Art History Project Reflection

For our art history project, Brandon and I decided to present on the history of the Monty Hall Problem. When we were first tasked with this assignment and told it would be done in partners, with no hesitation I knew that I wanted to be partners with Brandon. For two reasons, one being that he wasn't in class that day and I didn't want him to be stressed about not having a partner but more importantly, Brandon and I get along really well. There's many ways that we relate to each other and I think the common ground of both working full-time is a channel of empathy that cannot be overlooked. Going through this program while committing such hours to work out of necessity is not something many can understand but Brandon and I are on the same boat with that. This showed in the way that we collaborated with each other. We split up the work, offered each other help and and took autonomy over our work. We didn't hassle each other and we trusted one another. The funnest part about this project was honestly standing at the white board with Brandon working through all the probabilities, explanations and extensions. 

As much as I've heard the Monty Hall Problem, I never fully understood the proof for it until I did this project with Brandon. It was also extremely interesting to learn about the Bertrand's Box Paradox from which this problem originated. 

I'm also really glad the class liked our little presentation bit in the beginning. I was thinking it might be a little corny but hearing everyone laugh and compliment us was a wonderful feeling. A big shout out to Jacob as well - what a guy right? Ask him to speak any prize and his wholesome self said, "a hug".