About me! 'About me' has become quite the noun these days. I sort of like it. I also like 'blog' as a verb. So right now I think I'll blog an about me.
All right so here's the thing. High school? That happened in Ohio and thankfully ended in '06. I was a guileless little girl, and all I wanted for Christmas was 'education for education's sake.' Well really I guess I wanted that by early autumn at the latest, but yeah Christmas too. To get my early Christmas present I had to ride 22 hours in a Volvo in order to end up in New Mexico––where I started out my college career at St John's College. Aaaand I loved it. So much. My first class sent me into academic euphoria, and I knew that great books and seminars could never be surpassed in the my-favorite-way-of-learning race.
Your line? "umm... What are you doing at Shimer?" Oh. Right. Okay so here's the thing. I may have been in this tiny little relationship thingy... with someone in Ohio. And then I read some Aristotle on friendship... Long story short I decided I didn't want to be a million miles away.
I transferred to a liberal arts college in the heart of it all. Antioch College. Except for it decided to close. Yes. The college. Closed. I had transferred to a college from which I was then forced to transfer. Nice.
Good thing though! Because even after finding out about Shimer? Even after this enticing little article tempting me to go back to great books? I would have stayed at Antioch just to avoid transferring again. Luckily, that didn't happen. Great Books!
(Also: If they aren't lying to us and prospective Shimer students are actually reading this? I can totally answer 'difference between St John's and Shimer' questions. Had I known about Shimer when choosing a college, I would've had them. Questions I mean. But I'm sweet like that. Maybe you people just don't even have questions. Maybe you're just not sweet like that.)
So... what are the differences between St John's and Shimer?
See, I'm sweet like that, too.
Posted by: JGarnett | October 31, 2009 at 07:32 PM
JGarnett, sir. got some sweet questions? want some sweet answers? need a pen pal? c.smith@shimer.edu
Posted by: Christin | November 11, 2009 at 04:00 PM