Hi, my name is Amanda Graham and I am from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which is about 45 minutes or so outside of Philadelphia. It is a nice little town and like Penn State we have a little football history  too. I attended Central Bucks High School West, and most of the kids from my school/district ended up coming here to Penn State. Right now I am in the College of Communications and plan on being a Public Relations major with a possible minor in political science. Once I graduate I hope to attend law school.

I chose to do this course because science has not always been my “thing”. It was never something that completely caught my interest. If anything I would get bored, but mostly confused. When I was in high school I tried to take different sciences that I thought would interest me more so than the typical biology and chemistry. I tried oceanography, forensic science, etc. I learned that I am not a technical thinker. When it comes to maths and sciences it is too formal for me. That is part of the reason I am not a science major. I have always been more into the social sciences. I am also very into working with people. This course seemed like it would be a good fit because it is geared towards people who don’t like science. It doesn’t seem to appear technical, but rather abstract thinking. I am super excited to see what new information this course will bring, and how much I am going to be able to learn about science.

I was in California this summer right before I came here, so I figured I would share a picture of my cousins and I in Disneyland because why not (I am all the way on the right).