Universities are where we put smart people so that they don't cause trouble
Two classes - I think that I only have time to take one.
Somatechnics is a nice morning-to-afternoon class on Burnaby Campus, but in a crappy room
Sustainable Community Development is a less-convenient evening class at Vancouver, but in a nice room
Somatechnics: a graduate seminar with an undergrad component - a source of experimentation and pride, and credit for of my in-progress Post-Bac
Sustainable Community Development: an upper division undergraduate course that counts towards a post-bac in Sustainable Community development, which, if I pursue it, is at least a two-year project in which I will be committed to one evening Vancouver class in each semester - it can also serve as a Post-Bac miscellaneous elective.
Somatechnics: relates to bodily technology and gender, which are interests, or perhaps occupational sidelines, rather than what I want to do for a living, but it does present a lot of new material
Sustainable Community Development: relates to what I want to do for a living, but seems familiar
Somatechnics: went out of my way to get permission to take a grad course
Sustainable Community Development: went out of my way to get permission to get into the SCD program
Somatechnics: small class of grads and upper-division undergrads
Sustainable Community Development: larger class of post-bacs and upper-division undergrads
Somatechnics: I'm interested in body/gender/society issues, but I kind of want a break form my own seemingly contstant state of transition; I want to forget about it.
Sustainable Community Development: I'm interested in SCD issues, but I'm tired of these easy classes that don't really engage me, and I resent that the "assignment" involves me paying for the privilege of doing work for the university.
Somatechnics: professor seems like someone I'd like to hang out with but doesn't seem too organized
Sustainable Community Development: professor knows his shit and delivers a good lecture
Gah. What am I saying?
This isn't what the dilemma is about.
The issue is that I have finally sorted out what I enjoy, and want to do in my life, but I find that both these classes fall short of really
helping me do that. The issue is that I know acadamia can help me, but it's at best slow and grating with lots of hoops to jump through, with a lot of profs giving me only vague advice as to how to do what I want.
I registered for these courses thinking that they'd help me, but they seem to better remind me that postsecondary is not an effective path to actually learning useful things.
I want to work on projects that I care about. I also like the academic environment. Sadly, these things seem oppositional.
I finally want to learn, but I wonder if I can really do that here.
Somatechnics is a nice morning-to-afternoon class on Burnaby Campus, but in a crappy room
Sustainable Community Development is a less-convenient evening class at Vancouver, but in a nice room
Somatechnics: a graduate seminar with an undergrad component - a source of experimentation and pride, and credit for of my in-progress Post-Bac
Sustainable Community Development: an upper division undergraduate course that counts towards a post-bac in Sustainable Community development, which, if I pursue it, is at least a two-year project in which I will be committed to one evening Vancouver class in each semester - it can also serve as a Post-Bac miscellaneous elective.
Somatechnics: relates to bodily technology and gender, which are interests, or perhaps occupational sidelines, rather than what I want to do for a living, but it does present a lot of new material
Sustainable Community Development: relates to what I want to do for a living, but seems familiar
Somatechnics: went out of my way to get permission to take a grad course
Sustainable Community Development: went out of my way to get permission to get into the SCD program
Somatechnics: small class of grads and upper-division undergrads
Sustainable Community Development: larger class of post-bacs and upper-division undergrads
Somatechnics: I'm interested in body/gender/society issues, but I kind of want a break form my own seemingly contstant state of transition; I want to forget about it.
Sustainable Community Development: I'm interested in SCD issues, but I'm tired of these easy classes that don't really engage me, and I resent that the "assignment" involves me paying for the privilege of doing work for the university.
Somatechnics: professor seems like someone I'd like to hang out with but doesn't seem too organized
Sustainable Community Development: professor knows his shit and delivers a good lecture
Gah. What am I saying?
This isn't what the dilemma is about.
The issue is that I have finally sorted out what I enjoy, and want to do in my life, but I find that both these classes fall short of really
helping me do that. The issue is that I know acadamia can help me, but it's at best slow and grating with lots of hoops to jump through, with a lot of profs giving me only vague advice as to how to do what I want.
I registered for these courses thinking that they'd help me, but they seem to better remind me that postsecondary is not an effective path to actually learning useful things.
I want to work on projects that I care about. I also like the academic environment. Sadly, these things seem oppositional.
I finally want to learn, but I wonder if I can really do that here.