Welcome to my English 2000 Website! I am Jackye, a sophomore at Louisiana State University, home of the 1958, 2003, and 2007 Football National Champion Fighting Tigers. In addition to being a huge LSU fan (since birth, of course), I am a Construction Management major from New Orleans, LA, interested in residential and light commercial renovations and new construction.
Why did I create this website, you ask? Well, you see, I am enrolled in English 2000. Obviously, right? That's the title of the page. Anyway, English 2000 at LSU is a writing course, this specific section focuses on "Citizens in Time." Without all of the technical terms, we read influential, historical texts (or what our teacher has decided are such), attempt to understand and interpret them, then write about them. Since this is a writing class, the idea is to better our analytical and interpretive skills, as well as improve our persuasive talents by incorporating quotes and evidence into our arguments tactfully, of course. Because this class has so much to do with the evolution of the citizen in a political realm, which includes aspects of ethics, purpose, order (this list can go on), it is linked to Political Science 1001, which studies the fundamental issues of politics. This link between the humanities and the sciences is somewhat of an experiment, for this is the first semester the adjoined classes have been offered at LSU (Spring 2008).
So, am I going to just babble on about my personal and academic life without educating you? No, and I apologize for not getting to the point sooner. In both classes, we are attempting to draw a conclusion and formulate an answer to the question, "What does it mean to be a human being living in society?" With this website, I intend to allow you to learn the basics of what I have learned in my classes, as well as learn a bit about me through my own, individual interpretations of our assignments/readings and my unique techniques of presenting you with my conclusions.
Before I begin enlightening you, you should start to ponder the questions I considered before I embarked on my studies. Put your thinking caps on, and let's get on with it, already!
Who are you?
What is your purpose, personally?
Who are we as a whole?
What is our purpose as mankind?
How do we fulfill our purpose?
What is right?
What is wrong?
What is good?
What is bad?
What determines the difference between these extreme opposites?
Who says what we should and shouldn't do?
What is order?
How is order achieved?
What is happiness?
When are we happy?
Are we ever happy?
What makes us happy?