How I Pick Sociology Modules
Why take Sociology if you don’t exercise your agency? 4 factors at play: Timetable, Assessment, Curriculum, Self-Development.
Tagged: Sociology
Studying: For Learning or For Grades?
[context: social sciences] The model answer, of course, is learning. But maybe the zealous in us needs a little taming. Could it be wiser to actually study for grades? Tutorial Struggles Last tutorial left me rather rattled. The class was ending with a question on the difference between theory and...
Sociology vs Political Science: Why I Picked The Former
“I always thought you were going to do Political Science.” So it seemed, to many around me. (It must have been my acute interest in the 2008 US presidential elections.) It’s clear by now that I’m opting for Sociology. Yet the truth is, Political Science had never once been my...
After-Effects of NS (for an FASS student)
I view my life in 6-month increments. 1st half, 2nd half. I find it a useful medium-term outlook, to make plans and work on them. Maybe it’s the conditioning of a dozen years of school. Perhaps it speaks to the larger constraints of working society. Nonetheless, I find it functional...
