Hello,
Week four of college has come and gone. It really doesn’t feel like I have been here that long. This week caught me off guard a bit because the majority of my classes either had a paper due or a test, but I did study and work hard on my papers and hopefully all is well in the world of academics.
Academically, this has been a very stimulating week. During a study of Aristotle in Foundations 111, the idea was presented that thinking about thinking is the way to happiness. This was immediately followed by a reading from Saint Augustine’s Confessions. During all of these readings, I was writing an exploratory essay about the validity of the impiety charge against Socrates in Plato’s Apology. This was some pretty deep stuff to try and keep up with all at once. Studying the great minds throughout the ages has really helped me establish more firmly my own beliefs about life and concepts. If you ever get the opportunity to contemplate (think about thinking) sometime try it and see what you think. It is quite different from anything I’ve ever tried to do. This may sound like a lot of work, but I have found studying the concepts and theories of foundational knowledge to be very rewarding.
The second academic challenge I have met has been to attempt to understand the subtleties of human communication. In Communications 101 we have been studying nonverbal com- munication, such as personal space, body language, territorial behavior, etc. Some of the most interesting and subtle things are brought to your attention, such as the position of your hand in a hand shake, one’s posture in different situations, establishing dominance with a pat on the back or helping someone through a door, political tricks that make candidates seem more attractive and the “swag” of someone in a powerful position. This blows my mind in everyday interaction. I find myself overanalyzing so many things that I do on a daily basis, but I find I love studying this stuff and observing it in life. I think I am leaning toward a major in communications. I still don’t know what I want to do with my life, but as time goes on I am starting to get more of a feel for things I am interested in pursuing. The more and more I talk to my fellow freshman, the more I realize while some people have a concrete idea of what they want to do, the vast majority of us are trying to feel our way in a direction during the first few semesters.
This weekend was a nice breather. I took it easy for the majority of the weekend. I wrote a few papers, watched a few movies, hung out with friends and went to the football game on Saturday. Georgetown beat the University of the Cumberlands 58-40 by the way. Woop-Woop! My parents came to the game, so that was really nice. This was the first time I have seen them in a month. Zach, Tevin, John and I went to Fava’s with them which was just what I needed after the football game. I also made a few trips into Lexington with different people over the course of the weekend. On Sunday Zach, Tevin and I actually found Mt. Zion Baptist; we felt very accomplished with this achievement by the way. Sunday was also Tevin’s birthday so we all went out on the town and celebrated.
I can’t really think of anything else to say right now. I will try and post some more pictures pretty soon on the blog. Again if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, confusions or just want to talk either shoot me an email or post on the blog. Have a great week!
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