DLA 2010 Day 2 by Charles McDaniel

Starting off the day with Philosophy has turned out to be a great choice. It's a nice way to get my mind working early, and it makes all of us think quite a lot. Plus, our teacher, Mr. Scott Henderson, is one of the best teachers I have had here at Drury, be it Summerscape or DLA. He is funny, and knows quite a lot about the subject.

One of the major areas of study so far has been Socrates. One of the things we did early on was to simulate how Socrates would interact with people when they tried to ask him questions, and that was by simply asking, "Why?" Whenever someone states something, you simply respond with "why" over and over again, with the end result either being that you find out something about yourself, which is the desired goal, or you just end up really annoyed, which is what happens most of the time.

My afternoon class might be the most fun class I have taken here at Drury because it combines something I really enjoy, Star Trek, with something that has always interested me, which is physics. We are attempting to find out possible ways for the Star Trek technology to be functional at any point in the future, and how that series has had an effect on current and future technologies.