Brain Dump

My last grade came in today (after graduation, I know). It was, of course, the only one I was even remotely worried about. This is Phil of Language, the class where I really bombed the first paper (entirely my fault, I just kept putting it off). Hoping to make up for that I did multiple drafts of my other papers and found that I would leave conferences without a strong feel for what needed to change to improve them.

I still came out with a B, which I’m not sure I deserved, but for which I am grateful. The prof is a nice guy, smart too. I enjoyed the class and found it informative despite the major differences between it and most of the other philosophy classes I’ve taken.

I’m hoping to have some time to talk to Dr. Sutton about further reading in phil of language. What we did this semester was pretty much super-basic and foundational. I feel like I’m ready to take a phil of language class and get a lot out of it now, but not like I took a phil of language course. It’s interesting, actually.

Anyway, classes start Thursday, and I’m taking a bunch during the first half of the summer. Each one of these is 1:15 a day.

Race Relations – Dr. Fry. Dr. Fry was my prof for Social Stratification in the Fall and Complex Organizations this past semester. Her specialization is, appropriately enough, stratification and the development of local organizations to help combat its economic effects.

Basic Criminology – This is one of the requirements for Sociology majors. I’m hoping it will be interesting, but I am fearing that it will not be. Of course I’ve had some really good basic-level courses before, so we’ll see how things turn out.

Contemporary Sociological Theory – I’m looking forward to this. My experiences within the Sociology department are pretty limited so far (you’ll note I’ve taken a lot of courses with Dr. Fry), but mostly positive. I am hoping that we’ll do overviews of a bunch of theoretical frameworks so I can get a feel for what’s out there and start piecing together what I need to develop something to work from with online communities.

In other news, is in town for a few days. I think we may do something awesome.

Thomas

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