"It sucks to be me"
Back from another long day at work. Today, I taught 12 classes total. It wasn't as bad as I expected because I ate and slept inbetween.
Kids say the darndest things. Here are some of the things my three, four, five-year-olds have said:
"I have to say thank you at the end of class. Thank you."
"You're beautiful," (to me; you can see who the brownnosers are going to be.)
"If we drown, then we're going to go to heaven. My grandma went to heaven because she was very sick."
You forget how small their world is. This is the daily newsfeed from my five-year-olds:
"I have tomatoes."
"I have three bug bites."
"I got a new bike."
"My aunt had a baby."
I feel sad about leaving this job because I have really enjoyed working with the other staff members. They all make it such a pleasant place to work. The environment is congenial and I like being around good swimmers. But I am soooo excited about going back to my first home-Beijing! 8 days!
Which sounds more interesting?
The objective of this course is to provide an interdisciplinary overview of European affairs from the past to the present. Themes of this survey course will include, but will not be limited to, Europe’s political development from the nineteenth century forward, European integration, the making and unmaking of the welfare state, elections and voting behavior, the traditional party systems of Europe and their challengers, social movements and organized interests, religion and culture, and the shifting roles of women, minorities and migrants. A series of background and “contextual” lectures will be complemented by presentations delivered by leading Europeanists. (CO)
or
Introduction to politics and political systems in Western Europe. Starts with a brief history of the consolidation of West European democracies before and after World War II. Next discusses core theoretical concepts guiding the comparative analysis of political systems. The main part of the course consists of a discussion of the political cultures, parties, electoral systems, and current problems confronting the political systems of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Italy and Germany are treated in depth. Hotly debated issues in European politics are presented by students in class and in a short research paper, before the course conclude with an analysis of the European Union (EU) as political system.
Kids say the darndest things. Here are some of the things my three, four, five-year-olds have said:
"I have to say thank you at the end of class. Thank you."
"You're beautiful," (to me; you can see who the brownnosers are going to be.)
"If we drown, then we're going to go to heaven. My grandma went to heaven because she was very sick."
You forget how small their world is. This is the daily newsfeed from my five-year-olds:
"I have tomatoes."
"I have three bug bites."
"I got a new bike."
"My aunt had a baby."
I feel sad about leaving this job because I have really enjoyed working with the other staff members. They all make it such a pleasant place to work. The environment is congenial and I like being around good swimmers. But I am soooo excited about going back to my first home-Beijing! 8 days!
Which sounds more interesting?
The objective of this course is to provide an interdisciplinary overview of European affairs from the past to the present. Themes of this survey course will include, but will not be limited to, Europe’s political development from the nineteenth century forward, European integration, the making and unmaking of the welfare state, elections and voting behavior, the traditional party systems of Europe and their challengers, social movements and organized interests, religion and culture, and the shifting roles of women, minorities and migrants. A series of background and “contextual” lectures will be complemented by presentations delivered by leading Europeanists. (CO)
or
Introduction to politics and political systems in Western Europe. Starts with a brief history of the consolidation of West European democracies before and after World War II. Next discusses core theoretical concepts guiding the comparative analysis of political systems. The main part of the course consists of a discussion of the political cultures, parties, electoral systems, and current problems confronting the political systems of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Italy and Germany are treated in depth. Hotly debated issues in European politics are presented by students in class and in a short research paper, before the course conclude with an analysis of the European Union (EU) as political system.