The one advice I would tell students at Wellesley and the incoming class of 2022 (!!!!welcome!!!), is to take the classes that you like and are most interested in. That’s what happened when I chose to take a class called Black Paris. Black Paris is class in the French department that focuses on postcolonial theory and particularly relating to Africans…
Category: Laïssa’s Blog
Under The Sea!
This past week was spent with my volunteer group at the Aquarium. It’s been a long time since I have been to an aquarium and visiting the New England Aquarium made me feel like a kid again. I traveled from Wellesley to the Aquarium in Boston to meet my volunteer group. We had fewer kids with us on this trip…
Classes for my Spring semester
I realized I haven’t told you about the classes I am taking this semester! Well here is a quick rundown. I am taking a French class called Black Paris: ‘Postcolonializing ‘ the Seine. It explores the life of Black immigrants to Paris through readings and watching films. We discuss writers like Franz Fanon and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. It has been a…
Africa Week!
This week was Africa Week! It’s a part of Wellesley’s African Students Association (WASA) Black History Month celebrations. It seeks to bring awareness to African’s culture, politics, and students at Wellesley’s campus. On Monday, I attended an Art Exhibit by a Nigerian photographer named Stephanie Nnamani. She came to show us her project entitled GLASS. They are a series of…
Spring 2018
I am officially back and so is the snow! I am ready to take on the second semester of my second year. There seems to be a lot going on at the same time as I try to readjust, classes, deciding to study abroad, and summer internships. I am also starting to realize that I am about to hit the…
Wintersession in Paris
Classes start next week but I wanted to give you an update on what I have been doing since I last wrote on the blog. For the first two weeks of January, I was in Paris as part of the French department’s Wintersession class on Parisien film culture. The class is called Paris, CinéCity and allowed us to discuss Parisien film culture…
End of the Fall Semester 2.0
We had our last day of classes recently and officially closed this Fall semester 2017. I am currently in the process of studying for finals so this post won’t be too long. However, I wanted to say a few things. First, I am grateful for all the experiences I’ve had and things I learned. Second, I am hopeful for next…
Winding Down
The interesting part about coming back home after Thanksgiving Holiday is realizing how little school we have left. At the time of this post, it is December 6 and in a little less than 2 weeks, I will be back in my warm bed. The next 2 weeks are definitely “hustle” period. The time to, as every professor has told…
Declaring My Major
I am finally a college student! I officially declared my major as a Peace and Justice Studies Major with a concentration in International Human Rights. I finally feel like a legitimate college student because I have a purpose; something to shape my classes around. The best part about attending a liberal arts school is the majors and areas of study.…
bowl is life
This past weekend I went bowling with the program I volunteer with. I may have mentioned this program before but BRYE or Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment is the program that I volunteer with. We work with 2nd to 5th graders on Friday afternoons. We create a curriculum and teach the children a variety of subjects. Last time, my 4th graders…