Classes
I have five of them. One of which is worth twice as much as the others, so it's like I have six. That's a lot. But I can't seem to let any of them go.
My favorite is definitely Israeli Foreign Policy, partly because it's something I should know, and partly because it has a really competent and interesting teacher. He was around during the British Mandate Period (1920-1948), went to either Oxford, and is one of those professors who can rattle off any country's position on anything Israel did at any given time, often in humorously concise ways. Several students also swear his accent is similar to Dr. Evil's, and I guess I can see that.
The Political and Social Study of Women in Israel and Archaeology of Jerusalem are both interesting classes, too. The former is discussion oriented, which I like, but since I know so little of Israeli society and Jewish women's issues, I mostly listen rather than talk. Archaeology I love, even though the teacher's a little more humorless than the others. But she makes up for it with numerous field trips.
The double one is Hebrew, which I don't mind, but the last is History of Palestine and the Palestinians. It's something I should know and should be interested in, but the class just bores me. I was all set to drop it, but then a friend of mine told me the last class was better, and that the teacher said she was going to revamp the class for international rather than Israeli students, which she thinks was part of the problem. So now I feel like I should go back. Sucks. This is way too much class.
Anyway, there's an Archaeology trip to some of the City of David excavation sites tomorrow, which should be fun. I might even get to slog through Hezekiah's Tunnel, which I've wanted to do ever since I got here.
My favorite is definitely Israeli Foreign Policy, partly because it's something I should know, and partly because it has a really competent and interesting teacher. He was around during the British Mandate Period (1920-1948), went to either Oxford, and is one of those professors who can rattle off any country's position on anything Israel did at any given time, often in humorously concise ways. Several students also swear his accent is similar to Dr. Evil's, and I guess I can see that.
The Political and Social Study of Women in Israel and Archaeology of Jerusalem are both interesting classes, too. The former is discussion oriented, which I like, but since I know so little of Israeli society and Jewish women's issues, I mostly listen rather than talk. Archaeology I love, even though the teacher's a little more humorless than the others. But she makes up for it with numerous field trips.
The double one is Hebrew, which I don't mind, but the last is History of Palestine and the Palestinians. It's something I should know and should be interested in, but the class just bores me. I was all set to drop it, but then a friend of mine told me the last class was better, and that the teacher said she was going to revamp the class for international rather than Israeli students, which she thinks was part of the problem. So now I feel like I should go back. Sucks. This is way too much class.
Anyway, there's an Archaeology trip to some of the City of David excavation sites tomorrow, which should be fun. I might even get to slog through Hezekiah's Tunnel, which I've wanted to do ever since I got here.
2 Comments:
Try not to do so much that all of your classes suffer. Better to have fewer classes and really be able to sink your teeth into them.
And speaking of teeth, I'm not sure about this eating a dish with garlic sauce in Egypt. I'll believe it when I see it.
What, you doubt my word? I have witnesses!
Hey, if you made koshari at home I'd probably eat it. :) But you don't know how, so nyah.
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