Lectures I Love


            One lecture throughout the semester that I really enjoyed was our lecture about transcendentalism. Along with the remarkable discussions and lessons we were taught about transcendentalism, the setting in which we had this lecture was beautiful. We all sat outside next to the water fountain located in the center of Farmingdale State College. The beautiful weather and chirping of birds really did fit in orchestra with the idea of transcendentalism. Transcendentalists are content, loving, accepting, and grateful. We also discussed the differences between artificial and natural beauty. This is a lecture I will never forget about as we all learned so much and had the privilege to write about it in a published writing piece shortly after.

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