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Welcome back to my Box of Chocolates!
Today I’d like to discuss the Finger Lakes Community College
Honor’s House. Not many people seem to know this part of the college exists and
I personally believe that is a crying shame! This place has become something of
a second home to me. If I could I would take every single class there. I have
created many memories at the Honor’s House and this past week has been quite
exciting there for me.
This semester I am taking three classes at the Honor’s House. I am
taking American Literature 1865-Present, Literary Magazine Publishing and
Harry’s Heroes.
Now the first two probably do not need much explaining, but for
contexts sake I’ll let you know what Harry’s Heroes is about. Harry’s Heroes is
an Honors class that focuses on young adult novels such as Harry Potter and the
Sorcerers Stone, The Hobbit, A Wrinkle in time etc. For someone who loves young
adult novels and plans on becoming an author one day this class is beyond
exciting and thoroughly though-provoking. If they ever offer it again – and I
pray they do – I highly suggest taking it if you are an FLCC student.
However, I digress. The Honor’s House is a wonderful place. It
offers classes that will challenge those of you who would like to be
challenged. It is a place of acceptance and growth. Coming from someone with a
variety of raging anxiety and panic disorders I hope you will believe me when I
say, I have never felt more accepted and confident anywhere else.
This building offers staff who are passionate about what they do and teach. They genuinely want the
students to thrive. The Professors encourage free thought and exploration. They
are open to all opinions and questions. The feedback they give you is
thoughtful, genuine, and is meant to help you grow and believe me you will
grow.
Everyday I walk into that building excited for new adventures
and experiences. I walk in content in the knowledge that no one will judge me
there. I enter knowing that this is the place
for the passionate, that this is the home for those that will never be quenched
of their thirst for knowledge, for those of us who desire growth. I find great
pride in these facts as well as vast comfort in the community of the Honor’s
House.
As for my week at the Honor’s House…
I’ve had the great honor of joining a literary community, in
helping this community grow and thrive through my work in Literary Magazine
Publishing. In this class I’ve had the chance to be a part of a real team and it has been one of the
coolest experiences ever thus far.
In American Literature 1865-Present I had the chance to debate
with the class over the effectiveness of The
Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman as a piece of psychological
realism. I was confident in my opinion, my class heard and understood me. They
encouraged my view points while simultaneously challenging them. Every minute
of that class I had my perceptions of stories and what it means to write in the
realistic mode shattered over and over and over again, until they were
inevitably rebuilt on sounder knowledge and stronger convictions.
In Harry’s Heroes I was able to hear the opinions of my
classmates as I discussed what I would like to do for my final project. I was
granted the feeling of acceptance and warmth at watching their faces light up
with interest and excitement at my idea. The idea being to compare and contrast
the archetypes of each of the Harry Potter novels and watch how they evolve.
So yeah it was a pretty great week for me. However, it is always
a pretty great week at the Honor’s House!
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