So ... yeaa.

This past week in truth in society I learned something that I had been dreading and didn’t want to do at all.... how the UNB library works! I know now that it’s really not that confusing and there are lots of people to help me with what I’m looking for. But with that I realised how distracting coffee is to me, as soon as I saw it that’s where I was, but eventually I got back on track. This week I’ve learnt outside of class, the biggest thing was how hard university really is and that I can’t slack off here like I could in high school. I had a major reality check last week when I thought I was up to date and on top of all my work then came to the hard realisation that I had a lot to do, and that’s not a good feeling at all! I have also come to the realisation that Aquinas may not be for me don’t get me wrong I don’t mind the course and am going to stick to it, I’m just not cut out for the check mark system. I know that I’m suppose to learn a whole lot from it and I’m not doubting that I will, but for me it just doesn’t work. Like I have severe issues that my midterm paper that I spent so much time on just getting a check mark like everything else I do. For now I’m going to keep faith and see where I stand with marks come Christmas, but it will be interesting.

I am learning all about women pirates and stuff too : )

Number Fivee !!

Okay, so I’m going to start off by saying that I absolutely love Aquinas, in the beginning I was seriously wondering what I was getting myself into, but I’ve come to realise that I love everything we do in this course. One of the things that I found the most interesting this week was the reading “Nacirema,” surprisingly I was of the few who caught on to the point of the article and I really appreciated what I had come to realise from it... in reality we as a society are really stupid, it made me realise how judgemental I can be and how I going into things with a pre-formed expectation of what I am going to take from it. I really appreciated what I learnt and was able to take from that reading. The second thing I found interesting about this was working on our turning point stories. I have really enjoyed this process not only because I got to learn about Jarrid and how music greatly affected his life I also had to look deep into myself to figure out what my own turning point was. Through this I came to realise what I appreciate in my life and how I’ve come to be the person that I am today.

I’m really enjoying everything that we are doing, however I am worrying about occasions, I know that there are lots of things going on but it is difficult to find time, I am still getting used to atmosphere and am still getting into the habit of balancing school with friends and whatnot, so it’s a bit of a issue for me right now, but I hope to be able to catch up.

Number fourr !

The past two weeks have been spent working on the play “Doubt”. Throughout this process I have learnt a lot about myself. I have always been a fairly strong headed individual, therefore when I found my opinions’ changing it was a completely different feeling than what I am used to. I have also learnt how people’s opinions come to be, and that sometimes in we have to put our self in others situation before we can really judge or form an opinion. Although I find all of this interesting I must agree with Kelsey when she says, “it is about time to let Doubt go.” Just like Kelsey I have also learnt so much trough our study of doubt and I have really come to value the opinions of others, I just feel as though we have really over done it, to the point that I no longer enjoy talking about it, which is a shame because it is an amazing play.

I also learnt a great deal of information from Michael Higgins about Catholicism I really enjoyed all the new things he thought us about how the Catholic church works, although sometimes I got confused by his bog words .. most that I didn’t even know existed it was still and enjoyable lesson.

Just like Zach I also need to pull up my socks, I thought I was doing well and staying on top of things, but it seems that there is wayyyyy more than I thought... I’m kind of scared! There are too many web sites to keep track of and I’m getting extremely frustrated.

Lastly, I LOVE journalism, Michael Camp as a amazing ability to teach and to make one’s mind work :)

number three ( :

This past week in Truth in Society we wrapped up working on the Rwandan genocide, and split into our three separate courses. I was very excited for this as I was eager to dig in to the point of each subject, however, after my first Religious Studies class I realised that this wasn’t going to be as wonderful as I had anticipated. I feel this way not because of the work load or such things, but because I am now realizing how hard it is to listen to other’s bash your beliefs and not snap back with a rebuttal. Although, I will admit that it is very intriguing to hear all the different beliefs people in the class have. Along with this theme came what I learnt this week; if you can dish it make sure you can handle it. By this I mean that it is completely acceptable and expected that not all of us in the class will have the same beliefs, and it’s okay to talk about what we feel is wrong with others views. But, if you are going to talk about what you feel is wrong with others beliefs ... be able to take it also!! Upon thinking more about how that class stirred up my emotions, I am now really excited to talk some more about such things, as frustrated as I was I am learning to have an open mind, what I was hoping for all along : )