This class interested me because it explores the subject of food from sociocultural, psychological, and linguistic perspectives. In high school, I had the opportunity to travel to Taiwan and India, as well as spend 3 months as an exchange student in France. Visiting these countries was a feast for the senses, and I found that, by focusing particularly on the countries’ foods, I could learn a lot about these cultures as a whole. In France, particularly, my food-related vocabulary expanded quickly, and with it, my understanding of social norms surrounding cooking and eating. I am also looking forward to exploring linguistics in this course; having studied Latin for several years, I’ve had fun looking at word etymologies and learning about the evolution of our language, which I had formerly thought of as pretty stagnant.
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