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Social Commentary #2: University
As explained in this post, we have to write three social commentaries for Dr. Jackson's class. Here's my second, about the educational merits of a certain Bonaventure holiday.
What I Learned in College
Nearly every university sells itself on the claim that it will prepare you for “the real world,” but I think ours does it the best.
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Social Commentary #1: Movies
For Dr. Jackson's Honors Seminar, we have to write three 2-to-3-page social commentaries: one on movies, one on TV, one on university life.
I haven't written my TV one yet, but here's my take on a special type of movie.
FaceHOOKED: His Dark Secret (A Lifetime Original Movie)
Loud hard rock blares from a dark room illuminated only by the ( Read more... ) -
"(Satan Is My) Motor" by CAKE
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The Good
I just finished and handed in my first feature and photos for a local magazine. Internship hours (and a little cash) here I come!
The Bad
I still have to study for Religious Texts, read for American Novel, and read for Romantics II.
The Ugly (gross content warning)
Someone vomited an inhuman amount of... something on the shower floor in the ( Read more... ) -
Quote of the Day
"We are in the painful and beautiful reality." ~ Father Dan Reilly, at Father Dan Hurley's funeral today -
Something I wrote
"Mental Disorder"
My brain is a pile, or perhaps a series of piles,
not a library or a scrapbook or even a tape.
Sometimes I can find things,
but often I can't.
While others leaf through
card catalogs and
neat, orderly pages,
I tear through faded photographs and scrawled-upon, torn receipts.
I see the corner of something like what I need, and
I pull, and
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Serenity.
Courage.
Wisdom.
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Why my American Novel readings put me to sleep...
Dr. Harris: "One of the characteristics of this type of novel is that it has very little plot."
theoldsport (mutters): "I'm beginning to sense a pattern for the semester."
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