Goddess in World Religion 12:15-1:45

i go to nassau and take this course... it is not supposed to be funny, but it is. while i think my teacher seems to be a very nice woman, she is extremely hard to understand. she is indian and has an indian accent yet she was raised in canada? and she lives in the US? well she can be very hard to understand, and her handwriting sucks. some kid thought that when she wrote "indian," it said "guardian." now, in this lovely class, we all discuss "goddesses" and their role in religion, philosophy, etcetera. however, for homework we have to read such an annoying book i want to scream. it is called LONGING FOR DARKNESS by CHINA GALLAND. dont read it. you'll want to gauge your eyes out. i'm serious. this book is about some lady named CHINA (wtf) who goes on a pilgrimage for self discovery in the 1970's. this is a TRUE STORY. ok? so china leaves her kids and runs away to study buddhism (i think.) and discover herself. bc she can't do this at home, she just cant.

everyone in our class has different opinions. is she being a bad mom? is she bettering herself as a person and therefore as a mother? is she just retarded?

i dont know... but i'll tell you what IS retarded...

teacher: WELL, WHEN BUDDHA WAS ALIVE...-

1/2 guys in the room: WAIT- BUDDHA WAS REAL?

teacher:YES...

guy:HOW CAN HE BE REAL? BUDDHA IS ALWAYS BLUE OR SOMETHING. I'VE NEVER SEEN A BLUE PERSON

teacher: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

guy: ON THE BACK OF THE BOOK!! WHEN I BOUGHT IT, I SHOWED IT TO MY SISTER AND SAID, "OMG LOOK BUDDHA IS BLUE... UH, GREEN.."

teacher: THAT IS THE GREEN TARA! (some goddess that is like the whole POINT of the book we are reading)

guy: WHO?

yeah so as you can see this is a very entertaining and educating class.

+its always nice to have arianna sitting next to you, making up parodies of jesse mccartney songs... "china galland, i'm leavin'"