| Jason, I heart you. Nachos tonight? For serious, I make a good queso.
I want to add one more thing about the open curriculum. I think you're right in stating that the avoidance of subjects is usually the last thing on people's mind. Most brown students I've met really like to learn things. They are downright ****ed they can't take all the classes they want, in all the many disciplines they want. It is about exploration. But it also is about making your education what you want it to be. This is true I think for a minority of students, and me in paticular. When I came to Brown, the exploration aspect was the first thing on my mind. I was a neuroscience and art major with interests in basically everything. But do to a variety of circumstances my interests are mainly in the arts now. Instead of having to transfer to an art school, I can make brown an art school because I get to take whatever I want. If I want to take 2 art classes and 1 "academic" class a semester (I take 3 a semester), I can! If I wanted to take all 3 art classes, well, darn it, I could do that too. Brown allows you to make your education whatever you want it to be. I think that is invaluable. |