Ailia Halpern

Professor Andrew Brown

UWRT 1103
11 October 2016
The Literacy of Humanity: My Words
The literacy I most want to learn about is civil engineering. It is my dream career to be a
Roads

civil engineer. Civil engineers are in charge of infrastructure they build and maintain road,
bridges, dams, and many other similar structures. I define literacy as ones knowledge and
mastery of something and the ability to explain or teach that knowledge that has been gained.

I would change this to "Last year I got the

opportunity to go to San Miguel de Allande Mexico"
or something along those lines

I have always had a certain passion about buildings and bridges. I got to go to Mexico
is

last summer I stayed in a city San Miguel de Allende. The city was a historical heritage site so all
are

. The

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the buildings in the city had be historically accurate the house had to look like colonial houses on
thing

the outside. When I stepped into the buildings the first think I noticed was the ceiling. The
ceiling was curved made of brick that was laid in certain patterns. After seeing this all I wanted
Delete "we have"

to know was how it worked and how it was made. I have the same question on how we have
buildings

building like Burj Khalifa (worlds tallest building) can even be built. I want to know what
allows these building to pierce through the sky.
I want to master this also so I can have an impact on others the way some people have
called

had on me. I got the chance to do an internship at a company Andrew Pearson Design. Andrew
Pearson is a furniture company that makes completely glass furniture. Getting the chance to
believed possible

work with this company gave me hands on experiences that I would never believe I could have. I
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was able to go to the High Point Furniture Market and I was able to design my own prototype
table. I got to know the president of the company Dr. Sue Brownfield.

"Mentor. Getting

Dr. Brownfield became my first mentor getting to know her and talk to her solidified my
in mechanical engineering

desire to be an engineer. Dr. Brownfield has a masters mechanical engineering and a doctorate in
. She

industrial engineering she was an executive at GM for many years and is now a successful owner
engineering, it is inspiring...

of her own company. Being a woman trying to go into engineering it was inspiring to know a
woman who is so successful. It showed me that I can also be just as successful and I want to
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inspire others like the way she inspired me.

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