So I started reading Chinua Achebe's best seller Things Fall Apart today for the second time since high school. At the beginning I remembered how about a week ago someone told me that they hated this book (maybe the word hated is stretching it a tad too much). Then I got to thinking about it. Sure, people have different opinions on different things, in this case Things Fall Apart. However, can you have a opinion that is so strong that it makes whatever the opinion is true.
Another example if I may. SPU has a tradition called the Day of Common Learning that occurs every year. On this day there is a keynote speaker who speaks for about an hour and then whoever is listening is dismissed to either do what we should do (go to two sessions on that day's topic, this year being beauty) or, for a lot of people, skip out on everything and take a day off. From one person I heard what they called that day: the day of common bordom. That's just sad.
This university tries it's hardest to get students to enjoy and learn the college experience. I'm just sad that some people can't see this. I liked the Day of Common Learning.
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Wonderful post Nick! Welcome to the world of blogging, it is great! You can even put up all your comics nick from the newspaper on here so we can all see them! I'm going to call you before the week is over, love you bud!
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