Yes, it's always nice to see college kids actually take some literature courses and read some books, but I can't help but feel a bit disappointed that at Princeton -- an institution of higher learning with a decent reputation --:
And filling up here really means pretty full:
ENG 385: Children's Literature was one of the fastest courses to fill up this year and has been extremely popular with students across different class years.So reports Prerna Ramachandra in With 'swish and flick,' Children's Lit fills, again in The Daily Princetonian.
And filling up here really means pretty full:
the class, which was initially uncapped in 2010, was forced to restrict the number of students to 450 after the department realized that there wasn't a room big enough on campus to accommodate any more students. The department retained the cap this year, and the class is currently full with a large wait list.Sure, maybe this has something to do with the no doubt great teaching -- but it sure also feels like a sign o' the times: yet another opportunity to try to hang on to childhood just a bit longer (and avoid facing anything truly adult). Something an increasing number of students seem to crave:
in 2006, it drew 218 students. In 2010, when Gleason took over the reins, it attracted 370 students. This year the course filled to capacity within the first few minutes of sophomore enrollment, which meant many sophomores and all freshmen were unable to enroll.