Sunday, March 28, 2010

Things to do when classes are almost over and you need things to do in between doing projects to get the house ready to move.

So I got to the point where I was having too much "down" time and I wanted to be a bit more productive. My brain has been in a bit of an intellectual stupor for the last couple months as I tried to survive the amazing lack of content that was not being taught for Tanya's Greek language class that I audited in the hopes of refreshing the more remote parts of my understanding of the Greek language. Combined with an absolutely inept History teacher who did a 40 question multiple choice Scan-tron mid-term and asked for our only paper of the semester to write an accurately historical piece of fiction (Yes, you heard that right) instead of learning how to write an academic paper setting back the minds of all the people in that course by about 2-3 years. As if we don't have enough academically challenged youth attending universities, nowadays. But, I digress. So amidst my attempts at Hari-Kari, I finally somehow managed, with the grace of God and the season of Lent, to finally muster the strength to feel intellectually stimulate, albeit only in a small capacity. But nonetheless still feeling intellectually capable again. No need to look at small favours poorly. They are, after all, still favours no matter the size. And so in the spirit of gratitude to God for having helped me out, I talked it over with my wife and she has decided to graciously challenge me to write academic papers on various subjects. I think that this will happen on a bi-weekly basis and will be limited to my personal library although if time permits I may end up seeking out more professional help in the University library of wherever I am enrolled. So, without further ado, my next post will proclaim the first topic that my wife chose for me to write about.

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