When Rory started her first year at Yale, I was really intrigued by a first-week orientation program they had when it came time to choose classes. On the show, Yale had this idea called “Shopping Week.” The first week of the semester was when students could try out as many classes as they wanted, and, by the end of the week, they chose the classes and professors that appealed to them the most.
Every time we go to pre-registration and registration, I think about Shopping Week. Why can’t Wesleyan try this sort of thing? I mean, no one would see me for a week because I would be too busy taking all of the classes on campus to simply try them out, but I wouldn’t care. It would be fun, and it would really benefit students. I take great enjoyment in learning about a wide variety of topics. What is life if you don’t learn all that you can, if you don’t take delight in all of the truths in the world? Life itself would probably have less meaning. It’s possible that we could waste our lives if we didn’t take every opportunity we could to learn something new.
This blog post probably won’t reach the Board of Trustees and cause a vote to go out, but it’s just thinking and sharing.
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