Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! My name is Tony Oropeza. I am 29 years old and was born and raised in the Bay Area. I currently reside in San Bruno, California. History has always been one of my favorite subjects dating back to grammar school and I am excited to see what we will learn in this course. I have done some of my own research on the history of the Roman Empire and Italy because of my Italian heritage. I am eager to learn about the history of different regions in the World. One thing I always keep in the back of my mind when researching history, is that history can indeed by sculpted by whoever is relaying or writing down the historical context. That being said I find it important to do some background investigating on the sources from which we get our historical context from. I think with today's current pandemic, we have seen some true colors of the media in terms of censorship, information manipulation and propaganda. These things can rewrite history for those who will learn about the pandemic, lets say 50 years from now. I personally like to read multiple sources take on the same historical event, and then make my own opinions based off the information I am able to find. 

My hopes for this class are to expand my knowledge of history that I have not done much research on before. I hope to learn new things and I also hope that once the pandemic is over, that I can travel to some of the different countries we will learn about, to experience the culture and way of living. My only concern is the format of the class. For most online classes at NDNU we have used Moodle, so using this website will be a little different, but I am confident I can figure everything out and be efficient with my work.  

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  1. CARIOCA BRAZILMay 13, 2020 at 11:05 PM

    Hi Tony, Nice to meet you. My Name is Claudia , I am from Brazil. I also have an Italian heritage, I like your idea to travel around the world. I wish the best to you. See you in Spring 2021 in our graduation!!!

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