Hello everyone! My name is Pedro Perez. I am currently
entering my first year of college at the University of California, Santa Barbara,
and I could not be more excited! I am attending arguably one of the most
beautiful campuses in the States, have already made many great friends, and I
have had many memorable experiences in my first few days here.
I am a Linguistics major, as language has always been a
fascination of mine, and would love to pursue a career dealing with the science
behind languages. I believe that my love of languages originated from being
born in Mexico, and being taught both English and Spanish, with no distinction
between the two, other than which parent I was speaking to. This provided extremely confusing to me at first. Although I began
speaking some extreme form of Spanglish, I slowly grew to realize the
differences between the languages, and the patterns, appropriateness, culture,
and applicability behind each. To this day, I have taken 5 years of Latin, and
3 years of German, in addition to remaining bilingual. I have pursued my love
of languages quite a bit, and plan to continue to learn more about language,
and eventually learn even more languages, to help better amalgamate myself with
the various world cultures.
Although Linguistics is my primary focus, I also like to
spend a lot of time playing my guitar, and longboarding (and if there are any
longboarders in the SB area who slide, I would love to get together and hit up
some local hills!). I also play soccer, and rock climb. I love going on
adventures, be it hikes, road trips, or even traveling. I am thankful to live on
one of the most beautiful beaches in California, and am thankful that the biggest
complaint I can voice is that the beach is often closer than my next class.
I am excited to make many new friends, and I hope that
everybody has a great time, and takes advantage of all the fantastic opportunities
we are given here. Through this blog, you will get a glimpse into the life of a
fresh college student. Hopefully my posts will be enlightening, put a smile
on your face, or at least help you avoid some of the mistakes that are so easy
to make upon entering college.
Cheers,
Pedro Perez
Hello Pedro,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Faith. I find your skill for language beyond amazing and am extremely jealous. My whole life I have always said that if a genie was to grant me one wish I would wish to be able to speak and understand every language in the world. Unfortunately I am not as lingual of you and my only C in high school happened to be in Spanish 3. My accent was so horrible that my teacher would purposely have me read everyday to provide entertainment to the class. I also enjoy hiking and was happy to hear that Santa Barbara has amazing trails and watering wholes.