Todd is one of the students who's leading the tall socks fashion trend on the EXPLO at Yale campus. He's exploring his interest in psychology as he begins to think about what the future has in store.
A fun fact about me is that I like wearing pretty tall socks. I wear different types of tall socks everyday. It all started when my aunt bought me some tall socks one time, and I thought "OK, these are cool." So I started collecting them and now I have about 30 pairs and they are all different. I have some Harry Potter socks, some Friends socks, some super hero socks. It's fun!
I do martial arts during my free time. I've been doing it on and off for about 10 years. I did karate, then I did taekwondo, and now I'm doing a hyper-taekwondo, like boxing. I don't know how to describe it but it's really cool. I don't like team sports. I work well with others in a group, but for some reason when it comes to sports it just falls apart. So if I focus on myself and improve myself, it's just a better experience. And it's also a good exercise. Martial arts has taught me discipline, patience, balance — physically and mentally over the years. I also learned to accept defeat — if you lose, it's ok, get motivated and get better. And it's okay to take a break! Martial arts is a good way to release stress.
In terms of what I want to do in the future, right now I'm in the Psychology and Neuroscience Focus program, and I took two psych classes first session... so I'm guessing psychology! I want to do something with kids, maybe child psychology, maybe pediatrics. I'm the oldest of the 12 first cousins on my dad's side and I hangout with them a lot. I like helping kids. I volunteer at my martial arts studio with a bunch of little kids and it's really great!
Sige Zheng