Friday, October 13, 2006
October.
Twenty-ninth post.
Haven't updated this english blog. I might as well. Things have been pretty smooth lately. I mean, I've been busy all five days of the week since I started working at the liquor store and the semester seems to be one decent uphill climb. I've had a few trifles here and there but generally got through them with little frustration. I can say, "thanks God" without having to stop to think about why I'm doing it since it's become a given that he's given me a lot.
My classes at school have been fairly cool. On an interesting note, the Pacific War class kinda scares me a little because it's destined to be a history class but we end up talking about experiences. We talk about facts, figures, and the "why" sometimes, but it's mostly discussion from the teacher's book (a compendium of accounts of experiences in WWII). It's sort of anthropological, and I sometimes can't help thinking that it is. Then we read the other two books -- a Smithsonian guide to WWII in the Far East and John Dower's "War Without Mercy," an actual history text. That's pretty much the only complaint I have besides waking up at 6:30am to make my 8:30 class.
Japanese class is interesting. I think I'm the youngest in each of the two classes I'm taking. Since Fordham didn't have Japanese in my school, I had to take courses at different schools (first it was NYU, and now the Japan Society). I like both of my classes because everyone has the same proficiency despite some having been to Japan extensively. And like the intensive classes at Sophia -- which were sometimes a joke -- remind me of this class: energetic teachers, hardly any English spoken, and hardly any people who are interested in Japan because of the "culture."
I think that's it.
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posted @ 10/13/2006 11:39:00 PM
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