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Until this morning (during a workshop on Hemingway) I'd never thought of myself - a typical, aspirational literature student, mostly conforming to the cliches of a pupil in the UoB Humanities department - as a Humanist.

When I google-search it, the screen pops up with a variety of sites, all very relevant and interesting. Click here for the brief Wikipedia definition of the term, and here is a further explanation of Humanism as a concept. I'm learning more and more everyday about my interests, passions and the possible paths I could go down in my life. This morning has made a few things more certain.

To sum up, however vaguely, what I'm trying to put across I'll try quoting a friend and course mate, let's call her Red Felt Hat Girl,  in what she said over a festive beverage after our class today -

'If you're completely non-passionate about something, anything, then what's the point in doing anything?'

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Hear hear!

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