not just readings, essays, labs, lectures and mugging. this is what a university education should be about. easily e best week ive had as an undergrad.
on Monday,
discussed an arty-farty term called mise-en-scène and talked about Barton Fink, Talk to Her and Cache, three critically acclaimed films.
visited Dr Genaro Castro-Vazquez of Sociology department and listened to him talk about knowledge, power and discourse. and of course Foucault.
on Tuesday,
watched and studied film masterpiece Chungking Express in tutorial.
looked at e highly controversial Stanford prison study, a two-week experiment cut after six days due to ethical concerns.
took an essay-based test on Marx, Weber and Durkheim, e 'holy trinity' of Sociology.
on Wednesday,
looked at how the government resettled the villagers of Lim Chu Kang for e sake of "nation-building" in independent documentary Diminishing Memories.
had lecture on food journalism, and individually reviewed a sour-sweet chew and a slice of garlic biscuit.
on Thursday,
had our tutorial at ntu's palette cafe to review e place's breakfast.
given an Oscar sheet to predict e winners this month, for extra credits.
on Friday,
listened to Michael Corbidge read us a children story.
performed children drama.
wrote a piece of children fiction.
let's remember it. e week of 16th to 20th February 2009.
viva la vida.
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