July 27, 2007
· Filed under Rants, school
As salaamu alaikum!
I decided to write a new post since I haven’t posted in a long time. Not much is up with me. I’m enjoying the summer by reading and spending too much time on the internet (as usual). With WhyIslam, Islam in View, and Yu-Na Kim Forum (did I mention that I run a board dedicated to her? She’s an awesome figure skater), my online time is pretty tied up and I have little time to go to other sites. Outside of the internet, I have decided to read some novels. I’m currently reading a novel about an orphaned boy during the Muslim-Hindu riots in Bombay in 1993 titled Konhunsha. I like it so far. The protagonist is so innocent and yet so full of and observant about life.
I dropped one of my summer classes. Logic was such a headache. Ughhh! I couldn’t take it. I know I should have stuck it out but what would that have accomplished? An F on my transcript! Yeah, it was that bad. Most people in my class were so lost. Maybe it was the subject, maybe it was the professor. All I know is that I couldn’t stay in that class. So now I have to figure out which class to take to fulfill my math requirement. I don’t quite understand why I have to fulfill a math requirement since I will never go into a field that requires it. Why can’t all colleges be like Amherst and not have those stupid general education requirements that will not help you in your major or life?
Also, this summer, I left my masjid along with my husband. It was for the best honestly. We had basically stopped attending that masjid for jumaah. We attend other masajid in the area now for jumaah, which I like. I have heard that is the Sunnah but I’ve never read that and I’m not quite sure how that could be the Sunnah since the Masjid-un-Nabi was the center of the Muslim community. But hey, I guess it’s not a big deal. In addition, we had stopped teaching classes there because no one was showing most of the time and when a student or two did, they were always late. It’s like no one took it seriously. That was actually frustrating because I loved madressa (we were teaching a madressa) as kid. Even when I didn’t want to go, my umm made me go and I thank her for it. I feel like some Muslims don’t realize how important Islamic learning is for their children. Then they wonder why their children stray when they get older. I just hope that eventually a madressa will be started at that masjid and that a focus on Islamic learning will be stressed.
To end on a positive note, I’m going to Philly in August to visit family and attend a friend’s walimah. Yea! I miss Philly so much! I can’t wait to go home.
Until next time.
Ma’a salaama,
MM 
July 27, 2007
· Filed under Rants, school
As salaamu alaikum!
I decided to write a new post since I haven’t posted in a long time. Not much is up with me. I’m enjoying the summer by reading and spending too much time on the internet (as usual). With WhyIslam, Islam in View, and Yu-Na Kim Forum (did I mention that I run a board dedicated to her? She’s an awesome figure skater), my online time is pretty tied up and I have little time to go to other sites. Outside of the internet, I have decided to read some novels. I’m currently reading a novel about an orphaned boy during the Muslim-Hindu riots in Bombay in 1993 titled Konhunsha. I like it so far. The protagonist is so innocent and yet so full of and observant about life.
I dropped one of my summer classes. Logic was such a headache. Ughhh! I couldn’t take it. I know I should have stuck it out but what would that have accomplished? An F on my transcript! Yeah, it was that bad. Most people in my class were so lost. Maybe it was the subject, maybe it was the professor. All I know is that I couldn’t stay in that class. So now I have to figure out which class to take to fulfill my math requirement. I don’t quite understand why I have to fulfill a math requirement since I will never go into a field that requires it. Why can’t all colleges be like Amherst and not have those stupid general education requirements that will not help you in your major or life?
Also, this summer, I left my masjid along with my husband. It was for the best honestly. We had basically stopped attending that masjid for jumaah. We attend other masajid in the area now for jumaah, which I like. I have heard that is the Sunnah but I’ve never read that and I’m not quite sure how that could be the Sunnah since the Masjid-un-Nabi was the center of the Muslim community. But hey, I guess it’s not a big deal. In addition, we had stopped teaching classes there because no one was showing most of the time and when a student or two did, they were always late. It’s like no one took it seriously. That was actually frustrating because I loved madressa (we were teaching a madressa) as kid. Even when I didn’t want to go, my umm made me go and I thank her for it. I feel like some Muslims don’t realize how important Islamic learning is for their children. Then they wonder why their children stray when they get older. I just hope that eventually a madressa will be started at that masjid and that a focus on Islamic learning will be stressed.
To end on a positive note, I’m going to Philly in August to visit family and attend a friend’s walimah. Yea! I miss Philly so much! I can’t wait to go home.
Until next time.
Ma’a salaama,
MM
July 27, 2007
· Filed under Rants, school
As salaamu alaikum!
I decided to write a new post since I haven’t posted in a long time. Not much is up with me. I’m enjoying the summer by reading and spending too much time on the internet (as usual). With WhyIslam, Islam in View, and Yu-Na Kim Forum (did I mention that I run a board dedicated to her? She’s an awesome figure skater), my online time is pretty tied up and I have little time to go to other sites. Outside of the internet, I have decided to read some novels. I’m currently reading a novel about an orphaned boy during the Muslim-Hindu riots in Bombay in 1993 titled Konhunsha. I like it so far. The protagonist is so innocent and yet so full of and observant about life.
I dropped one of my summer classes. Logic was such a headache. Ughhh! I couldn’t take it. I know I should have stuck it out but what would that have accomplished? An F on my transcript! Yeah, it was that bad. Most people in my class were so lost. Maybe it was the subject, maybe it was the professor. All I know is that I couldn’t stay in that class. So now I have to figure out which class to take to fulfill my math requirement. I don’t quite understand why I have to fulfill a math requirement since I will never go into a field that requires it. Why can’t all colleges be like Amherst and not have those stupid general education requirements that will not help you in your major or life?
Also, this summer, I left my masjid along with my husband. It was for the best honestly. We had basically stopped attending that masjid for jumaah. We attend other masajid in the area now for jumaah, which I like. I have heard that is the Sunnah but I’ve never read that and I’m not quite sure how that could be the Sunnah since the Masjid-un-Nabi was the center of the Muslim community. But hey, I guess it’s not a big deal. In addition, we had stopped teaching classes there because no one was showing most of the time and when a student or two did, they were always late. It’s like no one took it seriously. That was actually frustrating because I loved madressa (we were teaching a madressa) as kid. Even when I didn’t want to go, my umm made me go and I thank her for it. I feel like some Muslims don’t realize how important Islamic learning is for their children. Then they wonder why their children stray when they get older. I just hope that eventually a madressa will be started at that masjid and that a focus on Islamic learning will be stressed.
To end on a positive note, I’m going to Philly in August to visit family and attend a friend’s walimah. Yea! I miss Philly so much! I can’t wait to go home.
Until next time.
Ma’a salaama,
MM
