2016 Class Update

Over the past two weeks, the class has been reading Letters Left Unsent by author J. In preparation for class we answered a list of questions to begin thinking about the information in the book, and how it applies to us as individuals, and more importantly to the Periclean Scholars program. One action point that came out of this discussion was to learn more about non-western aid, because all of the books we’ve read and projects we’ve studied have come from western-minded people. The most important portion of the talk was discussing how we could use the advice and knowledge that J. offers on international aid to be smart about making decisions for our future goals.

This week we also decided which committees would remain in place this semester, and what the best way is to keep abreast of all of the long term and more immediate work for the class. We finalized the decision to have three umbrella committees: the money committee, events committee, and steering committee. The money committee will include both the former finance and fundraising committees. The events committee will split up into task forces for specific events when the need arises. The steering committee remains the same, with two representatives of the class acting as liaisons between the pan-Periclean steering committee and the class. This new structure, which we decided was best for this semester, will help us more efficiently use our time, and maximize class time.

An important part of the new syllabus revisions is the idea of accountability partners or groups within the class. This will give us more ownership over our work and help us hold each other to high standards academically and otherwise in our work. An example of how we plan to implement this is having discussion groups for books and other academic work to share perspectives readings and documentaries.

Our last big discussion for the week also related to the syllabus and how we plan to structure it this semester. It was decided that we would keep a similar syllabus to the past semester, updating the goals and objectives, expectations of the students, those not enrolled in the class, and those studying abroad. Overall it was a very productive week, and we made some important decisions on how we are going to organize ourselves this semester.

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