jeremy's plans.

remembering first of all that plans are tiny prayers to father time (what sarah said, deathcab for cutie), i would like to inform you all about what my prayers are.

if you do not know, i am a philosophy and ancient language double major, who dabbles in english. this being the case i am pursuing to study for a year as an oxford undergraduate. while in oxford, i would study philosophy primarily, taking classics as a secondary tutorial, and perhaps a seminar in english or one on philosophy supplementing the primary tutorial.

my reasons for this:

(1) the cost is near equivalent to wheaton (even less, depending on airfare and a few other contingents), but the education is superior. (2) it moves me beyond american culture and into the heart of some philosophical dialogues currently going on. (3) it moves me beyond america. (4) i would have the opportunity to write a short thesis at oxford, directed by an oxford tutor, which would be valuable on its own, but would be even more so, since may be transferrable to wheaton as an honor thesis. (5) it's oxford for goodness's sake. (6) i want to go there for graduate school, and if i develop relationships with the faculty, i might be able to get a few good recommendations within oxford for the application.

so, this is the plan, the prayer. it's lofty, it will be difficult, but i want to push myself. i want to find where i break (i know this sounds self-destructive, and perhaps it is), but life is all about knowing limits.

because of the preceeding, i was wondering if anyone knows german or french, or knows of a good way to learn them, since i will need to be studying primary sources in the original languages. thank you!