How Intellectual Are the Students?

SBR
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:21:56 +0000

I hear and participate in “intellectual discussions” all the time. It’s a very casual thing amongst my group of friends. We’d sit around on a monday night, play some mario kart, watch some headlines on jay leno, all the while talking about everything from current stem cell research and its implications for cancer treatment to the presidential candidates’ economic plans. My friends major and minor in everything from economics to english to bio/chem and BAA to engineering so we have plenty of stuff to talk about and many things that we are passionate about.

The point here is that “intellectual discussions” aren’t something where they put up a big “Intellectual Conversations Here” sign on the plaza or special events within “intellectual clubs/frats.” It’s also not something that requires an “Intellectual Atmosphere.” It’s stuff that occur (mostly out of the public eye) amongst friends. It’s almost a way of life where you don’t consciously try to “be intellectual.” If you like that kind of stuff, then you will be able to find like-minded people to hang out and become good friends with.

Of course, that’s not to say my friends and I sit around and talk philosophy all day. We party, we play, we study, we sleep, we go out, we enjoy life, we do the stuff most college students do.