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Thursday, December 14
posted by Nguyen
I watched the movie “Accepted” last weekend. If any of you have not seen it, it is a comedy that surrounds the story of a ‘college-rejected’ high school guy. He sets up a fake college to fool his ‘college-is-a-must’ parents. It turns out that this ‘no-faculty,no-facility, no-academic curriculum’ college eventually gets accredited. I enjoyed the movie, especially the way the guy reasoned his way out of the rational education system. I would be really exciting to register for courses such as:
- “Taking a walk and thinking about stuff 225: think about what we want to do with our lives and a stress in the environment.”
- “Do nothing 405”
Nevertheless, some comments revealed a completely distorted sense of college education. As a matter of fact, although the two courses above are not offered, everyone in college does it as a part of their school experience. Mac students learn to better themselves. I understand the feeling of putting your application into the hands of counselors who judge whether you are accepted or not. One thing I can assure you: all Mac counselors feel terrible every time they have to reject any application. They are working hard every day to gather a new group for the class of 2011. Give it your best shot, I wish you all the best.
I am currently a member of the Pluralism & Unity group. We are going to read a book during winter break: Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? The group offers me chance to talk openly with other Macalester members about racism and how we can make a difference. I find it intriguing. I learn about new concepts and social responsibilities that have an impact on the relationship between “myself and others.”
Final exams are coming next week. I cannot believe that I still have not finished my first- year research paper. I plan to get help from the professor and the writing support at the Max center. This is a very important thing to know about college life at Macalester— there are people who really want to help you do a great job and it’s a good thing to go see them. The interesting fact is that events and activities such as dance, theater, sports, and concerts do not hault during exam preparation time. How cool is that!!!
Here’s a typical weekend list of activities: click here
I want to tell you about an experience. I have heard from so many first-year friends saying that Mac is perfect and that everything here is exactly the way they expected it to be. However, there are some students who are still not totally happy. One of these told me how fun his high school was so he decided to fly to other cities where he has friends to hang out for every break. Everyone makes their own individual choice and we don’t know for sure that our college choice will be perfect for the next four years. I miss my high school a lot, too—Auckland International College was great. Every now and then I used to compare Mac to my old school, but I think that does not help, since I have not been here long enough to know as many people. I’ve found that it takes time to find new friends and add them to old friends and that’s what I’m doing at Macalester.
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