About me

My first name is Dwight but I go by the name Teddy and I am a freshman from Bermuda. Right now, I am in the school of Communications and majoring in RTF. Although being from Bermuda (a British territory in the Atlantic Ocean), I went to boarding school the past few years in New England at a small school called Pomfret. Being from small places, I am a bit overwhelmed about the size of UT, however, adjusting to it slowly. I had never been to Texas before until I got into this school and it's great being in a new place.

The reason why I am here right now is mainly because of my fellow RTF major, Severin Witte, who took this class last semester and strongly recommended it to me. This goes along with my great interest in history and this war and the time period it took place in. After being on the waitlist for a while, I finally got in.

In my junior year of high school, I read the book The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brian which I ended up liking a lot. Learning about Vietnam in a history class is one thing, but reading about a first hand account is another, even if this book was a work of fiction. Also in the spring term of my junior year, I studied the war in Vietnam in a history class where I learned a lot of facts. However, the reason why I have such an interest in this war started when I was little and watched the classic movie, Forest Gump. Despite how lame this might sound, it really enthralled me at a young age.