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Post by Cat on Jan 17, 2008 1:25:51 GMT -5
Sorry if this seems too private ... I'm just bored out of my mind and procrastinating from writing a comparison/contrast outline.  College is in plain sight for most of us (or it's already passed). So I'm wondering, what do YOU look for in a college or university? If I can heighten my ACT and SAT scores, I'm going to apply early (not for anyone to misinterpret what I say; I'm only a junior, but I'm going to finish high school lol). So maybe I'm a bit paranoid. Hehe. Tell me your thoughts on college and what to look out for! ;D |
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Post by flamefoxrose on Jan 18, 2008 17:03:54 GMT -5
I'd like to have a college either close to my grandparents or my aunt, but I'd also like it to have a good falculty and corses on Japanese language/kanji and a good psycology/phylosophy class, maybe a extra ciricular swimming team.
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Post by Cat on Jan 19, 2008 21:30:35 GMT -5
psychology/philosophy courses?  lol those are totally different (unless you get technical and look at some similarities ... in which case... hmmm ... i guess they could be related). do you like both? i loooove philosophy, but psychology isn't something that would interest me. Ehhhh. Location. I would like to be close to my grandparents, but I could really care less about being close to my parents. I love my state, as boring as it may be, & I also love my parents, but I cannot *wait* to get out of this house. |
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Post by flamefoxrose on Jan 20, 2008 14:30:24 GMT -5
Yes I like both. Philosophy has always been my thing(Must be 'cuz I'm Sagittarious, lol.), and Psychology is very......... intresting.
Lol, well that makes two of us, however I have a wide world view and I'd like to not be thrown into the vast jungle of society just yet. Besides, I've heard the tigers are vicious out there.
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Post by Cat on Jan 20, 2008 21:16:38 GMT -5
so what philosophies do you like?
Psychology is too iffy for my tastes. :/ I'm doing my research paper on Edgar Cayce...and about how he was wrong. ^^' So that's my example.
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Post by flamefoxrose on Jan 21, 2008 18:40:43 GMT -5
It's hard to pin point a few when I've yet learned as many as I will. I like those that focas on time, not what will happen, or has happened, but time itself, I also like the "If you kill a butterfly in the past" philosophy it's intresting.
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Post by Cat on Jan 22, 2008 1:24:37 GMT -5
Oh! Well check out the Greek philosophers first.
~Thales: "Know thyself."
~Heraclitus: "Change is constant ... No one can step in a river twice."
~Socrates: ...XD Don't get me started on ol' Socrates.
~Plato: ...or Socrates' student. Just look up "The Cave".
~Aristotle: "A friend is another self."
etc.
I've only had a taste of philosophy, but next year I'm studying a full year of ancient philosophy. It should be very rewarding. =) It's cool that you're interested!
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Post by flamefoxrose on Jan 22, 2008 19:21:56 GMT -5
"To thyne own self be true" Is my mother's favorite quote.
I know most of what you've listed already. I love Philosophy.
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Post by Cat on Jan 24, 2008 1:17:36 GMT -5
Who's your favorite Greek philosopher? I love Parmenides, but he's only a taste of the later stuff. =D Hmm, and Xenophanes has some very interesting concepts for an early Greek...not the best poetry, though. ^^'
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Post by flamefoxrose on Jan 24, 2008 20:43:32 GMT -5
Can't pinpoint one exactly, my tastes differ to much and are constantly contridicting themselves.
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Post by Cat on Jan 27, 2008 1:29:23 GMT -5
oh, same here, lol.
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Post by flamefoxrose on Jan 27, 2008 10:06:06 GMT -5
Nice to find a kindred person of the philosophy persuasion.
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Post by Cat on Jan 28, 2008 1:01:54 GMT -5
well technically everyone has his own philosophy, he just not might know what to call it. *feeling philosophical*
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Post by flamefoxrose on Jan 28, 2008 8:27:41 GMT -5
True enough, but people are aloud to share similar ideals and philosophies.
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Post by Cat on Jan 28, 2008 21:38:09 GMT -5
oh, they can overlap, but since no one person is alike, all philosophies & thoughts are different.
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lol those are totally different (unless you get technical and look at some similarities ... in which case... hmmm ... i guess they could be related). do you like both? i loooove philosophy, but psychology isn't something that would interest me.