Personal Information:

My name is Jakob Wendell, but I go by Jake, and I am from Lakewood, Ohio. I am interested mostly in adding to my knowledge while attending John Carroll, such as in business. I also enjoy watching sports and keeping up to date with what is going on, most importantly hockey. I have played hockey my whole life and I am continuing that by playing here at John Carroll. Recently, I have found myself  reading articles on news websites to keep my mind fresh with what is going on in the world around me due to my interest in the current events. I would also like to strengthen my stance in politics and have strong opinions in various topics.

Learning Style:

I am most comfortable in a class where there are a lot of discussions and where everyone can share their ideas to the class. I am willing to take risks in a class as long as the professor can see where I am coming from and interpret different ideas.

Technology and Social Justice:

As most people have said already in their blogs, I believe that the most important technological invention would have to be the internet. The internet has taken "staying connected" to a whole new level. Before the internet families and friends would have to mail each other to stay in contact, but now a days we can reach out to anyone we want by just a simple text or e-mail. We can FaceTime our families and text them while we are all away at college, but 25 years ago we could not. The internet not only allows us to stay connected but we can also find information by a couple taps on our phone wherever we are.

To me, social justice means equal opportunity for success and wealth among everyone in the world. Some issues in the world today that involve social justice would have to be ethnicity, race, and religion.  I have not done anything major in pursuing social justice, but I do believe that while I am at John Carroll i will have plenty of opportunity to make a difference.

About Dr. Shutkin:

What have you done for social justice?
What do you believe is the biggest social justice issue we have to address?