FYI

[strat-0]

My majors were English and history for my education degree. I love history, and the related fields of anthropolgy and archeaology. I especially studied US history and the great wars.

And I appreciate what you're doing, but I don't think this is going to work, friends.

[Nepenthe]

Well the problem with ASU is they only have 2 anthro courses and they are just intro courses. But they do have an archeaology course that involves field school, they have it every other summer. So I know where I will be next summer. But this is just an undergrad degree, I plan on going all the way! I will get the Masters/PHD in antrho at another school. There is one in Tampa that has a really good program, thats what I am looking at right now. Eventually back to Florida, my home state.

The same guy that teaches some of these courses also teaches the anthro courses. Talk about a parallel, at the end of last year before I had even thought about changing my major it just so happens I got a scholorship created by this professor, and just found out he taught these classes.

Here are the courses for the minor in Folklore

ENG 3613, Introduction to Folklore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 semester hours

ENG 4643, Independent Fieldwork in Folklore . . . . . .3 semester hours

Folklore Studies Electives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 semester hours

ENG 3523, American Folklore

ENG 3633, Native American Verbal Art

ENG 3643, African-American Folklore

ENG 4613, Ballad and Folksong

ENG 4623, Mythology

ENG 4633, Material Folk Culture

[chrisfan]

kenholzman said:

I also took some political theory classes, out of interest rather than necessity. Again, I thought the prof was great, and I was extremely interested in the subject matter. That has also served me well in the decade since I graduated.

Right up my alley! The best professor I ever had taught political theory. I loved the man! I took him for an intro course, and was so fascinated by him - his life story was fascinating (in the second class of black students to attend Central High School in Little Rock for starters) - but the way he taught absolutely knocked every student on his ass, but you loved him for it. I was told to avoid political theory like the plague because it was tough to begin with, and he made it impossible. But I took it anway. It did knock me on my ass, but I'd do it again in a heart beat.

[Kensterberg]

TDD -- that looks like a fascinating minor course of study. The only advice I'll give you on grad school right now is this: go for your Ph.D. It's a real pain in the ass to go from an M.A. program to a Ph.D., and you'll wind up duplicating a lot of courses and effort.

CF -- oddly enough, the guy who I took political theory from was also my intro to poli-sci instructor. He also had a rep as a hard teacher (though I did quite well in his courses) but was a great teacher.

When I teach intro to sociology, I try to get the students to see that poli-sci, sociology, anthro, psych, and (ultimately) history are all different ways of looking at (and talking about) the same things. Like strat said, they're all related subjects, it's just a matter of emphasis.

[Kensterberg]

And now I've got other things to do ... hopefully the boards will still be here tomorrow when I check back in ...

Thank you! Goodnight! ;D

[strat-0]

Rodney Dangerfield: I went to flame war and a discussion broke out!

Well, that's what he should have said, anyway...

[Not that this is a flame war; poetic license, you see.]

[Nepenthe]

admin said:

My majors were English and history for my education degree. I love history, and the related fields of anthropolgy and archeaology. I especially studied US history and the great wars.

And I appreciate what you're doing, but I don't think this is going to work, friends.

The wars are interesting too and boy do they parallel some much earlier ancient ones indeed, just on a much larger scale, and a different place and time. Whats that old saying? History repeats itself?

Well strato, miracles still do happen occasionally.

Ken, yeah that is some very good advice about the PHD, and I have been thinking the same thing myself.

[chrisfan]

kenholzman said:

When I teach intro to sociology, I try to get the students to see that poli-sci, sociology, anthro, psych, and (ultimately) history are all different ways of looking at (and talking about) the same things. Like strat said, they're all related subjects, it's just a matter of emphasis.

Ken, I don't think that I ever realized that you taught. Who doesn't teach around here!

[strat-0]

I only taught for a year. I think I prefer course development (writing, editing and designing course materials). But I did enjoy teaching. I'd like to do it again.

[chrisfan]

Now it's time for a survey. How many people around here either teach or have taught? I teach Sunday School, but I've never been paid to teach, so I don't count.

[Nepenthe]

I teach everyday and have been for almost 19 years. But I don't get paid for it either.

[MrGordon]

Why not all start over, and realize that everybody got along before Knight bombed the new board and everybody didnt act like this at all.

Sure, ive been under a rock for months and I dont know how heated things got, but really who cares.

Maybe we can all agree that not having Rs.com just aint the same.

smoke weed and tell me this isn't all just a little funny, just a lil? cmon.....

[strat-0]

Works for me, Gordon. Not that "everybody got along" or "didn't act like this at all," but just a little common decency and respect of others goes a long way on any message board.

[MrGordon]

well, we all seemed to simply co-exist without 'e-animosity' and a great wall of China to blind everybody from our undeniably similar traits as individuals.

To be fair, after reading back, CE was kind of a joke long before Comic Events was it not? two sides of people fightign back and forth and the odd objective view being completely ignored/lost amongst pages on bickering over a line of text or whatever else.

here's to e-peace. *toasts*

[Galactus]

Mantis wishes to co-exist peacefully, though Mantis must periodly devour Mantis will try not to devour anyone here or their loved ones.