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Class Discussion Notes: 11.22.2005

to have time management—the less time you have, the more you have to be on top of things
social skills—being with the same people all of the time

(Bump) you come from a family with no money and have worked to be here, will you really spend your time on distractions and not academics?
(Rachel) experiential education
(Bump) sleep deprivation

(May) just live—everything can be a distraction—what’s not a distraction? don’t be anxious about living. what’s the difference between distractions and everyday life?
is it really so bad to flip out about your grades? it gives you direction
(Rachel) going to Spain—when you fail, you get to a balance and work out of love instead of out of fear (freaking out when you get a bad grade is acting out of fear)—don’t beat yourself up

(Laura) Why should we not spend time learning about things that interest us? (ex: would rather focus on an assignment that rewards less points than on another assignment or on an important class rather than a less important or meaningful class) prioritization

(Thomas) start with a common body of knowledge and then specialize later
(Anush) some required classes are good—if we don’t all learn some math and some of other things, people won’t know how the government works, etc.—they will be bad citizens
(Puja) they make you explore areas you would not have explored otherwise—you’ve never been exposed to certain subjects
(Susan) once something becomes required, it becomes so generic and taught to everyone—plan ii makes the classes good
(Rachel) everything can be interdisciplinary so people can specialize in a certain course

(Puja) humorous that this would actually happen—the sense of humor is so different
(Bump) parody
“Only let me be seen with you. That’s what I want…Oh John, after them, I could almost love you again. Why can’t one fall in love with a man’s clothes?” (28)