Culture

Chinese is very different from English and other European languages, and so does take different ways of thinking and learning. Students are usually excited about learning something that is really new for them.

The Astronomy Research Seminar is a one-of-its-kind class – it’s literally “out of this world!” It allows astronomy enthusiasts to work together on a fun project which, unlike in most classes, nobody knew the answer to.

I think that Russian literature is a natural fit for a lot of OHS students especially since 19th century Russians liked to be more upfront in the way that they addressed certain questions of life and death than other European writers were.

Rather than being a mere test of memorization of dates and facts, R&R focuses more on understanding the events and how they relate to each other. What you learn sticks with you, which is invaluable. 

It may seem overwhelming at first, but take the time to learn the expectations and take advantage of the resources you have. I look back on my writing before the class and the difference is huge!

In all of the English courses that come before MWA, you spend most of your time on textual analysis and looking at meaningful details in the text. In MWA, you have to get used to making arguments about the author’s choices, and asking: why does the author construct the text in this way?

HSC is a core class takes a subject everyone is familiar with — science — and examines it from a new angle. I learned a lot about different ways I could view the world, and beliefs I didn't know I had, from this course.

I really loved getting to explore physics, chemistry, and biology in this course. I especially enjoyed the labs, which forced me to push myself to use my understanding of the material to reach my own scientific conclusions.

I like physics because it’s really interesting how a few universal, relatively simple laws can be applied in many different ways and allow us to understand all sorts of complicated situations.

The thing I enjoyed most in this course was that my teacher was very engaging and the bulk of the discussion sections involved solving problems on the whiteboard.

Human nature isn't something that cleanly fits into the field of science, history, government, or English; it's everything. I really enjoyed pushing myself to think harder about what characterizes a human, especially in class discussions.

My favorite thing about the course was being able to take music that I played and listened to and analyze it. We often pulled excerpts from common classical music and we would apply whatever lesson we were on to that particular piece.

This was probably the most rewarding class I have ever taken: the way TAA combines history, art, close reading, and many genres of writing makes every text much more complex. I learned to appreciate many texts that I otherwise would never have had the chance to read.

History is so fundamental to who America is as a country and a people, and Dr. Sletcher, with his incredibly rich understanding of and appreciation for our history, made the course so much more than worthwhile.