more virgin land for cultivation. Its interesting to see how the landowners look at their wealth, not in land area, but in terms of how many workers (slaves) they had. I can also see the system of mercantile capitalism in respects to the inspectors. There seems to be corruption at the very bottom level starting with the planters themselves who would stuff there prized tobacco in with the hogshead creating the illusion of high quality tobacco. Seems like there is corruption with the buyers too. The planters would include more than enough tobacco in there hogs heads regardless of the fact that each hogshead would cost the same price as long as it met the minimal weight.
Not really sure if this is what I was suppose to blog about... I feel like I could write a ton more but not sure if I am suppose to write this much. Whatever, hope you got something from it.
Hello everyone, my name is Lashley. I am a senior Political Science major, Concentration in Public Policy/Administration. I took environmental policy making last semester, and I am looking to further my understanding and knowledge in this area. Some of my interests outside of politics include hiking, reading, and most important sleeping. I learn best in study groups.
ReplyDeleteHi, this is Eddie. I am a political science major with a minor in history and a focus in public administration. I am taking this class because I need to get my upper level requirements out of the way, but I registered a little too late, so I got stuck with a bunch of oddball classes. This is one of them.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone, my name is Stephanie Pully and I am a senior this year. I am an Environmental Science and History double major, so I am taking this class because it is the perfect combination of both my majors.
ReplyDeleteHey there, I am Dave Foye. I am a new transfer student. I went to school at Frostburg years ago as an International History Major and recently finished my AA at AACC. I commute from Annapolis via public transportation. I am majoring in History and Psychology, minoring in Asian Studies, and seeking a certification in Education. At Frostburg, I took a class called the Environmental History of the World so I thought it would be fun to take the U.S. Environmental history here at UMBC. I look forward to our semester together.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
David Foye
Hey everyone, my name is Saad Syed. I am a transfer student and I am a freshman. I'm a History major and I want to teach Secondary History. I was enrolled in the Environmental Science magnet in my high school, so I already have a sense of what we're going to be talking about in this class. I'm taking this class as one of my seven electives, but I didn't choose this class as an easy class that I could just take to get out of the way. I actually enjoy learning about the environment as well as history. Combine them both into one class? That's perfect. I'm looking forward to this semester.
ReplyDeleteSaad S.
Hey everyone, I am Kathryn Cole. I am a transfer student and this is my first semester at UMBC. I am a Photography major so I am taking this class to help fill up my electives. Even though this class has nothing to do with my major I am still looking forward to learning about the topic. I hope the semester goes well for everyone :)
ReplyDeleteKathryn C.
Hey everyone, my name is Ryan Zentz. Im a transfer student majoring in Political Science with a minor in International Affiars and I am taking this class because I have always enjoyed learning more about history.
ReplyDeletehi everyone, I am Eric Greenbank. I am a senior and this is my second to last semester here at UMBC. I am a Biological Sciences Major but i do have varying interests in the environment. Such that I have taken a environmental science class and environmental policy class. This class would compliment my environmental policy class from last semester. This would help me see the bigger picture with how the environmental problems of the past and the present effected policy making and how the players framed their arguments. Other interests include reading, writing, listening to music and researching cancer.
ReplyDeleteHi there. My name is Daniel Bosmajian (pronounced Boss-may-jin). I am a junior transferring in from AACC with an AA degree in Environmental Science. My major here is Geography. I am taking this class because it is very interesting to me and would help refine my knowledge of the environment in years past and how to avoid repeating any past mistakes with the environment.
ReplyDeleteHi Folks,
ReplyDeleteI'm actually a doctoral student in UMBC's Language, Literacy, and Culture program. I'm taking this course as an indepdent study, which means I'll be doing the readings with you, attending class and soaking up as much as possible from the lectures and discussions, and then I'll also be doing a bunch of additional readings, writing assignments, and other projects for graduate credit.
I teach writing full-time at the University of Baltimore. I've been at UB since 2007 and prior to that I taught writing full-time at CCBC-Catonsville. Here's my profile at UB: http://www.ubalt.edu/cas/faculty/alphabetical-directory/christopher-justice.cfm.
I look forward to learning about this fascinating topic with all of you.
Thanks,
Chris Justice
Hello, My name is Emily Frazee. This is my first semester at UMBC. I graduated AACC with my associate of arts in teaching. I am a History major also seeking a certificate in elementary education. I love learning and I think this class will be very interesting. I look forward to our class discussions and exploring how humans have impacted the environment.
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Arya Tayebi. I am a Junior studying Environmental Studies. I chose this course because I am a GES major and have always enjoyed history and history classes taught at UMBC in addition to this being an upper level course.
Andrew Conklin, junior Environmental Science major. I love history and am passionate about sustainability and responsible environmental stewardship.
ReplyDeleteI'm Anthony Woodcock, a Junior History major. I really enjoy history and hope to one day teach it, I don't have the biggest background in United States history and I thought this would be an interesting lens through which to view the development of the United States.
ReplyDeleteMichael Heigh, I'm a senior majoring in Political Science. I really enjoy history and have a passion for learning about and preserving our environment. I was really excited to see a class like this being offered, I think it will provided a new and interesting perspective on how we have affected out world.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Michael
How's it going, everybody? This class certainly seems to be an interesting one so far. I hope everyone does well in it. I'm a history major with a (yet to be declared) minor in creative writing. My parents are both environmentalists, and my dad has worked for the EPA for twenty-five years, so I grew up bashing their left-wing tree-hugging, acid-and-flower-skirt ways, but have now in my age and experience grown to accept and possibly even respect their views. Maybe in the future when we are able to swim to our digital libraries the world will realize all that industrialization does have its downsides. In the meantime, we will continue to do what we as a species do best, and historians in a few hundred years will look back to our time like we do the middle ages and say, "What the hell was wrong with those guys?"
ReplyDeleteRegardless, have a good semester, my dear classmates.
N.D.
Hello,I am currently a senior at UMBC working towards a major in environmental studies and a minor in history. This being said, I think it is quite clear why I am taking this course; it covers the two subjects I am most interested in.
ReplyDeleteHello! I'm a Junior and my major is history with a track in teaching. I thought this class sounded interesting because I never took environmental history before. I only heard about the topic! I hope I get to learn a lot!
ReplyDeleteHello, I'm a junior and a history major, and I thought this class' description sounded very interesting and hope to learn new things about America's environmental past.
ReplyDeleteHello! I am a transfer student from Montgomery college. I am a psychology major. I am taking this class because it sounds very interesting.
ReplyDeleteWeek 2 Blog Response to Bradford and Anonymous
ReplyDeleteBradford: I think it is amazing the ignorance and stupidity of the English settlers who are trying to settle in Cape Cod area in the winter. There are obvious reasons for why the Indians did not great and help the new arrival of Englishmen, for they brought nothing but trouble. First off, it is winter and the Indians new not to stay in that area during those months. Second, English and Europeans brought disease and took with them only selfish things like Indian gifts and perhaps the Indians themselves. I am sure that when the weather got warmer, the Indians were returning to that land, cautiously of course, for these white intruders were not there when they left. And so I suppose the Indians showed the English settlers how to farm because they had settled in the lands that they were going to use for farming. Just like how the Mid-atlantic Indians stopped farming tobacco and only bought there need from the English, the Cape Cod indians probably had the same intentions. Farming is tough.
Anonymous: As for the Tobacco writing, it is interesting to be to see how the mid-atlantic colonies had the perfect climate for tobacco farming. I also thought it was interesting to see how the farmers would use (up) the fertile land until it was pretty useless for tobacco farming and then would move on up the rivers finding more virgin land for cultivation. Its interesting to see how the landowners look at their wealth, not in land area, but in terms of how many workers (slaves) they had. I can also see the system of mercantile capitalism in respects to the inspectors. There seems to be corruption at the very bottom level starting with the planters themselves who would stuff there prized tobacco in with the hogshead creating the illusion of high quality tobacco. Seems like there is corruption with the buyers too. The planters would include more than enough tobacco in there hogs heads regardless of the fact that each hogshead would cost the same price as long as it met the minimal weight.
Not really sure if this is what I was suppose to blog about... I feel like I could write a ton more but not sure if I am suppose to write this much. Whatever, hope you got something from it.
~Dave Foye