Almost Back to School Time

[annundriel]

Book lists are up for SU's fall quarter.

I have to buy five books for Buddhist Philosophy, five four books for Modernism in Art and Literature (already have the right Eliot), and two books for Senior Synthesis. Everything looks interesting. In Modernism we'll be reading Heart of Darkness and The Waste Land (among other things), both of which I've read before so I feel like I've got something of a head start there.

On the information page for Modernism, it's got this written:

Exams: madness
Participation: crazy.

Tung is kind of awesome. Can't wait for the class really. And it turns out that my Monday/Wednesday classes are ten minutes apart in the same room. I didn't notice that when I signed up. That's super handy.

Someone (Kasey? Julia?) mentioned that they'd be interested to see what Cobb had us reading for Senior Synth. The books listed are Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Radical Compassion: Find Christ in the Heart of the Poor by Gary N. Smith, S.J. The name sounded familiar and it turns out that this is something my roommate has read. Interesting.

Is it possible that this will be the quarter that I'll find myself doing volunteer work?

(Randomly, I can't look at the "S.J." after a Jesuit's name and not think "Space Jesuit" since reading The Sparrow. It makes me giggle damn near every time.)

Anyway, from the books alone it looks like it's going to be an interesting quarter.

Comments

[trademybike.livejournal.com]

hooray for Heart of Darkness!

I'm really glad I took Synth when I did. Good reads, short classes. Greatness.

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed Heart of Darkness the first time I read it and I'm looking forward to getting another look at it in a class setting.

I have no idea what to expect from Senior Synth and Cobb.

Because of your icon, I just have to mention that the first episode of Dead Like Me on SciFi today is the one with Jewel Staite in it. It's slightly edited, but still really weird.

[juliarchy.livejournal.com]

The same classroom thing is handy until you realize that you've spent entirely too much time in that room and your butt starts hurting.

I'm surprised you guys are only reading two books? And a jesus book? I wonder if they got on Cobbs case for last year? We had an easy time. Let me know what you think of and how it goes. Are you taking it for 3 or 5 credits?

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

When I read that there were only two books and one of them as about poverty and Jesus, I'll admit that I became a little wary. I mean, I've got no problems with it (and Natasha apparently found the books interesting and recced it over at her journal). But I'm a little wary of what it might mean we have to do in a general kind of way. Is he going to pull something on us?

I'm taking the class for 5 credits.