Weaving Solidarity

If you wanted to experience a class that is different than any other class, Geog 495 is the class to take. Not only do you get to know everyone in your class pretty well, but you get to know them outside of the classroom setting as well. There were many different events that had been put together by my peers. The one that I enjoyed the most was the last event where we all got together to cook before the actual event on April 19th. Instead of just being apart of the planning crew, I was put into action peeling beets, carrots, cutting up lettuce, blending vegetables, and frying up tortillas. Even though my hands were bright red and almost lost a finger or two from peeling the beets, it was still a lot of fun. We got to see everyone in the class show off their cooking skills and we also got to work side by side with Professor Sundberg. Instead of Professor Sundberg being distant, she was like one of us getting down and busy with cooking. We all had to work together in order to get all the cooking accomplished on time. We were all very comfortable with each other, so my classmates were not ashamed of asking for help when they needed help, which helped to speed up the cooking process. What took the longest time was the frying of the tortillas because the deep fryer was so small. We thought that the tortillas would stick to each other, so we only put in three or four tortillas at a time. However, Jorge and I figured out that the tortillas will not stick to each other, so we ended up frying twenty tortillas at a time. Jorge and I finished frying the tortillas in no time without having to stay up all night. I enjoyed every cooking momment with this class because we worked so well with one another. I wished this class lasted two semesters instead of only one!