Toward a Philosophy of the Class

One of the qualities that defines academia, to a certain degree, is the classes that are offered. As a grad student, that means that one of the things that defines my graduate experience is the classes I take, and the professors I interact with as a result of this.

What this means is that you have to choose your classes very, very carefully. I agonized over my choice this semester, and for all the above reasons, choosing which class to take was actually kind of a big deal. Ultimately I decided on "Bakhtin and Dialogism," for reasons I won't get into here, over another class on Postcolonial Theory. This was a hard-fought and very important decision, and Tuesday I got a real sense of how the class would go.

My thoughts? Very positive so far. I like the instructor's style, and although the theory is (very very very) tough, I think it's ultimately quite rewarding. Did I make the right call? I'll never know for sure, of course, but I do know that these things have historically worked out for the best.

Ultimately, although I may never be able to bridge the gap between actual experience and my representation of this experience, I hope I have given you some sense of the once-occurent, unitary Being in which I am imbricated.