I'm happy to see my friends back from the break. I must say, despite the fact that I stayed on campus, the break went quite well for me. I actually had the whole time to watch TV [heroes], play games, feast, and rearrange my room. And I was able to speak with many of my friends from Nigeria and my family. I also enjoyed the trip to the mall in Lacrosse during which I ended up buying a lot, including my fat winter clothes and boots. Reports say this winter is going to be the coldest in years. It makes me a bit anxious; I'm hoping that it won't be too harsh.
Finally, in our Paideia section, we're doing something that isn't related to some hard-core theology or philosophy, as were my last two Paideia books. We're reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Although I read the book back in High School, I'm so excited that we're studying this Nigerian text for Paideia at Luther. People are already asking me to pronounce the Ibo names in the book and explain some traditional terms. And the book is really interesting to read and much less difficult to understand than Luther's theological writings or Lewis and Blackburn's meta ethical books [though I kind of liked them]. So, I can't wait for my Paideia class on Monday to hear what my Professor has to say; I know it's going to be a very interesting class.
Concerning school work, it's still a bit difficult integrating back into all the activities associated with college life. Although I resolved during this break to maximize my weekends by doing all the homework I can do for the following week, it's still just tempting to stay back and watch some movies or push the homework until Sunday. That, then, would lead to a hideous cycle of sleepless nights and semi-conscious days [I've had many of those]. And that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid. In fact it's the last thing I want because schoolwork will only become more tedious. We have two heavily weighted Paideia papers due and the materials that are going to be covered in other classes will be a lot more difficult, considering the fact that we would now be getting into the core of the course with all preliminaries behind us.
It's less than one week to Halloween and the hall council is getting deep into preparations for the 'trick or treating' and Halloween party. We're going to have kids from Decorah knock on our room doors and ask for treats. Then, that Friday evening, we'll have a party. It all sounds like it's going to be fun. My roommate actually has this really scary mask. He even freaked me out with it when he got back from the break. Imagine if we scared the kids with the mask when they knocked on our door... That would be hilarious. But we're not allowed to do that because the hall council decided it would be a bit harsh on the kids [and mean too].
I guess that's all I have for now. By next week, we will be fully back into college life with so many events coming up and deadlines looming. I'm also very excited about the Presidential Election coming up in just a little over a week [I'm glad my candidate is leading]. Until then...
Peace!
Finally, in our Paideia section, we're doing something that isn't related to some hard-core theology or philosophy, as were my last two Paideia books. We're reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Although I read the book back in High School, I'm so excited that we're studying this Nigerian text for Paideia at Luther. People are already asking me to pronounce the Ibo names in the book and explain some traditional terms. And the book is really interesting to read and much less difficult to understand than Luther's theological writings or Lewis and Blackburn's meta ethical books [though I kind of liked them]. So, I can't wait for my Paideia class on Monday to hear what my Professor has to say; I know it's going to be a very interesting class.
Concerning school work, it's still a bit difficult integrating back into all the activities associated with college life. Although I resolved during this break to maximize my weekends by doing all the homework I can do for the following week, it's still just tempting to stay back and watch some movies or push the homework until Sunday. That, then, would lead to a hideous cycle of sleepless nights and semi-conscious days [I've had many of those]. And that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid. In fact it's the last thing I want because schoolwork will only become more tedious. We have two heavily weighted Paideia papers due and the materials that are going to be covered in other classes will be a lot more difficult, considering the fact that we would now be getting into the core of the course with all preliminaries behind us.
It's less than one week to Halloween and the hall council is getting deep into preparations for the 'trick or treating' and Halloween party. We're going to have kids from Decorah knock on our room doors and ask for treats. Then, that Friday evening, we'll have a party. It all sounds like it's going to be fun. My roommate actually has this really scary mask. He even freaked me out with it when he got back from the break. Imagine if we scared the kids with the mask when they knocked on our door... That would be hilarious. But we're not allowed to do that because the hall council decided it would be a bit harsh on the kids [and mean too].
I guess that's all I have for now. By next week, we will be fully back into college life with so many events coming up and deadlines looming. I'm also very excited about the Presidential Election coming up in just a little over a week [I'm glad my candidate is leading]. Until then...
Peace!
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