Blog Ten

We have only been in school for about a month now, but so far the school year doesn't seem much different from previous years at HTHMA. The only thing that "stands out" is the actual mix of people in class, which is interestingly different from last year.

What stands out to me about my humanities is the amount of freedom we have. Right from the start, with the American Icons project, we had the opportunity to chose a topic that we thought was important for our writing. The next project seems like something that we will be able to put a lot of our own ideas in as well.

I've been reading Trainspotting, which has "made me think" (I guess). If you don't already know, a good portion of Trainspotting centers around a group of friends dealing with heroin addiction. Since I am not addicted to heroin or any psychoactive substances, I obviously would not have that type of understanding and perspective. But the gross, dark, weird stories inside Trainspotting make me think about the view on life that someone addicted to heroin has.