I am studying Arts and Civil Engineering, majoring in English Literature (minoring in classics) and hoping to specialise in the more environmental side of civil. While this appears to be, and in fact is, a rather eclectic degree plan, it represents my interests very well. Put simply, I enjoy puzzeling out systems whether they be environmental or the flow of a narrative and it's implications. In fact I have enjoyed literay analysis ever since I was shown what it actually looked like instead of a book report. In the short term I think I will stay at university for postgraduate study (although I am undecided as to whether it will be in Engineering or Literature) as the environment and methods of thought are very much my thing. To move away from my degree for a moment (at least as much as is possible) I enjoy reading physics that is beyond me and trying to unravel questions of intersectionality, this latter interest is based in the theory being essential to any attempt I make to position myself in relation to the rest of the world. I want to apply the ideas of interconnectedness and wider contexts gained from studying literature and classics to trying to avoid the failings of scope that engineering projects often fall prey to.