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My name is Elizabeth and I am a freshwoman at BMC from Brooklyn, NY.  Currently I am not sure of what I want to major in:  I am still deciding if I want to major in Biology or Art History.  I took two years of biology in high school (one regular biology course, and one AP biology course).  I was interested in what I learned in those classes, though I wasn't sure if I had the desire to major in the course.  My Biology classes in the past have been textbook and lab oriented with very little discussion.  I decided to take this course so that I could learn Biology from a different perspective-by studying what I was interested in and talking with other people about my ideas and questions.

  There are many different questions and topics that I am interested in and a lot of questions I would like to try to answer in this class.  One of the topics that really sparked my interest was the "Fat is Fit" article in the New York Times.  I am interested in learning about how people's bodies differ and how humans can not all be compared to a certain standard.  I want to learn how different parts of our genetic make up can help us learn more about ourselves.