Classics majors and Classics master's students are the best people in the world to hang out with. I just came back from having dinner with the Classics Society, and I had a wonderful time. Classics majors are an interesting and unique breed. It takes a very motivated and scholastic person to pursue a degree that revolves around the study of Latin and Greek; but it also takes a very laid back person who has a fine disdain for anything so practical as making a living. The result is an interesting crew that is relaxed, witty, extremely intelligent, and the opposite of the type-A rat racers you might find in some other departments. We all do what we do because we love it, and we generally refuse to stress out over the future. Carpe diem is definitely the overall motto of a Classics major, almost to a fault in some. But we sure know how to eat good food and have a good time. I'm having a little indigestion now...but it was worth it...
15 February 2006
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Classics majors and Classics master's students are the best people in the world to hang out with. I just came back from having dinner with the Classics Society, and I had a wonderful time. Classics majors are an interesting and unique breed. It takes a very motivated and scholastic person to pursue a degree that revolves around the study of Latin and Greek; but it also takes a very laid back person who has a fine disdain for anything so practical as making a living. The result is an interesting crew that is relaxed, witty, extremely intelligent, and the opposite of the type-A rat racers you might find in some other departments. We all do what we do because we love it, and we generally refuse to stress out over the future. Carpe diem is definitely the overall motto of a Classics major, almost to a fault in some. But we sure know how to eat good food and have a good time. I'm having a little indigestion now...but it was worth it...
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i feel ya! (if being just a Classics minor qualifies me to comment)
You're definitely one of us. :)
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