This is my second post ever.

Our first real paper is coming up soon for the freshman cohort. It’s quite terrifying.  I’m very gradually learning how to become a better thinker and writer, but it’s a very tough process. I got passing grades on my first two presentations though, and that was relieving! The work isn’t easy- it’s a lot of reading and thinking about things that are WAY over my head, and it’s very humbling. So far everyone’s been so willing to help, not just my cohort but the older THC students as well- they’re so encouraging and always seem to be willing to reach out and offer us advice (and we desperately need it- or at least, I do). 

The “Allegory of the Cave,” from Plato’s Republic, is definitely my favorite thing we’ve read so far. I’ve taken great pleasure in a lot of the things we’ve read though- it was hard to pick a favorite. I love how there’s always some point in our class discussions when we must connect the conversation to God. Sometimes things start looking pretty bleak. But then we’re reminded of this huge, unfathomable Being who created out of His abundance of love and who redeemed us when we were corrupted. We talk about weighty, complicated things in those classes. It feels like by going to class I dive deeper and deeper into meditations on God. My classes in high school never felt so heavy, so weighted down with significance.