Classes

So, maybe you want to go to BJ, but aren’t sure you would like it? Or maybe you just like to compare your school with other ones? Well, on this page I shall inform you about the classes I am in and what the teacher is like, etc.

(I have some really good ones . . . )

The other classes I am taking are Expository Writing, Contemporary Philosophy, and Hermeneutics, the second one being the most preferable of the three.

The class everyone should take is, (deep breath) Public Speaking! Really. I mean it.

Most people don’t like standing in front of other people and telling them things, unless they are exceedingly loquacious and extroverted and don’t think of a speech as a speech but a conversation.

That’s fine for some, but giving speeches figures largely in nearly all professions. Unfortunately, it is true that, due to fear, many students take no more than their required freshman speech course. This is sad. Perhaps it is because they are not aware of the delights of classes such as Public Speaking.

As enlightenment: the class is taught by Miss Jeannine Aumiller, the university’s debate coach. Four speeches are given during the semester: an informative, a speech analysis, a speech to convince, and a position speech.

It’s another discussion class–we disagree and agree with each other quite cheerfully. On Fridays, we turn in a bibliography page for five articles we read during the week. Three have to be editorials/opinion columns, but the other two are normal news pieces. For ten to fifteen minutes on Friday we discuss what we read and catch up to the rest of the world. It’s great fun.

The class, America’s Ideological Foundation, may possibly win the prize for having the longest title that says the least about the class.The class is about America’s Ideological Foundation, but few students know what that means, shown by the number of students who are actually in the class–there are eight of us.

The teacher, Dr Richard Hand, is a former lawyer who now teaches mostly Criminal Justice courses here. He also teaches this one Political Science class as well as Life of Paul, a required sophomore-level class which I had him in last semester.

As a result of having him, I decided I wanted to sit under him again, so I signed up for America’s Ideological Foundation.

This class is basically the history of the Constitution and other founding documents and their predecessors. It is also on the history of the Founding Fathers.

I am thoroughly enjoying the class, not only because I am naturally interested in politics and American law, but because Dr Hand is such a logical teacher. He has proof to back up everything he says.

We spent the first several class periods this semester coming up with our own idea of a Constitution. He allows us always to disagree, respectfully, with each other, himself, and the author of our textbook. There are very few classes on this campus that allow any verbalized disagreement.

Erste Klasse:

Ist Deutsch. Ok, if you didn’t understand that, take a guess that I’m in a foreign language class. You’re right! How could you have known. I am in my second semester of German here, third semester in the series. (Yes, I did skip a semester. You get more German in that way.)

It’s a good class. How exciting can it be — grammar, more grammar, and vocab quizzes. Enter Herr Adams.

German class, as of all foreign language classes, is only as good as it’s teacher. Fortunately, Herr Adams is probably one of the most well-liked, best, (add your own positive, upbeat adjective) teacher on campus. All the foreign language faculty are very interesting people. Herr Adams is no exception. Happily, when he tells a joke in class, I can understand it! Last semester, I understood no jokes.

Besides, Herr Adams is the only male in the entire class, so he must be really special. And he did not recite my genealogy to me in its entirety which is Rather Exciting.