Hi Everyone,

My name is Karl Dragosz and I'm 25 years old.  I went to community college in San Diego right after high school for a year, and then I took time off to tour with Riverdance (international Irish dancing production show).  I Irish danced since I was young and did very well at international competitions, so it was a great honor to be asked to do the show.  I was able to travel and perform all over North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and made a lot of great friends.  I knew I didn't want to make a career out of it but instead wanted to finish up my undergrad at ASU and at least have the option of continuing on to pursue business or legal studies.  During lengthy periods of downtime, I continued chipping away at classes both at community college and ASU.  I did a study abroad semester in Galway, Ireland in 2009 and was able to study very interesting history not typically offered here in the US.  To date, I only have to take this class and  HST498 to fulfill all my major history requirements.

I'm simultaneously enrolled in ASU Online while working as an account manager for my brother's international trading and sourcing company based out of Shanghai.  I'm located in Orange County, CA but constantly traveling and working unusual hours.  I'm looking forward to the added challenge of this class by being forced to optimize my efficiency and work myself to the limit to pursue my personal and professional goals.

Nice meeting you all and best of luck this semester,

Karl