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St. John's?
by Jd 19y ago
St. John's?
- yters 19y agoNo, it was at Biola University (private Christian college) with the Torrey Honors Institute. Probably not quite up to par with St John's and the other one (Thomas Aquinas?), since THI only started about 10 or so years ago.
- Jd 19y agoFascinating. Were the THI students segregated from the rest of everyone? Sounds like you enjoyed it? Any criticisms? I suppose it doesn't surprise me that a conservative Christian would offer a Western classics program. Still I am surprised I never heard of it before, especially since it is based on D. Sayers philosophy of teaching (whom I adore). FYI my university's English program followed the reverse track, recently removing Bunyan from the curriculum.
- yters 19y agoWe were segregated in the sense that THI took the place of GE. Otherwise, we were even more involved in campus life, representatively, than the normal students. Plus, we all had normal majors. Yeah, I thought it was an incredible experience, much more interesting and fun than any schooling I'd received before. The professors worked hard to encourage the students to take ownership of their education. In a way, the fact that it is a young program works in its favor, since it hasn't been encrusted by tedious layers of administrative BS. My main criticism is of myself, that I did not take the initiative more and was not brave enough during discussions.
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