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hi everybody my name is Alex Dietz I've

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been an econ 102 and 104 GSG leader for

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the past several years starting in the

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fall of 2021 many of those semesters

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have been with Dr Dave Brown who I think

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is a really awesome instructor and

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lecturer

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um I'm not an econ major I'm actually a

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mechanical engineering major which is a

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shame because econ is a lot more fun and

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I hope that through the lecture and

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through GSG sessions you all will start

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to see it in that same way I think that

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there are very few classes at Penn State

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that are more instantly both

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approachable and applicable quite like

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the econ 102 and 104. I do know that

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starting out College can be very

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difficult so I want to be a very good

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resource for you all both from a social

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and also an academic perspective I know

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that my goal with all of my GSG sessions

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is really just to create a play place

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where people can come receive extra help

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with the course material which can be

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very dense and very challenging but I

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also want this to be a thing that people

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enjoy coming to from a a social

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standpoint I know there's lots of people

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in past years who have both gone or a

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group that have gone to these sessions

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and then have developed quite these

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network of friendships through the

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course which is always a very rewarding

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thing for me to see so please come by

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bring your friends it's always a very I

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try to make it at least a very good time

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so a little bit more about me I'm going

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to be a senior this year graduating in

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the spring of 2024 with a degree in

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mechanical engineering uh this past

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summer I worked at uh for the Mars candy

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company at the M M factory which is

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ironic because when I was a sophomore

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and I was just starting out with the GSG

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program in 2021 one of the students gave

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me this mug which has an M M on it and

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at the time I had very little personal

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connection with the m m brand but now

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after completing an internship and

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actually accepting a full-time offer I

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can see that the GSG program has

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telegraphed and also foreshadowed what

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exactly my life was going to look like

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so it'll be interesting Maybe This Year

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a student will give me a basketball and

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then I'll just become a professional

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basketball player who knows but until

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that happens I will be here and I will

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be leading GSG sessions for you all and

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I'm very excited to meet you goodbye