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Well. I have officially attended all of the classes I'm taking, as of this morning.
MWF
Intro to Music; 8-9AM
Yesterday we learned about time signatures, tempos, how to read music, etc. [...] Oh my good god. I hope after we've covered the basics behind "Musical Elements" I'll actually learn something.
TTh
Macroeconomic Analysis; 8-9:30AM
Today was my first day. I think with the help of smart computers and Excel Spreadsheet, it should be relatively easy to understand. We did our entire homework assignment (due in one week) in class. All I have left to do is write a paragraph ("one line... maybe four..") of the data in the table. Very cool.
Intro to Environmental Studies; 9:40-11:10AM
Class was canceled today, but last time we discussed various "Environmental Issues" that we wanted to cover (basic stuff like pollution, global warming, etc). I guess it should be pretty interesting. It's very basic in comparison to special topic classes like Global Feminisms that I took with Prof. Forte last semester, but her teaching style seems similar. (My Environmental Studies teacher actually reminds me a lot of Prof. Forte.. I really miss her. I keep seeing people from class and from the memorial service -- everytime I have to walk in the same building I can't stop thinking about it.)
Intro to Anthropology; 12:50-2:20PM
It seems like this class will be [in Mr. Bergland's words,] "challenging, but fair." The professor is a short round man with a big grey beard, and he wants us to call him Skip. (Hmm.) He tends to talk a lot and I tend to zone out when that happens, but I'm going to try my best and pay attention. Shannon's in that class with me so it will be nice to have a roommie. :-)
I should actually go read for Anthro before lunch, but I thought I'd leave you with a lovely sign that I saw today:
Edit [11AM] That reminds me, I've been talking with some people (mostly from various conversations at work, last night) about changing my interest/major from something psychology related to something sex education/psychology related. I feel like this is an obvious choice for me; suddenly I'm much more excited to grow up and learn everything I need to know to become the next Sue Johanson. (I'm sure my parents would love telling people that their daughter studies sex for a living... :-D)
Edit [3PM] (In relation to the above edit-topic) I saw something in our school paper today that caught my attention: "We're hiring for the spring 2006 sex columnist." I'm thinking about applying, but I don't know how I'd do. I love talking with people about several issues revolving around sex, but can I answer people's questions that I won't always be able to relate to? I feel like I'm able to relate to questions my friends ask me.. but can I sit there and write a 500-word response to strangers' questions? I think part of my hesitation is based on how little I am educated in the field to be able to devise more of the "biologically, this is why this happens" response rather than things that are experience/logic/opinion based.
MWF
Yesterday we learned about time signatures, tempos, how to read music, etc. [...] Oh my good god. I hope after we've covered the basics behind "Musical Elements" I'll actually learn something.
TTh
Today was my first day. I think with the help of smart computers and Excel Spreadsheet, it should be relatively easy to understand. We did our entire homework assignment (due in one week) in class. All I have left to do is write a paragraph ("one line... maybe four..") of the data in the table. Very cool.
Class was canceled today, but last time we discussed various "Environmental Issues" that we wanted to cover (basic stuff like pollution, global warming, etc). I guess it should be pretty interesting. It's very basic in comparison to special topic classes like Global Feminisms that I took with Prof. Forte last semester, but her teaching style seems similar. (My Environmental Studies teacher actually reminds me a lot of Prof. Forte.. I really miss her. I keep seeing people from class and from the memorial service -- everytime I have to walk in the same building I can't stop thinking about it.)
It seems like this class will be [in Mr. Bergland's words,] "challenging, but fair." The professor is a short round man with a big grey beard, and he wants us to call him Skip. (Hmm.) He tends to talk a lot and I tend to zone out when that happens, but I'm going to try my best and pay attention. Shannon's in that class with me so it will be nice to have a roommie. :-)
I should actually go read for Anthro before lunch, but I thought I'd leave you with a lovely sign that I saw today:
Edit [11AM] That reminds me, I've been talking with some people (mostly from various conversations at work, last night) about changing my interest/major from something psychology related to something sex education/psychology related. I feel like this is an obvious choice for me; suddenly I'm much more excited to grow up and learn everything I need to know to become the next Sue Johanson. (I'm sure my parents would love telling people that their daughter studies sex for a living... :-D)
Edit [3PM] (In relation to the above edit-topic) I saw something in our school paper today that caught my attention: "We're hiring for the spring 2006 sex columnist." I'm thinking about applying, but I don't know how I'd do. I love talking with people about several issues revolving around sex, but can I answer people's questions that I won't always be able to relate to? I feel like I'm able to relate to questions my friends ask me.. but can I sit there and write a 500-word response to strangers' questions? I think part of my hesitation is based on how little I am educated in the field to be able to devise more of the "biologically, this is why this happens" response rather than things that are experience/logic/opinion based.