It didn't rain today in the afternoon, so we had to run again in PE ;-;
well, I managed to run through the ICU campus and I like running better because we can show up in the class on time than we did when we had swimming:)
Today was again a discussion day!
I've read half way through the Old Man, but today's discussion was difficult for me especially about finding the political view of Hemingway. I'm always interested in politics, but I actually don't have that much knowledge. So it was hard to look for parts which showed or implied about Hemingway's political view. Also when we discussed and started a little debate on various types of interpretations and there were some good interpretations in our group, but I felt my lack of knowledge in history when Tomoaki mentioned something related to war. Rab introduced one way of interpreting, seeing the old man, the sea, and the shark each for countries, it also made me want to study world history of that time again.
Where did all my knowledge go when I used to be jukensei ?!?!
In discussions recently, even in the case I don't come up with an organized opinion, I try to open my mouth, which is the way American students do in class, according to Nisbett. Sometimes I feel my opinion a little bit organized through speaking in the group, and I think that when an argument occurs from those small comments, the discussion can be considered as a succesful one.
Now that I'm finished with my club activity, dinner, shower, and blog post, I'm going to finish reading the Old Man:)
only if I manage to do it before falling asleep....zzZZ
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