My Research Class

In order to do the research I'm involved in, they made me take a research class. "Made" is actually the worse word for this class... because it IS THE COOLEST CLASS EVER.

There are eight undergrad students and a brilliant professor and we sit around a conference room table discussing religion, learning, inquiry, politics... and occasionally research.



The class is informal. The assignments range from General Conference talks to philosophy. The other students are all brilliant and come from many different majors. They are all passionate and opinionated, but respectful... BEST CONVERSATIONS EVER (and you know I love a good conversation)

The professor is absolutely incredible. He expertly weaves the gospel into ever discussion, always inviting us to share our opinions. He wants to learn from us as much as we want to learn from him. His focus is on learning... and he lets the discussion go where it may. Today after a discussion about envy and strife, we ended talking about the Brandon Davies situation and how real, unpredictable situations lead to the best qualitative research available. It was fascinating actually.

I've learned more in this unstructured, small, discussion based class... than some of my semesters combined.

Anyway this class rocks.