So while I do have a lot of fun at Coe as you can see from my past posts, I do occasionally engage in some academics. As a political science major and economics minor, I like to consider myself a social scientist (studying how people interact with each other in different aspects). While the last few weeks have been interesting in this field, this week has been the best so far.
Last night I went to a student-led discussion on race. It was moderated, but mostly just students talking about how they felt about race. I learned a lot of interesting things from my fellow students, and we discussed in detail and debated things like Affirmative Action and White Privilege.
Right after the race discussion I hustled over to meet the Political Science Club to watch the debate. We’ve watched all the debates together and last night we ordered food from Aladdin’s, an awesome Middle Eastern restaurant in town. After the debate I sat around and ate pita bread and discussed education policy with my friend who is doing her semester of student teaching.
Right after I post this I’m headed to an economic forum. Two of my economics professors and a guest lecturer (one of our trustees) are going to be discussing the current state of our economy and most importantly, how the $700 Billion bailout is going to work (or not work). I’ve been reading a lot and trying to keep up with this but it will be nice to have a couple economists explain it to me in the way a professor knows how.
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