I passed
7/12/2006
No this is not the blog from beyond the grave. Nor is it a quirky critique of Illinois toll roads. Rather it's a brief follow-up on an earlier entry. The new student who told me she'd be extremely disappointed if my class isn't fantastic just called to discuss implications of her AP scores for her upcoming class schedule. Once we got past that she of course asked if I ever made up my mind on the books for my class Thinking for Oneself. With some trepidation I told her: Ellison's Invisible Man, Hesse's Siddhartha, Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, Freud's Future of an Illusion, and Descartes' Discourse on Method. She approved! What a relief. She also liked it when I said we'd be working with the NPR series This I Believe, in which "Americans from all walks of life share the personal philosophies and core values that guide their daily lives." I didn't tell her I intend to have my students submit their own essays to NPR at the end of the semester.
Well, we're 5/6 finished with freshman orientation. Students have loved the two-day experience. In evaluations they've told us their favorite things include picking classes with their faculty advisor in a one-hour one-on-one session, meeting new friends, the career center workshop, the torch leaders' comic relief, the campus ghost tour (!), the excursion into downtown Chicago, and lots more. Students wrote: "it was SWEET!" "I learned a lot!" "I love Dominican." "Thank you!" "Yay Dominican!" "Go Stars, wo!"
Meanwhile I continue to hear from our students on our study abroad program in Florence. Lauren writes: "Florence is wonderful!! We have been here 3 weeks and it has been such an amazing time! We each have 2 classes and go to school Monday-Thursday. So far, as a group, we have gone to Pisa, Lucca, Siena, and Venice. July 14th we are all going to Chianti for lunch and wine tasting! Some groups members are going to travel to Milan, Rome, and Viareggio, one of the only sandy beaches throughout Italy." It must have been great fun to be there as Italy won the World Cup.
So come to Dominican to study Italian—and French—where all the head butting is metaphorical.
No this is not the blog from beyond the grave. Nor is it a quirky critique of Illinois toll roads. Rather it's a brief follow-up on an earlier entry. The new student who told me she'd be extremely disappointed if my class isn't fantastic just called to discuss implications of her AP scores for her upcoming class schedule. Once we got past that she of course asked if I ever made up my mind on the books for my class Thinking for Oneself. With some trepidation I told her: Ellison's Invisible Man, Hesse's Siddhartha, Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, Freud's Future of an Illusion, and Descartes' Discourse on Method. She approved! What a relief. She also liked it when I said we'd be working with the NPR series This I Believe, in which "Americans from all walks of life share the personal philosophies and core values that guide their daily lives." I didn't tell her I intend to have my students submit their own essays to NPR at the end of the semester.
Well, we're 5/6 finished with freshman orientation. Students have loved the two-day experience. In evaluations they've told us their favorite things include picking classes with their faculty advisor in a one-hour one-on-one session, meeting new friends, the career center workshop, the torch leaders' comic relief, the campus ghost tour (!), the excursion into downtown Chicago, and lots more. Students wrote: "it was SWEET!" "I learned a lot!" "I love Dominican." "Thank you!" "Yay Dominican!" "Go Stars, wo!"
Meanwhile I continue to hear from our students on our study abroad program in Florence. Lauren writes: "Florence is wonderful!! We have been here 3 weeks and it has been such an amazing time! We each have 2 classes and go to school Monday-Thursday. So far, as a group, we have gone to Pisa, Lucca, Siena, and Venice. July 14th we are all going to Chianti for lunch and wine tasting! Some groups members are going to travel to Milan, Rome, and Viareggio, one of the only sandy beaches throughout Italy." It must have been great fun to be there as Italy won the World Cup.
So come to Dominican to study Italian—and French—where all the head butting is metaphorical.
