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fullofgrace -> college members :) (7/9/2006 11:12:51 PM)

who here is still in college? graduate school? teaching? what year are you? what do you want to do with your degree (if anything)? if you're not in school, what did you go to school for?

what classes are you taking/teaching for summer and fall? :) i'm always curious to see what people are doing...

i'm a sophomore majoring in religion and english lit and possibly minoring in education. i was originally a religion/creative writing major until i realized that liking to write didn't mean liking to have to write stuff on a deadline ;) but i still love english and i want to take cw courses when i can, so i stay a double major in english. i'm vaguely considering adding on a third major in social work...if not to pursue through a degree, then at least to get to take some of the major courses for it. eventually i'd like to teach high school english and college-level religion (or both). i plan to go to graduate school for buddhist studies, through my phd. i also want to do some volunteer work (probably at some point overseas), which is why i decided to toy around with the social work idea...

this summer i'm taking buddhist tradition and gender & society in ancient greece. buddhist tradition is more of an "easy a" course and a prereq for a class i'm taking in the fall, gender & society is because i originally signed up for criminal justice, decided i hated it, happen to enjoy classics courses, and this is the only one i could get into ;) both are a lot of fun, though.

in the fall i'll be taking sanskrit texts in translation (second year sanskrit, basically), buddhist hagiography (mostly tibetan buddhist biographies), race & ethnicity in us history, and nutrition. i also signed up for two university dance courses - ballet and jazz. it's been awhile since i've danced (not since high school) - i quit mostly for physical reasons, but the lack of activity isn't improving my physical health any, and in fact i've gotten worse, so i figure if i'm going to become really decrepit really quickly i might as well be doing something i enjoy while i'm at it ;) so i'm excited about those.



mstrj69 -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:17:24 PM)

Certified public accountant here, occassionally will teach accounting when they need someone to fill in for a teacher.



fullofgrace -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:21:01 PM)

do you enjoy your work/teaching? what do you like/dislike about it? have you ever thought about going back to school for something else? :) 



Lordandmaster -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:21:37 PM)

How did you decide that?

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ORIGINAL: fullofgrace

i plan to go to graduate school for buddhist studies, through my phd.



litleone8620 -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:23:27 PM)

I'm working towards getting my Bachelors in Paralegal, then move on to Law; most likely divorce lawyer.

Not taking any summer classes, but in the fall i'm taking Legal Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, Microeconomics, and Family Law.



fullofgrace -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:27:47 PM)

studying religion - all religions, really - has been a passion of mine since i was very young. i practiced various forms of paganism for several years and got really interested in buddhism about two years ago. now my personal path is a mix of the two, but academically speaking, the scholarly world of tibetan buddhism (which is the tradition of buddhism i am initiated into) fascinates me. i have gotten to know a few grad students in tibetan buddhism through my sanskrit class and elsewhere in the religion department here. i would like to be a part of the anthropological/sociocultural/language-oriented (tibetan is an awesome language, by the way) scholarly movement that's been going on surrounding it. there's just SO much to learn. i'd also like to do some studies of comparative goddess traditions...currently i have practitioner's experience in mostly welsh celtic and tibetan goddess traditions and i recently took a course in hindu goddess traditions. i'd like to pursue that more in an academic setting.

to be honest, one of the big things i find really amusing/interesting is the whole concept of "what non-buddhists want other non-buddhists to know about buddhism" - since maybe half the buddhist studies teachers and students i know or know of aren't buddhist, possibly more.

eh, shut me up, i could talk about this stuff all day, it's my major passion :)

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

How did you decide that?

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ORIGINAL: fullofgrace

i plan to go to graduate school for buddhist studies, through my phd.



fullofgrace -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:28:55 PM)

my mom was a paralegal :) she loved it! what draws you to divorce law in particular?

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ORIGINAL: litleone8620

I'm working towards getting my Bachelors in Paralegal, then move on to Law; most likely divorce lawyer.




Lordandmaster -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:34:12 PM)

raŋ-sems dgoŋs-kai dar-tšug-la
ñams-snaŋ rluŋ-gis bskyod-bskyod-nas


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ORIGINAL: fullofgrace

(tibetan is an awesome language, by the way)



litleone8620 -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:36:06 PM)

My parents are divorced, and i was more interested in what was going on behind the scenes, so to speak, than the actual divorce.

Before that, i was always interested in law, but just hadn't nailed it down to one practice, and going through that time helped me realize that divorce law was was my calling.

I also love school, so some of the classes i take have nothing to do with my major, and more of what i'm just interested in generally.



fullofgrace -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:40:28 PM)

unfortunately i'm still really, really inexperienced in it (and i don't recognize your diacritics very well, but i'm more familiar with the thdl version of extended wylie) so i can't read that too well. i'm working on trying to get one of the teachers here to at least teach a dis in it, or else i'm going to try to get into uva's summer program next summer and then hopefully the program at tibet u in lhasa. i've started working on tournadre's manual of standard tibetan, albeit very slowly (sanskrit, unfortunately, has taken up most of my time for the last year...it's a beautiful language, but an absolute beast to learn).

what led you to learning tibetan? :)

i think my favorite thing about it as a language is, well, besides being a sino-balinese language fitted into an indo-european alphabet (which amuses me to no end) is that it's really lyrical and movement-oriented.



fullofgrace -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:43:50 PM)

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ORIGINAL: litleone8620

I also love school, so some of the classes i take have nothing to do with my major, and more of what i'm just interested in generally.



i do a lot of that as well :) i'd probably be a lifelong college student if i could actually support myself doing it.



Lordandmaster -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:46:24 PM)

I have to use the IPA ang (i.e. "ŋ") for the -ng sound on here because there aren't many fonts with an n-bar.  Otherwise it should be the same.

It's from the epic of Gesar, and means: "The winds of thought disturb the silk banners of the mind."

I know a lot of bizarre shit.

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ORIGINAL: fullofgrace

unfortunately i'm still really, really inexperienced in it (and i don't recognize your diacritics very well, but i'm more familiar with the thdl version of extended wylie) so i can't read that too well.



fullofgrace -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:49:11 PM)

the extended wylie written out looks different (their version of it anyway) but it's much easier to understand now that that ng thing is worked out - i'd never seen that character before, though if you think about it, it makes sense.

what other sorts of bizarre shit do you know, out of curiosity? ;)



Lordandmaster -> RE: college members :) (7/9/2006 11:52:59 PM)

In Wylie, it's:

rang-sems dgongs-kai dar-tshug-la
nyams-snang rlung-gis bskyod-bskyod-nas



litleone8620 -> RE: college members :) (7/10/2006 12:12:15 AM)

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ORIGINAL: fullofgrace

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ORIGINAL: litleone8620

I also love school, so some of the classes i take have nothing to do with my major, and more of what i'm just interested in generally.



i do a lot of that as well :) i'd probably be a lifelong college student if i could actually support myself doing it.



I totally understand that. Usually when i'm here posting, i'm googling random things just for the sake of learning about them.

And i have also recently started to research Buddhism. Do you have any good websites for me?



ViborgHerre -> RE: college members :) (7/10/2006 12:27:23 AM)

Hello

My most dearly bought experience is to take very popular courses the the spring semester if at all possible!

Two reasons; actually the same, but anyhow:
  1.  With start in the fall a lot of people crowd in and together with the good weather outside, this wil make the class unbearable, Then in winter when  a lot fall out and some deceide to study at home, the class is almost empty and thus very cold.
  2.  With start in the spring a lot of people crowd in and together with the cold weather outside, this wil make the class nice and cosy, Then in early summer when a  similar lot fall out and some deceide to study at home, the class is almost empty and thus very cool and nice.

Regads
Peter



fullofgrace -> RE: college members :) (7/10/2006 1:07:49 AM)

http://buddhanet.net/ - decidedly theravadin, but a great basic resource. to be honest with you, i haven't really found any other basic websites i like this much. there is one website that offers awesome study courses that focus on tibetan buddhist texts but it's pretty heavy philosophically (i can post the link here if you want). buddhanet has an overview of all the basic tenets and schools, and a directory of buddhist centers, so you can probably find one in your area :)

a few good books to check out:
"the heart of the buddha's teaching" by thich nhat hanh (he's zen but this book is very nonsectarian as things go)
"old path white clouds" by thich nhat hanh (a nice, gently rewritten version of many different sutras - more like a storybook of the buddha's life, a great book)
"lovingkindness" by sharon salzberg is a good intro to lovingkindness meditation (i have a copy of it i'd be willing to give you, if you want, and i can also just send you some basic info on lovingkindness meditation)
the book that got me interested in buddhism, which is actually the biography of a tibetan nun, is "cave in the snow" by vicki mackenzie. the same nun (anila tenzin palmo) has a book of essays about various aspects of buddhism, called "reflections on a mountain lake," which i recommend.
you may also wish to get a copy of the dhammapada :)

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ORIGINAL: litleone8620

And i have also recently started to research Buddhism. Do you have any good websites for me?




MsSonnetMarwood -> RE: college members :) (7/10/2006 5:02:16 AM)

I went back to college full time last year 3-4 years to go, depending on if I just get a bachelors or hang in there for my Master's..  There's something to be said for going back to college when you're older - I am much more devoted now than when I was 18, and that's reflected in getting straight A's for the year.

I'm studying Hospitality Management - this fall I'll be taking marketing, accounting, convention & meeting planning, travel & tourism, and some basic computer skills class that's a gen ed req.  Next spring will be light with just 3 classes (2 gen eds and a hospitality staff management course), then Fall 2007 I'll be transferring to an all culinary & hospitality management college.  I finished doing my culinary series this past fall, but I expect I'll sneak in another culinary course or two.



enigmabrat -> RE: college members :) (7/10/2006 7:42:35 AM)

Im in school Im on my 4th year of college and about 2 years away from my Masters in education and psycology

-da enigma-



MistressLorelei -> RE: college members :) (7/10/2006 8:31:42 AM)

I am presently seeking my Master's degree in the field of accounting.  My undergraduate is in business, and focuses on law, as I am a paralegal, and had intended to go to law school, but decided to forgo law school and get married instead (big mistake!).

I am almost half way through my accounting program, and once complete, I will be ready to take the CPA exam.  I work well with numbers, but my passion is writing, and I'd love to make a real difference in people's lives so I am beginning to write on the side, and am working on a short story.... a sort of spiritual (non religious) one.

As a paralegal, I have always worked in the area of Family law, and especially enjoyed working for Legal Aid in the Family unit, as helping those who needed it most, but could afford it the least was a very rewarding experience.   

I received my bachelor's degree 10 years ago, and decided to go back to school 2 years ago when I ended my marriage.  I do a lot of work for children's (and their parents') organizations, as working with children, and helping them achieve their full potential is another passion of mine.



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