First impressions ramble
Midway through my classes right now, taking my break in the library before Algebra and Logic. This morning I got up, got ready, decided to take the later bus, and then promptly (or not so promptly) missed the later bus and had to walk to the next bus stop in what is probably the hottest, most humid weather I've experienced this year. Still, I got to school, and on time!
The skinny on my first two classes:
Philosophy of the Modern Mind seems like it will be a fun class, and the teacher is sufficiently manic to get me energized about starting up school every Monday. Though, he did wear tight jeans and a shirt open enough to see chest hair, which weirds me out a bit. He did a super-quick overview of what we'll be covering in class. I think I'm the first person ever to be excited about learning Spinoza (though that's 90% because of the comic Family Man). The class itself seems to be a pretty good cross-section, except for the possibility of one Philosophy major who seems bent on asking questions about things only marginally related to what is actually being discussed.
The teachers quote-to-go-on for the class? "Philosophy is the spirit of it's age, reflected in thought." -Hegel
Second I have British Literature, with a teachure who's actually British! Hoo-rah. He did say where he was from but I can't quite remember at the moment. He started out the class with a rock song playing on his boombox, which was unique and bodes well, I think. And he reads Terry Pratchett! Yet, on the other side of the coin, we are also starting out the semester with Beowulf. And as Woody Allen says, "Just don't take any class where you have to read Beowulf". I must have read that damn thing at least five times by now, but hopefully it'll just be a bit of discussion and then on to the rest. Also, he talks a bit slow, which I can see getting a bit tiresome if I happen to be tired allready. We did the interview-someone-else-and-tell-the-class-about-them thing, and the class is understandably full of English majors, as well as a few others (I believe marginally-related-question boy from my Philosophy class is included in those).
This teacher's quote-to-go-on? "The players are the abstract and brief chronicles of their time" - Hamlet
Both teachers seem like genial folk, and on first impression, I believe I should be able to get along with them fairly well. Both classes are going to have essays, which isn't new to me, but the Philosophy class will have essay tests, which, outside of my AP tests in High School, is fairly new to me.
Now, for a quick munch on something and then reving my brain up into Math gear. Whoo boy.
The skinny on my first two classes:
Philosophy of the Modern Mind seems like it will be a fun class, and the teacher is sufficiently manic to get me energized about starting up school every Monday. Though, he did wear tight jeans and a shirt open enough to see chest hair, which weirds me out a bit. He did a super-quick overview of what we'll be covering in class. I think I'm the first person ever to be excited about learning Spinoza (though that's 90% because of the comic Family Man). The class itself seems to be a pretty good cross-section, except for the possibility of one Philosophy major who seems bent on asking questions about things only marginally related to what is actually being discussed.
The teachers quote-to-go-on for the class? "Philosophy is the spirit of it's age, reflected in thought." -Hegel
Second I have British Literature, with a teachure who's actually British! Hoo-rah. He did say where he was from but I can't quite remember at the moment. He started out the class with a rock song playing on his boombox, which was unique and bodes well, I think. And he reads Terry Pratchett! Yet, on the other side of the coin, we are also starting out the semester with Beowulf. And as Woody Allen says, "Just don't take any class where you have to read Beowulf". I must have read that damn thing at least five times by now, but hopefully it'll just be a bit of discussion and then on to the rest. Also, he talks a bit slow, which I can see getting a bit tiresome if I happen to be tired allready. We did the interview-someone-else-and-tell-the-class-about-them thing, and the class is understandably full of English majors, as well as a few others (I believe marginally-related-question boy from my Philosophy class is included in those).
This teacher's quote-to-go-on? "The players are the abstract and brief chronicles of their time" - Hamlet
Both teachers seem like genial folk, and on first impression, I believe I should be able to get along with them fairly well. Both classes are going to have essays, which isn't new to me, but the Philosophy class will have essay tests, which, outside of my AP tests in High School, is fairly new to me.
Now, for a quick munch on something and then reving my brain up into Math gear. Whoo boy.