“Nothing is Funnier than Unhappiness”: Tragedy and Comedy

“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness – yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world. And we laugh, we laugh, in the beginning. But it’s always the same thing. Yes, it’s like the funny story we have heard too often, we still find it funny, but we don’t laugh any more.”

– Nell in Endgame*, by Samuel Beckett

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“A Little Finger” with Interdisciplinarity

Last class, we took fifteen minutes to walk around the campus and thought about “you act upon the space” and “the space acts upon you.” This outdoor activity is strongly related to “Science and Space” in Interdisciplinarity, and there are also “a space” in Cane, which can be connected to the activity. Continue reading ““A Little Finger” with Interdisciplinarity”

American Education and Interdisciplinarity

Though it might not be completely responded to one of our last readings, Interdisciplinarity, this is what I felt during reading it.

I am often asked by people, “Why are you studying in the United States, rather than studying in your home country?” This is a-piece-of-cake question; I decided to study abroad to the United States because American education uniquely varies from other countries’ educations. Continue reading “American Education and Interdisciplinarity”