I got a B in english, but an A in ebonics.
S.L.E.
Structured Liberal Education. What is it? Here at Stanford, we run on a quarter system, which means that while almost every other college (except the University of Chicago) has two semesters, we have three super fast intense quarters. In this time, as a freshmen, it is required that you take a year-long program of introduction to humanities. And because I wanted to submerge myself into my major as soon as possible I choose to do SLE so that some of my general education requirements wouldn't swing into my Sophmore year. Bad move.. Reading is not my problem, I am used to reading two to three books a week. My problem is living with EVERYONE you go to class with. Class consists of: 6 hours of optional/highly reccomended lecture on Tuesday night, 2 hours of section on Wednesday with a 1 hour lecture after, and a 2 hour section and a 2 hour movie on Thursday. Granted, most of these texts were written in the western hemisphere by the most arrogant pricks that ever existed, but its survivable. Sections are small group seminars where 18 students and 1 prof. discuss and analyze a text. It is section that makes or breaks a quarter of SLE. When the assholes you live with, you can't stand, and would rather not waste your time listening to them breathe is when I have a problem. Objectivism is not flattering and does not pertain to any of the ideals we are discussing. Ayn Rand is a great author, however to take everything she has ever said and accept it as absolute truth is ignorant. If you pride yourself so much on your individuality, how do take everything another person says an accept it as absolute truth? That is not individualism.
Yes, I refused to keep my mouth shut. Yes, I am opinionated. Therefore, when you try to explain to me that Karl Marx was delusional on the basis that "all poor people are poor, because they do not work hard, and choose not to engage in mobilization", I will let you have it. I don't agree with Karl Marx, but your logic has a tragic flaw.
I do not suffer from intellectual vanity. In most cases, I choose to keep my opinions for myself and live the way I choose, while others live how they want to. You don't get that. Just because I do not speak of existentialism and Hegel, and Marx's economic theory in every conversation that I enter doesn't mean that I am not aware of them. It means that I don't choose to throw them in people's faces.
Taking yourself too seriously will eventually destroy you. But thank you, because I have now decided to write my sociology term paper on the anti-globalization movement.
Anyway, Sasha and I went out last night to the show. She digs the most awful "bands", if that is what you could call them. But I still dance, it was kind of like club music, or something of the sort. There was this one rapper guy, I just couldn't help laughing in his face. He looked like my little brother gone crunk. The band ummm hyper something had such hmm ahh yeah.. anyway.. The Audition played well. Before the show we were stuck in a Starbuck's for an hour trying to get internet to finish and submit a paper online, that was hell. I am so glad that Sasha will go to shows, I am slowing introducing her to the music I like and she's down so I'm down.
Rep' your clique.
Research time. :)
Structured Liberal Education. What is it? Here at Stanford, we run on a quarter system, which means that while almost every other college (except the University of Chicago) has two semesters, we have three super fast intense quarters. In this time, as a freshmen, it is required that you take a year-long program of introduction to humanities. And because I wanted to submerge myself into my major as soon as possible I choose to do SLE so that some of my general education requirements wouldn't swing into my Sophmore year. Bad move.. Reading is not my problem, I am used to reading two to three books a week. My problem is living with EVERYONE you go to class with. Class consists of: 6 hours of optional/highly reccomended lecture on Tuesday night, 2 hours of section on Wednesday with a 1 hour lecture after, and a 2 hour section and a 2 hour movie on Thursday. Granted, most of these texts were written in the western hemisphere by the most arrogant pricks that ever existed, but its survivable. Sections are small group seminars where 18 students and 1 prof. discuss and analyze a text. It is section that makes or breaks a quarter of SLE. When the assholes you live with, you can't stand, and would rather not waste your time listening to them breathe is when I have a problem. Objectivism is not flattering and does not pertain to any of the ideals we are discussing. Ayn Rand is a great author, however to take everything she has ever said and accept it as absolute truth is ignorant. If you pride yourself so much on your individuality, how do take everything another person says an accept it as absolute truth? That is not individualism.
Yes, I refused to keep my mouth shut. Yes, I am opinionated. Therefore, when you try to explain to me that Karl Marx was delusional on the basis that "all poor people are poor, because they do not work hard, and choose not to engage in mobilization", I will let you have it. I don't agree with Karl Marx, but your logic has a tragic flaw.
I do not suffer from intellectual vanity. In most cases, I choose to keep my opinions for myself and live the way I choose, while others live how they want to. You don't get that. Just because I do not speak of existentialism and Hegel, and Marx's economic theory in every conversation that I enter doesn't mean that I am not aware of them. It means that I don't choose to throw them in people's faces.
Taking yourself too seriously will eventually destroy you. But thank you, because I have now decided to write my sociology term paper on the anti-globalization movement.
Anyway, Sasha and I went out last night to the show. She digs the most awful "bands", if that is what you could call them. But I still dance, it was kind of like club music, or something of the sort. There was this one rapper guy, I just couldn't help laughing in his face. He looked like my little brother gone crunk. The band ummm hyper something had such hmm ahh yeah.. anyway.. The Audition played well. Before the show we were stuck in a Starbuck's for an hour trying to get internet to finish and submit a paper online, that was hell. I am so glad that Sasha will go to shows, I am slowing introducing her to the music I like and she's down so I'm down.
Rep' your clique.
Research time. :)