My Own Life

I’m just excited and I couldn’t think of a better title. The reason? who knows? life in general.

This is the second week of the semester. I have discovered that this year, I enjoy the reading for my courses a lot better. I take way better notes. I have also discovered that typing up my notes 2 or 3 hours after class, clarifies the material and reveals what I am confused about. This helps because I can then review the reading, email the professor, ask the TF, or whatever other method I choose, all before the next lecture. This means I don’t become even more lost.

Note to new college students: Lectures make a lot more sense when you do the reading before going to class. I promise. The information actually stays in your mind and you realize the professor is actually not disorganized.

My classes are all going well. I did not take the Mozart class because it seemed a bit too challenging. Still impressive but I did not want to set myself up for too much work during my first semester back at Harvard. I have, however, dropped in on a few lectures. Nobody here takes attendance so they don’t care if I’m there or not.

I have now decided what courses to take. The final load looks like this.

African and African American Studies 139. The African American Experience in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean

Literature and Arts A-70. The Book of Job and the Joban Tradition

Psychology 15. Social Psychology

*Sociology 128. Paradigms of Social Inquiry

The classes sound and look amazing.

As for the second part of my title. Yesterday, at 7pm I got to hear and see the President of Zambia speak. He spoke to students in my house about the changes in Zambia since the beginning of his government and what he feels the necessary changes are in the future. It was amazing to see. Even more amazing was that he took an hour afterwards to answer any of our questions. That my friends, is the Harvard experience. We were in a small room and there were about 100 of us there. Yay, Harvard!