After graduating high school, the author wants to become an orthodontist. Orthodontics fascinates the author since getting braces in third grade. Taking science and math courses in high school will help prepare for dental school. An orthodontist requires strong hand skills and problem solving abilities to improve patients' smiles by realigning their teeth. The movie Amistad depicts the real events of an 1839 slave uprising aboard a Spanish ship, though some details differed from reality. The slaves were from West Africa and were being transported illegally as part of the Atlantic slave trade.