Prospective Philosophy Kid.

HEYYY SUCKAAS.
DO NOT DO IT. YOU WILL DIE.
FOR THE LOVE OF BOB DO NOT DO IT!
No, I am one hundred percent kidding.
I must admit though, I walked into this class thinking “oh hay. It’s senior year, philosophy, hey there blow-off”. Then the first day: BAM. I had a reading to do. I was not prepared for that. I was so confused. So for one, do not walk in thinking you can get away with doing nothing. And be prepared for these blogs. I grew to love them. Mostly because I get to ramble because I know only Mr. McCarthy reads them, and no one likes listening to me ramble in the first place. Haha.
Be prepared to actually think. In philosophy there is no right and wrong answer. It is all your perception and really digging deep into the text or movie, or whatever you may be doing. You cannot expect the answer to come and pop out at you, which I admittedly expect sometimes. Sometimes it is really, for lack of better word, trippy. You do not realize you can think that deep, at least I didn’t think I could do that.
Some of the books you read in this class are, woo, interesting. They will not be easy reads; you will actually have to take some time on them, but some of them are actually worth it. I got to say though… I did not like How Soccer Explains the World. Sorry McCarthy. But others, like Malcolm X were actually very intriguing.
The best part of this class though, is McCarthy, not to suck up. He is. He brings a character to this class. An open, flowing discussion can actually take place. It’s nice it’s nice. Gooood luck guysss.