Diana Fischer is a Millersville University student who is majoring in Anthropology. Diana recently returned from the Yucatan Peninsula where she studied abroad. Her teacher, Dr. Ximena Catepillan took a math class to study math in non-European cultures. They had a one-week intro on Millersville’s Campus to learn about the different math cultures. The focus of this trip was on Aztec and Mayan math. These two cultures used pictures for numbers, book keeping methods and astronomy. The students got to see artwork in nature and math to create architecture.
The group of students got to visit three cities; which were Coba, Ek-Balam and Chichen Itza. All of these cities are in the Mayan culture. Chichen Itza is one of the new modern wonders of the world. Coba has many ancient temple pyramids, one of which is a 140ft tall. Diana commented on this wonderful experience, she said this, “I was terrified, one of the scariest things I have ever done, but most exhilarating at the same time.” In Ek-Balam there were many intricate tombs made from lots and lots of stuck-oh. The entire group was amazed at how the tombs held up throughout history. Diana enjoyed all the new knowledge gained from the trip but she really enjoyed the amount of time spent on the beach. She commented on how it was an “amazing experience.” There was an article in the snapper following this trip to Mexico. Dr. Ximena Catepillan has requested that the group she took abroad share their experience to anyone who is interested in studying abroad. Diana wants to encourage everyone and anyone to take a summer or semester abroad to learn something new, as well as seeing a new part of the world.
5 comments:
lovely...brett your a fantastic journalist
I was actually interested in this story because I myself looked into taking that Math class in Mexico. Well written. Good job.
Good Job! Very interesting and also appealing. The article was well written.
this could be an incredibly interesting story, if it weren't so bland with grammatical funk. the story's lead is "diana is a millersville university student." who wants to read something farther than that? all sentences are composed in the exact same fashion throughout, with the subject leading; there is no variation here. ie. "diana is an MU student. she is an anthropology major. she went to chitzen itza. it is a ruin of mayan culture." etc. etc.
"The group of students got to visit three cities; (<-- should be a comma) which were Coba, Ek-Balam and Chichen Itza. All of these cities are in the Mayan culture. Chichen Itza is one of the new modern wonders of the world. (according to whom? i read the same article, but it needs cited)" "Diana commented on this wonderful experience, (<-- period) she said this, (<-- redundancy) “I was terrified, one of the scariest things I have ever done, but most exhilarating at the same time.”
a little more variety here, coupled with some correct grammar, could make this story fantastic as opposed to just average.
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