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Hi! How are you? Do you prefer Mozart or Beethoven?
Tired, but good. Hm, I'm not much of a classical person, but I'm thinking Beethoven You?
Oh that's too bad, did you have a busy day? I'm getting a music degree so I know the many differences between the two and I'd have to say Beethoven as well, good choice!
More like the opposite. We didn't much of anything at school, which makes me tired. Haha, so this question was right up your alley!
Oh are you still in school? It totally was! Both Mozart and Beethoven are incredible musical figures but Beethoven was just more influential in moving music along so I'd go with him
Yep. Our last day isnt until June 11. Highly unfortunate. What year are you in? Hm, that's a good reason. Did they have very different composition styles?
Are you still in high school? I just finished my fifth semester here, I'm a senior!
Holy guac, I forgot this was for all BYU students. This was definitely up your alley then.
Pretty different, Mozart was influential during the classical period, but music during the classical period was characterized by strong cadences and not much exploration of other keys. Beethoven transitioned from the classical to the romantic era and thus his music is much more complex than Mozart. But Mozart has more charm than Beethoven. Beethoven has way more drama though! Haha yeah it's mostly freshman because for some reason freshman got an email about this but they didn't send out emails about this to upperclassman, I heard about it from a friend. Are you starting at BYU in the fall then?
Yep! Fall freshman's *ignore that 's
Fun! Are you excited? What classes are you taking?
YES! Mrgh, I'm extremely ready to be done with HS. I haven't been able to register for classes yet but I'm hoping for Mandarin, writing 150, bio 130, teachings of the BoM and Some stac classes
You guys end kind of late, I graduated from high school the end of April! What are you thinking about studying? Sounds like a lot of fun classes!
WHAT?!?! April? I've met so many people who are already graduated from HS or only have a week left and here I am waiting for next month that to come. Ugh. I'm majoring in English, maaaybe a minor editing. I wanted to double major with biodiversity and conservation, but the advisers said that probably wouldn't be a good idea So that's what the random bio class is there for
Yeah, so sorry! It's okay, you're almost done! Is AP testing this week? Oh awesome, what do you want to do with that? And yeah let me tell you college is harder than you think it is...one major is hard enough to handle as a general rule! Double majors are a little more feasible if there is lots of overlap between the two majors But if you feel really strongly about it totally go for it!
I finished all my IB tests last week and I have an AP stats test next week, which shouldn't be too bad... Right, if the maiors were closer together j would've leaned more towards a double but they are on complete opposites of the spectrum Frankly, I just kind of wanted to learn about animals, so I'm taking the prerequisites for the upper classes like icthyology or herpetology, etc
Oh congratulations, you're totally almost done! Did you have a pretty busy senior year? Yeah it's too bad that it's hard to pursue many different interests and get multiple degrees in college. And good plan, that way you learn some other stuff also What has made you decide to go into English?
Soooo close. I can see the light. Yeah, pretty busy, but I think it was also my best year, which is nice I really like to read and write and analyze different books for themes and such. I wouldn't mind going into editing b/c thats just something I enjoy doing I guess Plus I looked at the classes under the English major and they all sounded really interesting
You can totally do it!!!! Yeah it's kind of too bad that high school gets better and better as you go along because by the time it's bearable you have to leave Okay that's fair, do you like to read? And do you want to teach or something like that?
Yep, I love reading. Though I've sadly lost the ability to sit for hours in end and mow through a book...I start falling asleep if I'm not doing anything else... Ugh, I know, freshman year and junior year we're the worst I don't really want to teach b/c I feel bad about shoving "learning" into kids' heads,. Even though I like being with little kids
That's cool! What kind of books do you like to read? And yeah I totally understand! Every time I sit down I feel like I'm going to fall asleep, so reading books is really hard That's totally fair, it takes a special kind of person to like teaching and have the patience to teach...maybe you could teach at the college level?
Haha, I like fantasy books/sci-fi, but I've started to enjoy more classics and realistic fiction I considered a college level teaching...but I just don't like grading papers...which is pure laziness on my part and I know that's not all teaching is so I may change my mind
Awesome, what were some of your favorite books as a kid? Haha yeah that's totally fair, it's a lot of papers. And sorry I'm totally pressuring you into what you're going to do with your degree! It's totally your call and there's no reason why you have to know now. I don't even know and I'm way closer to graduating!
Haha no worries! Not feeling pressured Im a pretty big Harry Potter and Percy Jackson fan, and Brandon Sanderson and tamora pierce
Cool, good taste in books! You can't go wrong with Harry Potter. What's the most recent thing you've read that you liked? It looks like I've got to head out but thanks for talking and good luck with everything! Have a good last few weeks as a high school student!