Hello, my name is Nick Gasparovich and I am a freshman at Penn State. Right now, I am living on the University Park Campus. I grew up in a town in northern New Jersey called Ramsey. I was fortunate enough to live about 30 minutes from New York City. The city introduced me to many different cultures and lifestyles only found in the “big apple”. After school I would love to work for my father at his heating and air conditioning company, designing ventilation systems in the engineering department. I decided to take this course because I took a course similar to this course in high school. I found it interesting how many components of science come together in geography. This insures no dull moments during the class.

            After reading the module I know understand that geography is a very versatile field. I believe one of the biggest issues in the U.S. is our use of domestic natural resources. The governance of our resources is not up to par, since the U.S. has been tagged as a “throw away” society. Depending on other nations for critical resources can severely harm the U.S. economy. For instance Alaska has a significant amount of oil under the surface, but getting to the oil and getting it to refinery poses many challenges. Since Alaska is very untamed maps are missing a lot of detail. If new maps were created with a different scale it would be easier to see where roads should be built. Once the oil is extracted and ready for use the U.S. Government would have to implement sustainable usage plans to insure the oil is used in the best way possible. In this situation geography effects private business, the environment, and the national economy. This scenario shows how versatile geography is.