Hello everyone. My name is Amber Shojaie, I am a freshman here, and I am majoring in Actuarial Science. I live about 2.5 hours away from Penn State. I am from a city called Irwin. It is a little bit outside of Pittsburgh, PA. A few things about me:
- I am half Persian. My dad is from Iran.
- I’m a math geek. I could do calculus all day, everyday. So if you ever need assistance with a math problem, please do not hesitate to ask. I’d be happy to help.
- I have 3 sisters and they’re awesome. I love my family. We are all super close…including my dog, who I miss dearly.
- I love to act. Musical theatre has been a part of my life since the age of 4. It has always been a passion of mine.
- I play the piano. Music is such an important part of everyone’s lives.
- From preschool through eighth grade, I went to a Catholic school and then I went to public high school. My elementary school had less people than the amount of people we have in this SC200 class.
- I can jump rope and pogo stick at the same time.
- I can dislocate my shoulders because I’m missing joints in them.
So anyway, I decided to take this class because I’m definitely into all the different topics we will be covering. Additionally, my NSO academic adviser said that she has never heard any complaints about this class. She said that everyone has told her that they truly enjoyed the course. I am not majoring in science because like I said, I’m a math geek. I just love math. The parts of science that are heavy on math wouldn’t cut it for me. I wanted all math all the time! Here’s a picture of some pin wheel flowers in the Garden of Hope at a “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” that my family and I did for my grandma.
Here is a trailer to an amazing movie that ties two parts of my life together: my love for music and the elderly with Alzheimer’s.
(cite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaB5Egej0TQ)
Amber,
The trailer for that movie looks really amazing! I also have dealt with Alzheimers in my family. It’s such a difficult thing that nobody really realizes until their loved ones are the ones affected. Here’s a link to an awesome organization called Hilarity For Charity, “led by comedian Seth Rogen to inspire change and raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease among the millennial generation.”
-Kendra Hepler
Amber,
The trailer for that movie looks really amazing! I also have dealt with Alzheimers in my family. It’s such a difficult thing that nobody really realizes until their loved ones are the ones affected. Here’s a link to an awesome organization called Hilarity For Charity, “led by comedian Seth Rogen to inspire change and raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease among the millennial generation.”
-Kendra Hepler
I am also majoring in Actuarial Science! Here is a Page that has helped me thus far. (I’m not sure if the first video link is live or not).
I am also majoring in Actuarial Science! Here is a Video explaining why math is so important!