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12-09-2009 02:05 PM |
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Originally Posted by thetygerlily
(Post 1873407)
I've often thought about this on a grander scale, of how different rituals reflect the times they were created. Even those from the 18th and 19th centuries would vary, I'd think, to reflect the "current" issues (not to mention founder & campus personalities). I've seen some from the early-mid 1800s and others from the mid-late 1800s, and to me they have a slightly different in focus. Most come back to Greek ideals (duh, it's a GLO) and appreciation for learning (also duh, they're in college) in some way- but the approach changes. Admitedly a low sample size and male vs. female, but it's absolutely fascinating.
I did have a class on mythology in high school, called "Humanities" (nice broad term don't you think?). Only 30 of 2500 students took it a year, so I'm pretty sure I was in the minority with that one. We also had a Latin program but it was being phased out to some extent. My college had a strong but small classics program, several of my sisters were involved there and "helped" us on pronunciation and the like :)
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A bit off-topic....
Freshman year, i took a class in Greek Mythology and History - it covered theater, literature and art. (I was a theater major at the time then changed to English).
I didn't study Greek Language, but the "Art and Thought of Classical Greece" class was one of my favorite, most informative, interesting and intellectually fulfilling class that I have ever taken. It gave me so much perspective on ancient and more recent (middle ages and later) lit, art and theater to know the origins of the modern versions we interact with today.
I had already studied Latin my first two years of High school, as well as English, American and World lit, as well as 4 years of Spanish in HS. Those classes, in my opinion, were what "higher learning" was all about. As I progressed through my Major, I felt privileged to be able to spend my days reading and learning about something that a lot of people felt was trifling or lacking any "real" skills in the real world. Learning can be such a luxury! |
