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An Odd Course
of Study
While standing in those long registration lines bored to death, do you ever ask yourself if it's worth it? When you are handing over a month's worth of pay to a bubble-gum-chewing campus bookstore clerk, does your school spirit dampen just a bit? Do you ever wonder while taking your midterm if you'll get that dream job to make up for all of the mental pain you're experiencing? What if all the sweat, blood and agony is all for nothing? What if you spend all your time and money on a degree that will not get you anywhere? What if the dream job never comes and you're back working at Burger King and living with your folks after four years of hard labor?
If you have ever asked yourself these questions or if you are a returning student and you're back in college because you have dealt with these issues, then you need to read "University of Psychogenic Fugue" by Tye R. Farrell and Jeffrey Morrow.
"Psychogenic Fugue" is a funny and extremely witty book about the ironies and misrepresentations of college. This book takes course descriptions and turns those descriptions into reality instead of the fiction that our college administration would like us to believe. For example, in business courses a typical description of laws and regulations would be simple and to the point. The description will be what is going to be taught for the semester.
"Psychogenic Fugue" takes that description and turns it into a description of what will be learned and taught in your future job as a business professional. For that same class, "Psychogenic Fugue" describes a course of laws and regulations as a "course (that will) teach you the legal ins and outs of distributing virtually illegal goods in socially acceptable ways. These are skills most business professionals have mastered and are extremely good at." A regular college professor or course will not tell a business student directly that he/she is going to be a cheating liar. Colleges tend to overlook that information and concentrate on the fact that everybody has their free agency. Some business people will be liars and others will be honest. But usually the truth-telling business professionals do not last very long, according to the book. Working a job will alter a person's perspective on life and reality. "Psychogenic Fugue" gives an altered version that the professional will begin to see very soon into their "dream" job.
"Psychogenic Fugue" also touches upon the ironies of the Financial Aid services, Student Life, activity clubs, and Admissions. It throws the audience an alternative version of reality also known as "the TRUTH."
So, if you, as a professional student, were ever burned by Financial Aid, thought Student Life was shady or complained that Admissions was biased, then read "Psychogenic Fugue."
