Harry Potter and Philosopher's Class?

[Kiara Johnson]

The Spectator reports:.

Members of SU's Philosophy Department quickly set about revamping their entire curriculum as of Friday, dropping all western philosophy courses in favor of exploratory sections on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The decision, most professors say, comes as a slap in the face to thousands of years in Western Civilization philosophical thought.

"Look, it just made sense," Dr. Minnie Escargot, Chair of the Philosophy Department, said.

"You got Sartre, Plato and Nietzsche on one hand, and Hermione, Ron and Harry on the other. Now, students will benefit from a less Muggle-influenced mode of thinking."

Escargot said she and other professors initially saw the benefits of the books when she discussed using them as an analogy in their Philosophy 110 course. In a desperate bid to get students engaged in a lecture on "The Republic," she related the situation of orphans in ancient Greece trained to be philosopher kings to that of Harry, a young orphan boy training to be a wizard.

"Eventually we began to see so many parallels in Rowling's juggernaut franchise to that of our curriculum that we thought, 'Hell, why not just toss out the whole d**n thing and start over with something kids can relate to?'"

Most incoming freshmen said they are happy with the change, to take effect next academic year.

"So much of the stuff this year was blah blah, existentialism, blah blah, something about a Cave, and me saying 'Oops, I missed that cuz I was asleep'" Trevor Georgia, a freshmen philosophy major said. Georgia and his peers look forward to the new courses on the novels, and hope to put the ideas into real world application.

"Everyone knows well enough to stay away from Dementors," he said, "But now, we can put our hands to our chins, look up at the clouds, and ask, 'Stay away from Dementors,why

[brian]

OMG OMG OMG LOLOLOLOL

[Em]

HAHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOLOLOL

[Kiara Johnson]

ya, I thought it was cool

[brian]

Harry Potter Text Books...

[Fawkes]

Thats cool! ;D

[brian]

yeah, but it's a little extreme, I mean, classes on it?

[Em]

well that confused me but very funny ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D