modern students, old language

[lauradi7dw]

I really need to get over preconceptions. I don't know exactly what I was expecting in terms of classmates for the Old English class, but I was briefly startled when they looked just like any other class at UML - guys with baseball caps, women with flip-flops, someone with a skateboard, and the guy across the aisle whose first language was Hebrew had a large guitar case with him. There are various skin colors, a variety of people whose first language wasn't English, a number of people not majoring in English (the guy to my left is majoring in Criminal Justice, for example). The class is full and there is a waiting list. I still don't have a schedule for my clinical practicum time, but hope to know by tonight or tomorrow. I've agreed with the English teacher that if I can't make it to all the classes because of a scheduling conflict, she'll let me sit in, but that I won't be able to take it for credit. Seems fair to me.

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[calygrey.livejournal.com]

Lowell has a class in Old Engish????? Oh my gosh. I want. I will definitely look into taking that sometime.

[lauradi7.livejournal.com]

Offered in the fall only.
42.315
Course ID: 30353

Students will acquire reading knowledge of the Old English language, spending half the semester mastering grammar and vocabulary, and the second half translating texts such as The Wanderer, Dream of the Rood, and Beowulf. Attention will also be given to Anglo-Saxon culture.
Credits: 3
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II