Peggy Noonan's Fall 2009 IOP Study Group is billed as a lesson on "Creativity in Journalism, in Politics and in Life: A Writer's Perspective". After reading Ms. Noonan's course syllabus, though, Flyby is slightly concerned that the said perspective might be a little clouded with alcohol-/society-induced narcissism.

Below are some of Flyby's favorite (annotated) selections from Ms. Noonan's syllabus:

"Here's where I start: What a privelage, what a great exhausting drama, to do what you are doing, which is: Living History."

And while we're living history, we have the "privelage" to ignore spell check and spel howevr we wnt, damn it.

Some more fascinating lessons from Peggy Noonan after the jump:

"Session One: Who I am. Where I am from. What I have done. My career...Being young and suddenly a colleague of Walter Cronkite, 'the most trusted man in America'"

Every Tuesday. 4:00-5:30. IOP. Bask in my greatness. Fawn at my feet. Memorize my autobiography. (Oh, and did I tell you about being young and being the cousin of the wife of the college roommate of "the funniest man in Montana"?)

"Session Two: You’ve read What I Saw at the Revolution, or should have, God knows. Is there more to say? "

I mean, seriously. Go read my book like the rest of America. What, you think you're all special and "privelaged" because you go to Harvard? I mean, look at your school. They invite people like me.

"Session Four: Having knows the past five [presidents], some well, some slightly, and having observed them each at one point or another up close, some thoughts on the presidential personality"

Have you ever noticed Bill's coiffeur? And Barack - what fashion sense! I could have recommended George my manicurist, "having knows" the best ones in D.C.

"Session Five: What columnists are trying to do. Why they do it. How they do it. Why it matters. Our guest will be, one hopes, a great columnist."

A.K.A., me. If he's not me, he can't be that great. Obvi.

"Session Six: To write a book is to swing for the fences. Books last. (Actually if Google has its way maybe this will change; maybe they’ll delete us.) "

Or maybe they'll delete you, Peggy.

"Session Eight: What did we learn? What can we conclude about the writer’s life? What interests you about politics? "

Finally! After eight weeks of talking about me, tell me why you're all here. What is this "politics" that you want to learn about?

FlyBy's Verdict: Take this class if you need further proof on why you should go into consulting.

And of course, any Harvard class wouldn't be complete without its Q Guide Ratings. So here are the numbers for Peggy Noonan 101:

Difficulty: 4.5 (it's hard. to fill in. the gaps. between fragments.)

Workload: 1.0 (because, unlike Expos 20 - or any other class you've ever taken - you won't be required use complete sentences or correct spelling)

What was/were your reason(s) for enrolling in this course:

0% Elective

50% "I had to. I'm her study group liaison."

48% "I want to go into journalism but am too lazy to do 'reporting' or 'editing.'"

2% "I like people who speak to me like I'm in 3rd grade."