Loved this class. Sounded silly but was actually an excellent intro to the conditions needed for life, how life evolves into intelligent life, potential distribution of life in the universe, etc. Got way more out of it than I would have expected when I scheduled it for my final semester fourth year.
My overall favorite class though I believe was titled something like âHistory of American Povertyâ. I feel bad I canât remember the professorâs name but she was great, although I think sadly left soon thereafter (she may have been an adjunct or something and got a better gig elsewhere). Talked about history of poverty, depictions of poverty in popular culture, etc.
This included talking about musical themes carried through different generations, eg Tom Joad from Woodie Guthrie to Springsteen. I emailed her after one class just to note Rage Against the Machine had also done a cover even more recently, and next class when we walked in she had RATMâs version blaring over the speakers.
Hadnât thought about that fun, guaranteed A class in years. (A 7 always seemed to fit for me; Iâm at my best being my own boss, but also am generally able to play & work well with others - except when they try to tell me what to do or how to do it : )
I went to a Jesuit college even though Iâm not Catholic, and they required 9 credit hours of Religious Studies. Even though I grew up Christian, Iâm not practicing or all that into religion in general. 2 of my favorite classes were those religious classesâŚone was Religions of the World, one was Native American Religious Traditions. Learned a lot, and classes I never would have normally taken as a Computer Sci major.
Glad your Jesuit college had decent options for the religious requirements. Mind did not. Took a general âworld religionsâ class. Catholic Social Justice (the sister who taught it genuinely did not like me because I didnt try hard enough for her liking) and Blackâs and the Bible which was hilarious cause it combined 10 of the 100ish black kids on campus to be taught how Christianity was important to the American black community, taught but a nun from Kansas.
I donât know why this reminded me, the Jesuit thing, I guess, but Georgetown had a required class called âthe problem of Godâ which always struck me as a funny /interesting concept.
I donât really have favorites. I always liked stuff that Herman Schwartz taught (political economy) and I liked the two Con Law classes I took. Who taught them? Something OâBrien?
Like, check out this bio. Whatâs he even talking about? Heâs at least entertaining himself⌠He would start every one of his classes (the beginning of every semester) by holding up a red plastic fish and a blue plastic fish and saying âOne fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Any questions?â and then smiling to himself like he had just done some sort of pedagogical jujitsu⌠Fucking weirdo. I loved him. Ha ha!
