Showing posts with label political science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political science. Show all posts

Friday, May 4, 2012

How's summer?

Summer is the semester I like best. Its a sem on fast-forward and there's something rush-inducing in “Two weeks left!” even if my three 2-hour classes are from 7AM to 1PM. I like the stress. Subjects I'm taking are:

Pol Sci 6: My introduction in class went like: “Good morning, classmates! My name is _____ and I'm taking up Library and Information Science, 3rd year. I'm a former Political Science student from another university and failed my major subjects. I expect that I'm going appreciate it in a different way than I did before.” The teacher is amused.

I sort of forgot everything from 1½ sem as a Pol Sci major. We're using the same Philippine Constitution textbook and I see all my forgotten notes on its pages. In 2009, I wrote this on its title page:
Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people. –Oscar Wilde”

Speech 1: The teacher has a soothing DJ voice, I don't mind listening to her for 2 hours daily.
Ed Comp 1: Basic computer applications. I didn't know there's an option in Microsoft Word that automatically generates a Table of Contents, and lots of useful shortcuts we didn't know exist.
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Here's a song I like with the word 'summer' on it (Boys of Summer):


Thursday, February 10, 2011

Things you don't need to know

My previous major was Political Science. I'm still interested in the subject, but don't ask me about it, I only know enough of the basics. I don't want to engage in debate as I don't know shit. I see the titles they're reading now and I think I'm not smart enough to understand them.

I've been thinking about stereotypes about courses. For example, a Pol Sci student is outspoken and a good speaker. Another is Pol Sci is necessarily a pre-Law course. It could be, but not really.

Don't always listen to other people's advice- sometimes they don't know about what they're talking about and they're just as clueless as you. In high school, people told me that I'm fit for Pol Sci because of the reasons in the stereotypes. I listened. Those who told me didn't know shit. I also didn't know shit, and believed them.