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You all are so far ahead of me -- right, where have I been?

I think I've been living the life instead of reading about it -- too bad not to have done more of both.

It's been great out here reading ahead -- never got to do that in class; and having the time to re-read the tough parts. I remember re-reading so much of Kant in Phil. 101 and STILL not understanding it. At least now I get it. I wonder how undergrads manage. Do you feel that what you are reading reflects your experience, that it helps you with life? From here, this course is the first I've ever attended that seemed actually DESIGNED to relate to (my) life.

But maybe some of that lack is due to the fact that I left after soph year (to attend art school, -- BMC did not do Fine Arts then). People who stayed on got deeper into their studies, bit the bullet and chose majors, followed through. I have only recently learned to follow through -- to start and pursue and complete. I'm sorry I missed the kind of exchange of ideas that goes on in Anne's class, where individual students bring so much experience to the discussion.

And maybe some of it is because there's been a shift in the teaching viewpoint, from lecture to discussion? Does that happen in classes besides this one? If it's not just Anne, -- and maybe it isn't because I think BMC does now have Fine Arts, -- has the curriculum/teaching method kept up with the spirit of feminism that emerged just about when I left, in 1961? Bravo Bryn Mawr, if so (not just praise but recognition of courage!).

Mary Clurman '63