{"id":1668,"date":"2025-08-07T11:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=1668"},"modified":"2025-09-14T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:46:04","slug":"jack-wilson","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/people\/jack-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current Occupation:<\/strong>&nbsp;Reporter<br><strong>Current Location:<\/strong>&nbsp;Montreal, Canada<br><strong>Program:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bachelor of Journalism\/24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-did-you-choose-this-particular-language\">Why did you choose this particular language?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It was kind of a random choice to be honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"your-learning-experience\">Your Learning Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We really became a tight knit group, especially toward the end of the program when we were meeting three times a week. We would often meet for a drink in the week. Several of us were in Europe on exchange at the same time and a few of us spent a memorable weekend together in Berlin. Two people from the class continue to be good friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"did-you-travel-to-another-country-as-part-of-your-university-experience\">Did you travel to another country as part of your university experience?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. I went to Denmark and it was honestly one of the best experiences of my educational career. I made lifelong friends, was exposed to a new culture and built a lot of confidence in myself and my ability to adapt to new situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-have-you-used-the-language-after-graduating\">How have you used the language after graduating?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve used a little German on trips to Europe, but not as much as I would like to. But I feel an attachment to the language and am seeking new opportunities to work on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-study-a-second-or-additional-language\">Why study a second or additional language?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Studying a language is a very good break from regular university courses. It activated a very different part of my mind than the rest of my studies. Instead of an intellectual pursuit, it\u2019s a very elementary form of learning where you\u2019re learning the mechanics of writing and conversation while being exposed to a new culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"your-personal-experience-of-studying-a-language-at-university\">Your personal experience of studying a language at university<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I now have a grasp of a language that very few Canadians do, an insight into German culture and a bit of humility when thinking about language learning in general. I learned French from a very young age, so studying a language for the first time in university reminded me how complex language can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":1669,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Jack","cu_people_last_name":"Wilson","cu_people_initials":"JW","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[44,49],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-1668","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni","cu_people_type-german-alumni"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Minor in German","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/259"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1668\/revisions\/2631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}