Author: a.nguyen3

On November 20th, I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art after class to start working on the second midterm for our art history class. I’ve been to this museum plenty of times when I took AP Spanish and regular Spanish classes because my teacher wanted us to see certain paintings by Spanish artists. I definitely enjoy going to museums, but honestly I like the architecture more than the art itself. Anyways, the midterm for class was designed to be like a scavenger hunt, but the way she did it was a little random. Normally it would make sense to plan it all so that you go to one room and then the next one was near by. The way this one was set up, it was like going from one end of the museum to the next, then back to the other end. It’s definitely not hard to find your way around, especially with the map. I think it was just less time efficient than I would’ve preferred. 

On October 26, our art history class went to the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial of the Holocaust. I didn’t know thats the museum we were going to until we got there. But, I have a lot of friends that have been there, not just for school, but for their own personal experience. We walked through parts of the museum instead of going through the whole tour because we wouldn’t have had enough time. There was a part of the tour that we passed but didn’t spend much time on that made me very emotional, which was the child’s stripped pajamas along with the pictures of the victims and it showed us a bit of each person’s history. To physically see the faces of the victims is actually insane because learning about the Holocaust in a regular classroom definitely does not have the same effect as going to this museum. I definitely would go back in the future to go through the whole tour from start to finish.

I found TSO just by passing through the halls where all the clubs meet. I had no idea what club I was going to end up talking with, but it was TSO (transfer student organization). Basically what they do is help transfer students as well as freshmen meet other people who may have similar interests as well as similar majors. One of the guys actually said it is very common for people to meet others in the club that are further along in their major and they are able to get advice for their next steps. They also help anyone in the club venture out to other clubs that they may be interested in, which I think is super helpful if you are new and possibly shy. The people I met in the club are super nice and they made us feel welcomed. It’s funny how this club helps others connect with each other because I actually met someone there that I knew in elementary school and haven’t spoken to since then. Overall, I think this club is really helpful to network and create relationships with people that may or may not have similar interests or majors, especially for those who are new such as freshmen and transfer students.