Postby Dante » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:27 pm
Mine used to be Summerhaven near Tuscon AZ (it used to be so beautiful up on top of that mountain! perfect temperature bright green trees and clumps of red lady-bugs and SNOW!!! yeah.) But then a wildfire burnt the whole area down along with my childhood idea. But as I grow older, my ideas become more imaginative, instead of a simple single level house I want to live on a university, prefferably of my own creation. It would be very different from modern universities, it would have no majors that are generally taken for money earning purposes (such as the bussiness or management degrees) but only majors in subjects such as math, science, writing, philosophy, history, as well as new majors in creativity and wisdom (two majors deeply missing in this nation). Classes could be taught in the open air or inside, with the archetectual design being based of the greeks. And the entire campus would be one giant garden with brick and cobblestone pathways instead of concrete streets with cars and noises. It would have one huge library with a huge collection of books and the eatery would be replaced with a giant facility where student could study with windows looking out towards a picturesque scene of mountains, valley and rivers (The University would be nestled in a mountainous region). There would also be a massive chapel lively placed in the center of the University with both rooms filled with glowing stained glass windows and iconography and blank walled rooms, (whichever floats your spiritual boat) where students could consider the great beyond and worship the Lord our God. Further more, I would have no grades issued, or degrees here and no time demands or actual scheduales. The atmosphere would be designed to inspire peace, kindness, a fascination for learning and creativity. Tuition would not exist and food would be gained from robots that harvested it from our local land. The only requirement for continued attendance would be a deep continued desire to learn more. Loud parties, drugs, s-- (unless its a married couple attending), alchohol and the driving of cars would be strictly forbidden. Loud arguments would be forbidden but instead people would be encouraged to argue through use of their normal voice or even better, through reports! Here I could research, study, philosophize and teach in peace and joy bringing the fruits of knowledge to others... Of course it will never exist because governments love honking car, money making majors, money making use of sinful activities, grades and degrees (so that employers can be lazy and not judge the person on personal experience but only off a piece of paper). Well, there you have it you not only have my perfect idea of a place to live but also my favorite idea of a university.
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