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La Vida de Espana para mi!
Parque de Madrid: Es el Parque de Madrid Hola amigos! My name is Meena and I am currently studying at the NYU campus in Madrid, Spain! I am a third-year senior at Gallatin (IE. I took a bunch of AP classes in high school so I’ll end up having enough credits to graduate in the spring—at the end of three total years). I was born and raised in the suburbs of Washington DC. For a year during my toddlerhood I lived in the Dominican Republic but, other than that, I had a typical suburban upbringing until I came to New York for college. I chose NYU as a way to break out of the same-old high school routine going to a state school would have ensured opting, instead, to go in search of something new and exciting in the big city. Coming to Gallatin, I ‘pitched’ my concentration to the office of admissions as “the study of people”—arguing that while generally viewed as two completely separate entities, psychology and theatre were really just two sides of the same idea. I went on to say that while, conventionally, the former is thought to explore people from within while the latter interprets them from without, both able to be seen in light of the other—calling this combination the “study of people.” In the time I have spent at NYU, I think I have added communication to the aforementioned combo to create, what I hope will be, an interesting major which, if nothing else, will function as a pre-law major. Much like my decision to go to New York, I think a lot of my decision to study abroad came from a need for change. I want to study people—though, seeing as there are people everywhere, that didn’t narrow down my options. I think knowing Spanish is a strong asset; that, coupled with my dabbling in high school Spanish, led me to my decision to study in Madrid. Seeing as how I’ve been out of practice for four years, I feel that my Spanish is particularly lacking; as such, I am taking the Elementary Spanish Intensive as well as a class about the global economy. I may also add a class about theatre that I found out about at orientation. Additionally, we are participating in cultural activities for two more credits. Through these classes as well as my extracurricular life as a Madrileno, I want to gain a better command over the Spanish language as well as learn how people and their ways of life differ from the ones I am familiar with back home
