Met with some of my Group this afternoon to plan our attack on The Project. I must admit that the whole thing felt kind of woolly to me, ill-defined. Chris, who as it turns out is a 4th year PoliSci major, sorted the whole thing out in a manner that made sense to me. So I sent our attack plan on to the prof to see if it made sense to him, too ... O. M G. He said it looked great; there was no need to check with him; it was clear that we were doing this well. Then, he added, would we be willing to share our model with the rest of the class? I am in heaven!!!
Tom and I were talking tonight about how the whole university experience has so exceeded my expectations. The class subject matter is so thought-provoking that it makes my head spin (explode?) at times. I am really enjoying being on campus, despite having said, many times, that I wish I had one 3-hour class a week, rather than three 1-hour classes. And the relationships that I'm developing with my classmates is totally unexpected. Now, if I could only work it around the rest of my life ...
Oct 4 - A Helen Keller moment
When I registered for this class, I kind of thought we would sit around and debate the various positions on controversial issues and come up with the right answer. Not happening.
Today it finally made sense to me: There is no definitively right answer. What there is, is an informed argument that you make to support your position on an issue. "That", said the prof, "is education."
Wow.
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