Introduction [Due: January 24th]

My name is, Paige Hoppmann. I live in a small town of 900 people in Valders, Wisconsin. My family consists of me, my mom and dad, and my older sister Ashley who is a Junior at UW Oshkosh. I also have two dogs named Casper and Zoey. In my free time I like to read, hang out with friends, go shopping, and spend time with my family camping. My favorite thing about Milwaukee is how populated it is, the variety of food, shopping, and experiences. I am a psychology major with the intent to become a child crisis counselor, mainly focussing on rape and abuse trauma. I have wanted to become a part of this profession since my freshman year of high school when I started watching Law and Order SVU. I understand that it will be a troubling job, but I am looking forward to helping people and changing their lives. The best class I've ever taken was probably a Sociology class that I took in high school. It was all about social life, stereotypes, problems in society, and peer pressure. I have never done much writing. I tend to stick more to writing only for academic purposes more so than recreational. I do enjoy reading. I read pretty much anything from magazine articles to thrillers to romance novels.   College Writing definitely seems a lot more difficult and tedious that high school writing. I'm hoping that I advance in my writing, and learn a lot that I will be able to use in my future writings that are ahead of me. I think stepping outside of my usual writing boundaries will definitely help me improve my writing. I think I work best in an area that is up beat and fun. I feel to stressed when I'm stuck in a quiet, tock clicking environment. I'm just generally a very happy, out spoken, optimistic person. And I'm just looking forward to the rest of the semester and learning more about writing!