Hi my name is Nick and this is my second year of college. I am currently pursuing a Electrical Engineering degree. I was born in California, moved to Boise when i was 7. Growing up in Idaho was not to bad, i did lots of snowboarding as a young teenager, also did lots of camping trips with my family. I spent most summers road tripping to some place with the family. Having done lots of outdoors activities and going to new places on road trips has really taught me to appreciate life and time with the family. After high school i got onto a very destructive path. At the age of 19 i joined the military, having since joined it really taught me that there are bigger things out there to worry about and deal with then just myself.  I have always been an avid reader, it really started when i was in Jr High school. I will read anywhere from 2 to 6 books a year. I read science fiction mostly but will also pick up history and autobiography’s. I don’t really read the news to much, i get upset from the amount of violence in the world and also the level of stupidity of some people(common sense is not so common). So i spend my free time with my wife and kids, as much as i can because i leave the states a lot. When i get a chance i also do woodworking, little things mostly, but I did finish making my kids beds before Christmas.

Being in the military is the biggest lens I view the world and other people threw. I feel that it has made me specifically a better person. I am hoping to learn different ways to view the world, in the chance that it can make me a better person and leader.

Hello all!

My name is Wankun, but you can also call me Kun. I am a senior at BSU studying Mechanical Engineering. I was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, quite a bit away from here. I came to the United States in 2010 with a goal of pursuing higher education. A little bit about myself: I like to spend my leisure time cooking, playing tennis, and doing anything car-related.

Being raised in a city from another country definitely has influenced me to have different perspective in a lot of things. For example, unlike most Idahoans, I was never really exposed to outdoor activities like rafting, hiking, or skiing, I didn’t know what it’s like to go watch the rodeo, and I never imagined that people could love football so much they built a bus dedicated for tailgating. Rather, I grew up where playing soccer on a sidewalk was considered outdoor activities, where teenagers spend their weekends at the tutoring center, and where viewing something differently from someone older (teachers, relatives, parents) was considered disrespectful.

I don’t spend a lot of time with books or other texts as I don’t enjoy reading much, even when I was still in Thailand. With English being my second language, it is rather rare that I would pick up a book, written in English, to read in my leisure time, although it seems like I will have to do just that in this course. To learn about what’s going on in the U.S. and around the world, I mostly watch the news from a few websites.

Back home, I was exposed to very limited amount of history education. Thai schools, if at all, barely provide their students with knowledge about history around the world. I look forward to learn more about it from both my instructor and my peers!