initial reaction to module 2 syllabus and reading

okay, I think I probably said it here before but never really put this thought into post module survey feedback

I think these modules are designed way academic. I am not sure about everyone's expectation but I did not want to be a Buddhist scholar. I wanted to learn how to talk to everyday people about everyday problem, with Buddhism integrated into the conversation.

The syllabus talked about the "history" of chan, etc..

History again? Maybe just my personal bias, not very interested in history even though I know they are important.

Then the reading.. definitely not for everyday people. It is academic reading. I don't want to be a scholar nor do I want to discuss in theory about Buddhism with anyone.

Based on the syllabus and the reading, this module will be theoretical

Plus the syllabus did not lay out expectations for participants. What will be the assignments? I assume very similar to what we did before. Maybe they will add live web conference this time to spice things up a little. We shall see

module 2 is about to start

time flies and it seemed like it was just yesterday that we finished module 1

today we received an email informing us that module 2 is about to begin next Monday

I like one thing Bil said in this email. He thanked us for "taking the plunge with us on this journey." I thought that was cute and yet appropriate.

I don't plan to do any pre module 2 survey. Let's see if module 2 is getting better than module 1