Week sixxxx

This week in Truth in Society religious studies was really interesting. For tuesday we read "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" which I really found to be a great text. Most people didn't catch on until class time what the reading was really about which I found a little shocking but oh well! I keep finding all the texts given in religious studies to be extremely catching, major maybe? I dont know. We also watched a video about Budhism, something I was always interested in but never took the time to learn about. I learned SO much. Very please:) In English we discussed more about "Doubt: a parable". I'm not even going to go there, but I hope we get to watch the movie soon:) In Journalism we finished watching "College Days, College Nights" I'm honestly still not sure what I think of it. Until next week!

week five?

This week in Truth in Society I'm not really sure if I learned a lot but I sure did hear a lot. I'd also like to agree with Brittany Moore when she says that her blog's really seem to be lacking what she refers to as "meat". I believe mine are too, maybe I'll add some in next time. ha. In religious studies we read a passage by William E. Paden. I really enjoyed reading this because I felt like it expressed in so many words everything that I had been trying to explain to myself for awhile now. I really appreciated this reading mostly because I can relate to it. Also, in religious studies, the president of the university came, he talked mostly and some things I took in and some I didnt, but over all I thought it was an interesting time just hearing him speak in general. In english I really found that we have been dissecting the play "Doubt" so much that our class discussions are starting to get personal. After reading many others' journals I find everyone else is feeling the same way. I think everyone loves the play but is not yet used to analyzing something to such a degree. We have talked about the play to the point where there is not much else to say except to express your own beliefs, and when coming together with such a vast group of people each with their own beliefs can be like walking through a mine field. However, it was a very interesting discussion. In journalism, we discussed good interviewing skills and good writing skills. I used to write a small article for a paper called the "KV Style" in my home town so I felt like I went into the lecture already with a basic sense of what I was doing, but I found that you can always learn something new which is something I think I have learned multiple times before and always find a way to learn again. We also watched a video, I'm not sure if it's caught my attention yet but apparently is has others (Lenny, what?) however, its not finished so we'll see. :)

Week Three

This past week in truth and society we finally finished working with the Rwanada Genocide article. Like I mentioned last week, it was a very long process but necessary. We started the individual courses which I really enjoyed, I enjoyed discussing what it is that we want to learn in religious studies and I enjoyed having such an original assignment of going to see a play for english. I'm finding a lot more this week that blogging and responding is a very big part of this course, its a quick thing to do but time consuming too. I'm looking forward to the coming weeks classes and what's in store:)