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News: Good & Bad

Good news:
1)  One must have 34 credit units to graduate from Muhlenberg College, where I am a student.  One class equals one credit unit.
2)  One may transfer in a maximum of 17 credit units.  I was able to transfer in 16.
3)  I am registered for spring ‘08 semester; taking a required history class (Reading Seminar) [...]

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Back to School

Tonight started the Fall semester.  If all goes according to plan, it will be my LAST Fall semester as I hope to be all done with the under-grad degree by next August!
The class I attended tonight was Elementary Spanish.  Now mind you, I’ve had 4 years of high school Spanish - 30 years ago.  Actually, [...]

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As Father Seraphim was told by his spiritual father, Blessed Father Sophrony, “Read only that which moves you to prayer.”
Thus I am in total agreement with Mr. Jones, parent of students in the East Penn School District.  Read about it here.

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Finite!!!

Took my final in Ancient Rome.  I’ve never been so glad to see a class come to an end as I have this one.  Too bad.  I was really excited to take it and it turned out to be a dud.
Now I have “rest” for the next 13 days.
School’s out……………………..!

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Bargain Shopping

Books sold back to college book store:
Tacitus = $1.50
Suetonius = $1.50
The Golden Ass = $1.50
Psychology 101 = $48.50
Total Reimbursement:  $53.00
 
Cost of required Spanish 101 text (student edition) at said college bookstore: $109.50 (used)
Cost of required Spanish 101 test (instructor edition) on-line bookstore: $43.00 plus shipping $7.00 = $50.00
Savings:  $59.50
Grand total savings:  $112.50
I puffy heart when [...]

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Since the last post…

…life has continued at a whirlwind pace.  So what else is new!  LOL!
Last week I took my Philosophy final, which only took an hour.  I was pleased with what I wrote and am anticipating a decent grade.  My history class on Ancient Rome starts tomorrow evening.  I am looking forward to that one.
The hubster and [...]

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Mid-term already

Can you believe the first summer session is mid-term already?!  I can’t!
We received our take home mid-term questions last Thursday.  They are:

Discuss The Trial & Death of Socrates and its significance.
Discuss features of Artistotle’s moral philosophy which are still relevant today.
Explain how logical positivism arose and the arguments which led to its collapse.
Explain how functionalism arose, and [...]

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Readings of Writings

The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato (approx 400 B.C.)(Trans by G.M.A. Grube)
“…in my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest reputation were nearly the most deficient, while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable.” Apology 22“…are you not ashamed of your eagerness [...]

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Time? What’s that?

It has passed quite quickly ’round these here parts and I’m not too sure what I’ve done during it all either! Sigh.
Well, let me reflect:
- I’ve written two or three papers for classes.
- Gave a power point presentation in Geography class on the Republic of Cuba.
- Read an excellent book Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy. [...]

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Readin’, Ritin’, Rithmetic

And that is what I’ve been doing this past week thus the last of posting! Where DID the time go?
The history class has been quite interesting. We’ve been discussing the Anti-Federalist’s papers, analyzing what their issues were and why they held them. Our first “big” paper is due Friday. The question [...]

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