Letters

Dear Marlen,

I am happy to tell you that this experience has been wonderfully stressful to this point. I know that in the end I will be happy that I stuck it out and made it through, but I have to keep reminding myself that there is light at the end of this tunnel. One the bright side of things, I have learned so much about myself with all the archetype analysis. It really has opened up my eyes to how many qualities we each truly have.

Looking back at this point, I can’t believe the amount of writing that has been done. Before this class I don’t think I have ever written this much in my entire life. I never thought that I would have been able to write so many poems either considering I’ve probably only ever written one or two before this. I am honestly impressed that I have been able to keep thinking of different ideas for the poems; I thought I would be stumped.

As far as the readings go, all I can say is wow. I haven’t read this much in this short of a time ever before. I thank you thought because most of the things that I have read are such great insights to life. The thought that I would be happy about so much reading is kind of crazy. Now don’t get me wrong there are a few times I wondered why the hell you were making us read this, but for the most part they have been enjoyable.

I have to yell at you for ruining movies for me though. I can’t turn anything on without breaking the movie down into archetypes and journeys and supernatural aid. It isn’t completely a bad thing except it reminds me of school and I want to relax when I watch a movie not have nightmares about this class. It’s funny though how much things can change once you have learned about the Monomyth and the Archetypes.

So I have no regrets for sticking it through this seemingly crazy class. You have opened up a world of knowledge and mythology to me that I was never even aware of. I can only hope that more people say yes to the call wherever you end up teaching and get to experience this great ride.

Sincerely,

Nikko Leitzel

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Hi everyone! My name is Nikko Leitzel, I am from a small town in Pennsylvania called Ridgway. It is in the North Western part of the state. I wrestled and played football in highschool and did fairly well academically. I then signed with the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown for wrestling in 2007. I wrestled and attended school there for my first two years, but knee surgery ended my wrestling career last winter. During spring break of last year I went to Jamaica on a mission trip to a deaf school and it changed my life completely. After spending time with the children at the deaf school I realized that this is what I was suppost to be doing with my life, so now I am here at wonderful IUP since this is the only school in PA that offers EDHL.

I recently Traveled to Africa on a mission trip. I was there from December 27-January 18. I was in Bong County, which is in Liberia. It was such an amazing experience. The culture there is so entirely different than what we have in the U.S. that words can not even do it justice. It was a real eye opener to how lucky we are and how much we take for granted. Runing water is one I know that I take for granted very much. After having to take a shower with a bucket and dirty water for three weeks I began to realize how nice it is when you can simply turn a knob and use as much hot water as you want.

I like to think that I am a very easy person to get along. I am usauly the one that cracks a joke in a stone cold serious conversation, which has gotten me into trouble from time to time. Since I travel alot, I am really good at making new friends, even though they might not want me to be. I am independent and self motivated, I just don’t get motivated very easily. My worst trait is Procrastination. I am actually a part of the definition in Websters look it up.