Interesting...

Okay, this may shock some of you, but this week I read the Declaration of Independence through in its entirety for the first time in my life. And what’s really amazing is that I actually understood the events leading up to it. My grade school education was sadly lacking in certain areas, history being one of them. And to be fair, I really didn’t care about history.

I find it interesting how small things connect from one class to the next…classes that seemingly would have no connection at all. For instance, last semester in Sociology, Dr. K was explaining the bourgeoisie. A few days later, that very term was used in Western Civ. I found things that connected from my Sociology class to my Speech class. Things from my Music class last fall connected to things in Western Civ this spring. And now in my Junior English class I understand what the Declaration of Independence was all about.

My boss came into the office yesterday and found me with my nose in my textbook reading. He gleefully giggled (I had told him how horrified I was at my new class) at the fact that I was sitting there reading…that is, if you can associate giggling with him and I think this particular noise could just about qualify. So I told him that I was reading the Declaration of Independence and asked him if he’d ever read it. He said that, no, in fact he had not. I asked him if he understood what the Declaration was all about and he said, no, he really couldn’t say. So I obligingly gave him a quick lecture on history. I don’t know if he wanted to know (probably didn’t) but I decided he needed to know anyway. He figured that he had gotten along fine for thirty-four years without reading the Declaration and didn’t think that he’d need it anytime soon. I sternly told him that without this particular document he wouldn’t enjoy many of the freedoms he has today.

Aren’t I sharing with my education? I didn’t even charge him for the history lesson.

I’m feeling overwhelmed with homework. And so I write…anything but homework.