In this week’s table talk, I had the chance to listen to how the United States has changed over the past few centuries. Seema gave us a snapshot of the large-scale developments that were occurring in each century in the country beginning in the 1400s and how transportation has evolved tremendously so that we could have all the roads and automobiles that we have today. It was really interesting to think about how we are able to make inventions so quickly when we see a problem in our current way of living. For instance, we used to use horse and carriages to be able to move from place to place but Seema explained that because of sanitary reasons (i.e. horse dung all over the streets), cars were invented to fix this issue. I haven’t taken a history class in over two years although history has always been one of my favorites subjects. After this quick and fun history lesson over dinner, I was reminded of how much I enjoyed this subject and that I would definitely want to take some history classes here before I graduate!