Aristotle then what I have been up to:

Alright, so I said I would talk about that quote some more. I basically want to point out an interesting aspect of it, how Aristotle seems to value a moderation in life that we no longer see in our society. Those who are celebrated rarely show the moderation that ought to be celebrated. Maybe this is an aspect of a more meritorious society or perhaps it has to do with a market economy. Regardless, of the cause, this should be something taken to heart. Though I doubt I will listen to it, it’s a good thing to remember and keep in mind.

With that said, I think I am going to just review how Chicago has been, the classes I am taking, and then go to sleep. So this weekend has, by far, been the best weekend at Chicago. The weather becomes so nice, the campus so much more social. People are happy. We just had ScavHunt, which is by far the greatest tradition ever. What happens is that a list of challenges is created by a panel of judges and then each dorm attempts to accrue the highest number of points by fulfilling all of the challenges. Sounds pretty dull and clichéd doesn't it? Well it isn't at all; the challenges are awesome and sometimes just gross. For example, the two most scandalous of the past two years have been: get circumcised and eat your umbilical cord. Both were fulfilled by a number of teams. Crazy. But the other challenges involve writing an epsilon-delta proof proving that your milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and filming the prequel to too fast too furious, entitled, not fast enough, not quite furious enough. The list goes on and on. But the best part was the entertainment provided on the quads, with each team throwing competing parties, complete with pretty damn good live music. It was a great time.

So then those pesky classes. The best class I am in is my Humanities course which I have taken as a year long sequence. This quarter we are focusing on the birth of historiography and it was has really been fascinating. The readings have been so interesting, ranging from Livy to Plutarch to Caesar to Tacitus. All have been really intriguing and everyone in the class is so intelligent and the class discussion is amazing. My second most interesting class is my Economics class, which is the first "real" economics class I am taking, meaning it is the first quantitative economics class. It is pretty intense, mostly multivariable calculus, which I did not know until I entered the class, but it is really amazing how a mathematical model of human behavior is constructed. Very interesting. The third interesting class is my third quarter of Calculus. It is not that difficult, but my professor is great and calculus is important stuff. Last, my not so great class is Core Biology. I have to take this course; it is just an introduction to biology class. It is boring, I learn nothing, and they make us write an essay. All in all it is a waste of my time. Though when I studied for the midterm, the stuff I taught myself was really interesting.

So those are my classes. Sorry if this was a lousy post. Hopefully some interesting news will come up soon. Or maybe I will write something comparing Tom DeLay to Lyndon Johnson, that would be interesting, though I do not know enough about Tom DeLay the person, I only know his politics. But at any rate. Adios.

-Mr. Alec