{"id":4479,"date":"2019-03-17T00:37:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T04:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=4479"},"modified":"2019-03-17T00:37:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T04:37:31","slug":"hannah-a-love-letter-to-non-com-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2019\/03\/17\/hannah-a-love-letter-to-non-com-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah: A Love Letter to Non-COM Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear non-COM classes,<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>It was not love at first sight. At first you seemed like pain in my butt. I came to Boston University to study advertising! Why am I taking history and English and statistics classes? You seemed silly and a waste of my time.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Yet as I got to know you I realized how you made a big impact on my college experience. Let\u2019s start with our first date. I took playwriting as a writing requirement and oh boy, did we have a blast. I got to practice creative writing skills that I can pull out for creative advertising projects. You helped me realize that non-COM classes teach techniques that I can use in my COM classes and COM career. For example, I was able to practice in-depth reading, extensive writing and research.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Our second date was a gender & sexuality class. And guess what? I found a whole new passion! This class made me understand that I can\u2019t be a communicator unless I have something to communicate about. It inspired me to start a sex positivity radio show on WTBU.\u00a0Love Is On The Air\u00a0<\/i>is currently one of my favorite things I do on campus!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>For our third date, I was enchanted by two amazing history classes: one on the Italian Renaissance and one on U.S. History from 1890-1945. Not only did I find my minor, but I learned the pleasure of learning for the sake of learning. Yes, it\u2019s true, I don\u2019t really want a lifetime commitment, since I don\u2019t plan to become a professional historian. But not all of college is about training for a job; it\u2019s about being enlightened by captivating classes like you. Now, wherever I may travel, I can find connections to my history classes and have an overall feeling of understanding and let me tell you, that feeling is beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>So, yes, I have fallen in love with you, non-COM classes. I have moved past my stubborn desire to be exclusively a COM nerd and have become a COLLEGE nerd. I now look forward to my non-COM classes because I know they will help me grow just as much as my COM classes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yours truly,
\nHannah\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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