history's cool, man The class I'm enjoying the most so far this semester is my 20th Century World history class. It is taught by Dr. Michael Childs, and although I think history has the potential to be fairly dry, this professor makes it interesting (I can't help but compare him to Professor Manore who teaches my other history class; she isn't quite so effective at keeping my attention...).

In much the same way I "discovered" a new interest in politics last semester, I believe that history is another area that held very little interest for me when I was 20, but now I just find it fascinating. I mean, we're learning about colonisation, industrialisation, liberalism, nationaliam, World War 1, the Russian Revolution - and these are surprisingly interesting to me. All of the historical references I've heard thoughout my life, which I might have had a vague knowledge of but never really knew what their significance was - all of a sudden I understand and it all makes sense. Truly fascinating. I really can't wait to learn more (dork!).  | ¶ 9:29 p.m.