7/1/2002:
i was thinking about school earlier today... found reflecting on what i did & didn't like insightful. i chose to take classes i enjoyed. that was good. the reading was stimulating/interesting/relevant and, sometimes, the various fields of study overlapped or reinforced each other. that was great.
i did not like the deadlines. the large classes. the burdensome loads. i'd rather have the time/effort to focus on 3-4 courses, in depth/breadth. to discuss with a professor and/or colleagues on the various topics. to have an advisor guide me, personally, through my studies.
i want to enjoy learning... not rush through requirements. or courses i'm totally uninterested in, with no relevancy to me. i suppose i'm interested in a more traditional education... "old school," if you will. now i know. you live and learn.
this is really interesting... for what it prefigures of my academic and intellectual trajectory since then:
ReplyDeletewhat i refer to as overlapped or reinforcing fields of study are moments of interdisciplinary insight in undergrad. i was a religion and biology major... and, yes, there is much overlap. including courses like "religion & science" and "man & nature."
the rest of my musings on the pace, depth and breadth of learning as i like it probably explain why i'm starting a PhD program soon. though i doubt i've seen the last of deadlines, burdensome loads and courses of little relevance.
Allah y3een = God helep = Divine succor!
peace :)
mohamad
http://namediso.blogspot.com/2009/04/grad-school.html :)
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