CN8 listing this charade they call the GOP (grand oldpeople's party) as "The Next American President" is pretty fucking presumptuous if you ask me
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I might look at other options only because I might have bit off more than I can chew and I have nobody to talk about these theorists with--
Nonsense, Francis.
I think you should stay in the course.
You ARE intelligent and, with a little hard work, you ARE capable of understanding these philosophers and texts and of doing well. Aristotle, Plato, Derrida, etc. provide an important foundation; basically, they teach you how to think, in the academic sense of the phrase. And that is very important---not for "later on," but now, right now. It lays a foundation that you need.
You do have people to talk about this with: your classmates and also people like me.
Cool fact: since I am (for now anyway) planning on writing my diss on mimesis, etc. I am going to be studying Plato and Aristotle (who developed the CONCEPT of mimesis) all this year.
Do not give up and do not let yourself be intimidated. Just put in the work and you will succeed.
Thanks for believing in me. I haven't bailed out--I just got really scared. It did seem interesting--it's just that the class is so small that I am not sure how well I will be able to hide my inexperience (and no, you didn't need any nor were there any prerequisites)--I just want to have solid footing. But I will get this.
Now I am watching Guiliani argue that Palin has more experience than Obama and Biden (and not McCain because he has military experience) because she was in the PTA. This election is insane already...
In my experience, anything related to philosophy or theory is just a matter of opinion as long as you can support it. I wouldn't worry about it, I think you can handle it. Besides, english accents may be a good indication of a pompous ass, but by no means dictates intelligence ;-)
This whole thing with Palin and her pregnant daughter is just obnoxious, 99% of the media should be shot because the always focus on the wrong issues.
Yeah, I agree on both counts. I am afraid of all of this shit though because it is like Japanese to me.
I just find it disgusting how a gun toting population is somehow better than one who supports the right for a woman to choose...they shouldn't even be related but that whole right to murder thing seems to only matter if it's a Christian doing it.
That and them using the word liberal like a dirty word---I don't get it. Conservative or liberal...do whatever you want. Just keep your fucking god out of my face. They keep having these big speeches about how this nation was founded by Christians and will always be run by Christians. This, while preposterous to me, is also very scary. The separation of church and state gets thinner and thinner ever year the longer these tools are allowed to go on.
Absolutely, the seperation of church and state(what little is left)was so dramatically reduced when Bush got into office it's mind boggling. How any non-christian can put any kind of trust into the Bush administration or a potential McCain administration is beyond me. I really can't stand bible thumpers, they are the biggest hypocrites and tend to be the least compassionate people.
It's all happening so close to those armageddon prediction times (the 2012-Mayan and Jesuit stuff) that I am seriously horrified and in a mad rush to get the hell out of here and be somewhere truly sustainable. I know it's probably lame and spooky of me to give it any credence especially with this argument--but I feel like these people are going to be the fuel to the fire rather than the water to put it out.
They all do like to pretend that they should be the moral compasses of the universe but forget there are millions of people, billions of people who have their own beliefs.
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Nonsense, Francis.
I think you should stay in the course.
You ARE intelligent and, with a little hard work, you ARE capable of understanding these philosophers and texts and of doing well. Aristotle, Plato, Derrida, etc. provide an important foundation; basically, they teach you how to think, in the academic sense of the phrase. And that is very important---not for "later on," but now, right now. It lays a foundation that you need.
You do have people to talk about this with: your classmates and also people like me.
Cool fact: since I am (for now anyway) planning on writing my diss on mimesis, etc. I am going to be studying Plato and Aristotle (who developed the CONCEPT of mimesis) all this year.
Do not give up and do not let yourself be intimidated. Just put in the work and you will succeed.
XOXO
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Thanks for believing in me. I haven't bailed out--I just got really scared. It did seem interesting--it's just that the class is so small that I am not sure how well I will be able to hide my inexperience (and no, you didn't need any nor were there any prerequisites)--I just want to have solid footing. But I will get this.
Now I am watching Guiliani argue that Palin has more experience than Obama and Biden (and not McCain because he has military experience) because she was in the PTA. This election is insane already...
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This whole thing with Palin and her pregnant daughter is just obnoxious, 99% of the media should be shot because the always focus on the wrong issues.
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I just find it disgusting how a gun toting population is somehow better than one who supports the right for a woman to choose...they shouldn't even be related but that whole right to murder thing seems to only matter if it's a Christian doing it.
That and them using the word liberal like a dirty word---I don't get it. Conservative or liberal...do whatever you want. Just keep your fucking god out of my face. They keep having these big speeches about how this nation was founded by Christians and will always be run by Christians. This, while preposterous to me, is also very scary. The separation of church and state gets thinner and thinner ever year the longer these tools are allowed to go on.
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The thought of it all is frightening...........
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They all do like to pretend that they should be the moral compasses of the universe but forget there are millions of people, billions of people who have their own beliefs.
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