Hi everyone! My name is Thomas Rastatter and I’m a third year student studying welding engineering. Although my major has nothing to do with the subject of this class, I’ve always been fascinated by architecture since I was a child, which is one of the many reasons I decided to enroll in this class.
I consider my hometown to be Chagrin Falls, Ohio, which is a small suburb about twenty-five miles outside of Cleveland. I’ve lived there almost my entire life, so I am always eager to get away from it and travel to see aspects of life that are impossible to experience in my hometown.
Some of my hobbies include cooking, fixing cars and motorcycles, and playing guitar. I have a motorcycle from the 1970’s that I love to ride whenever the Ohio weather permits and a 1966 Mustang that I’ve been working to restore with my dad for the last five years.
Out of everything that I will experience through this class and the trip, I am most excited to learn more about the British culture. I love learning about the differences between various cultures and believe that the best way to learn these differences is through cultural immersion. I also believe that learning about other cultures allows one to further develop their global citizenship, something very important in every industry today.
Me in Toronto from over the summer