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Wednesday, February 26, 2003 ( 5:55 PM ) Kris "[W]hat is the most interesting and/or important thing you have learned so far in this course?" 1) I had never really thought about how writing was not accepted when it was first invented. I think the mere notion of people having to fight to prove that it is a worthwhile invention was something that I took for granted. I figured that it would be something that everyone would see as a great idea. 2) Socrates was a madman. 3) Hey - I'm at college and I can...be creative? Oh my God! 4) Blogging is fun. Sunday, February 23, 2003 ( 7:30 AM ) Kevin i didn't want to mix a post about love with a post about a test, so here is post # 2 for Sunday morning. I have made a sample test availalbe on blackboard--you can take it any time between now and Wed. the 26th, 10 pm. Please give me some feedback on how long it took you, the nature of the questions, the distribution of points. I don't give many tests, so I am a little rusty with this genre. Also, please post on the weblog or send me an email answering the question: what is the most interesting and/or important thing you have learned so far in this course. I will try to convert you answer into a question for Friday's test. # ( 7:23 AM ) Kevin all posts lead to love... # ( 12:53 AM ) Kris In response to Erik's post about the cultural explosion: "in the college group, individuals tend to marry within major interests. Thus psychologists marry each other, similarly sociologists. We seem to be on our way to a new caste system" - I know of many people who don't follow this pattern, but I can't say that I'm not attracted to people who happen to like the same kinds of things that I like. There wouldn't be all that much conversation that I would be able to truly enjoy with a botany major, I would think. I mean who wants to think about cross-pollenation. But if I could sit down with someone over a nice mug of coffee/hot chocolate/tea/etc and discuss literature, I'm pretty sure I would enjoy myself. Then again, people have many interests. So who's to say that some random botany major wouldn't like to discuss the plant symbolism in "When Lilacs Last in Dooryard Bloomed" by Whitman. Ah, a mixing of the majors. As I recall from the classes I've had with Steve Ward, he has talked about how there is interrelation between all types of subjects. How's that for cross-pollenation? ...and wasn't this a worthless post. Ha ha. # |
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