I’d like to give a HUGE shoutout to my homie g, Faithy-Poo!
Last quarter I took a class, Ethics in Society, to fulfill my ethics core credit. I was not thrilled to take this class for two reasons:
- It was a MWF 8:00AM class.
- It was a MWF 8:00AM ethics class.
I am not gonna lie though…it was rough for me to make it to all those class, and I am not upset that it is over. However, it was to my surprise that I actually ended up really enjoying the class. My sweet, old professor with his Boston accent, William Parent, somehow always got me interested in the conversation topics. I personally thought he truly did his best to respect, yet challenge everyone’s views in the class. Because I grew to so particularly found of him and his class, I suggested to both my suite-mates to take his class, and they are!
One of my suite-mate’s, Faith (aka Faithy-Poo), is also in my CTW with me. As previously stated that I have formally taken the ethics class she refers to in her blog post, Morals: Ethics, I found her post to be very #relatable. She discusses that she is a bit apprehensive about having to present to her class on the topic of abortion, and I don’t really blame her for it. My presentation topic was about if homosexuality is moral or immoral… so you can imagine the uneasiness I also had because of the political environment I am surrounded by here at SCU. Despite my worries, my partner and I ended up doing very well to respectably facilitate a class discussion, and also to be extremely courteous of all the opinions of our peers.
However, I was very jealous of Faith as she explained that she is able to utilize the research skills we have learned in our CTW class when she does her research for her ethics project. I especially appreciated when she pointed out and linked the two classes together when she observed that “…in having to show both sides of the argument, I am reminded of this class and the use of the naysayer from fall quarter,” and also when she meantions, “I am reminded of a blurb I read in Lynèe Lewis Gaillet’s article, Archival Survival: Navigating Historical Research in which she claims, ‘the relationship between the researcher and subject is often problematic and needs to be addressed. The researcher’s interests, prejudices, selection of subject matter, research questions, and biases inform and guide the research, and the researcher should inform readers of these factors up front’” (36).
I can’t help but agree with her that it is extremely important to inform one’s audience as to where she stands to give her audience credibility and not to confuse them. With that being said, I truly resonate with Faith about worrying about the class, but also am happy that she is becoming more confident with this class, just as I did.
