The Human Condition

The Human Condition is an honors course that often challenged me mentally. The course was a seminar discussion, so every Tuesday and Thursday, we would complete a section of a book or multiple texts and discuss the themes and relevance of the text, truly analyzing if the text is relevant and accurate. Taking a course that was more of a theological/philosophy course was new for me! However, I feel like it was a course that helped me grow more than anything else I've experienced this year. It opened my mind to a new way of thinking and forced me to be more analytical, but also personal and open to a myriad of difficult topics that we deal with on a day-to-day basis: love, freedom, family, religion, education, and more. Pictured above is a visual of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. This was one of our first texts, and the first about education that I was incredibly interested in. Despite the challenging nature of the course, it was texts like those that kept me coming back throughout the semester.

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The very first text we read was an article from a woman named Haunted asking for advice - the article is titled I'm Broke, Friendless, and I've Wasted My Whole Life. As our final assignment, we were asked to write a response to Haunted and use the readings that have been studied throughout the semester. This would be our third essay, but I haven't written a formal and personal essay in a while, so this assignment pushed me far outside of my comfort zone, and I really enjoyed doing it. My showcase is the essay I wrote in response to the article (the article is hyperlinked and I recommend reading that first)! Click the image below to access my essay!

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