Thucydides, you blow!

May 15, 2007 15:27

Let me tell you a story. A long time ago, in the early 90s, when Jenn was in college the first time, she took a class called "Ancient History" because it fulfilled a Humanities credit for her. Though Jenn likes history a great deal, this class turned out to be not what she was expecting. The lectures skipped lightly over anything Jenn actually ( Read more... )

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roseargent May 16 2007, 00:03:44 UTC
Well, there's a good chance you'll only be reading selected pages/chapters from the bigger text and from the Thucydides. That's been standard in a lot of my history courses, when the prof doesn't feel any one book covers EVERYTHING well.

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madame_ugly May 16 2007, 00:46:25 UTC
I snorted THREE times while reading this.

So funny.

Seven books seems like overkill. Damn higher edjumacation. Such a racket. That's why I call my degree my Receipt.

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shewolfe May 16 2007, 00:56:29 UTC
*hugs*

I figure your in dire need of many many hugs.

*hugs*

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