class is.. fun?!

So I'm enrolled in a monday night class here at Laurier, SY333 - The Sociology of Human Rights. You might remember last term I was complaining about my soc class and how it was incredibly boring, etc. Well this class happens to be modelled after that same prof, who, thankfully, is not my lecturer. The thing is, this class is actually quite interesting and leaves me thinking a lot, which goes to show that the subject matter wasn't the problem last term, but it was strictly the prof. Anyways, in our first class we watched a video called The Corporation. This hit close to home for me cuz I was probably the only student in the class who was majoring in business, and I would suggest that most business students take some time to watch this short documentary (only an hour long). It shows the history of the corporation and some of the atrocities that have been committed in the name of capitalism, or furthering the economy, or simply in the pursuit of more money. It's kinda Fahrenheit 911-ish, so if you didn't like that you might not like this; but still I would recommend it to you, especially if you're studying business.

Last class (yesterday) we watched another film called Bitter Paradise, which was about the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, and more specifically, Canada's involvement in the whole process. Pretty shocking stuff. Later we broke into small groups to talk about it, and one guy was saying how Canadians are always bashing Americans whenever we watch those Fahrenheit 911/Columbine movies about Bush, etc, but this was a case where there was no one to point the finger at but ourselves. Another very good documentary I would recommend (again an hour long), but there's some pretty graphic images which might be disturbing to some. Anyways I left class with a lot on my mind, just thinking about the way the world works and some other thoughts of social justice, etc, and more importantly how to make a difference or even bring awareness to these things.

Anyways, that's all from me today. Stay warm.

laurier is fun!

so it was back to school for another term, and first week back was pretty good! besides the fact that i think im getting sick (dan says its psychological whenever i go back to the loo), it was quite enjoyable. james/angie came up to visit along with heidi and warren, and momo and kk came up to lccf as well on wednesday. tons of laughs, and good random times. good having a chinese crowd wandering around campus, loitering in the halls, etc. just being randomly loud and crazy. especially nice having ppl like momo take a glimpse into life at lccf, especially since we talk about ccf stuff so often, it's like he finally got a picture of who we are and what we do. anyways, im back in toronto now, for the weekend. hehe laurier is fun, but toronto is home :D