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Today was the first day of Fall quarter. The weather was perfect. I'm so stoked about everything right now. I'm taking Introductory Biology, Writing: Humanities, and Chinese 101.
Parking is pretty much non-existent right now. The campus parking was completely full so the security staff were telling everyone to go park at the raceway. That has never happened in all the time I've been going to GRCC. I think I'll just continue to park at the raceway in the future. That will save a lot of gas because I'll pretty much only have to do freeway driving. It will also cut down on the amount of walking I have to do, which is nice.
My teachers are all very cool. I made sure to read about them on MySpace when I registered for Fall quarter. They're all very good at what they do. That always helps make the quarter more pleasant.
Because of the parking situation I was late and missed the roll call in Biology. Consequently, when I came into class my professor had no idea what my name was. I was the only person in the front row so I was somewhat on display. In the process of lecturing the professor referred to me as "Miss" and "Ma'am" like a billion times, which was a little uncomfortable because I have a few friends in the class that I met during Summer quarter, but they just looked sympathetic. The class is really full; there are like fifty people in the class. It's in the new Science Center building which is all sorts of spiffy. I was really surprised at how people I worked with in groups were so totally unperturbed by him referring to me as a woman despite them knowing that I'm a guy. I didn't really realize it until today because I've been out of school for awhile but I'm very androgynous right now, which I am of of course totally down with. I'll have to e-mail him or something though because he's going to feel really awkward the next time he does roll and I don't want him to have to deal with that. There are 4 people in the class that I knew previously, so I'm really looking forward to the class.
English is going to be my favorite course, I can tell. The class is really small -only twelve people- which is a nice contrast to my biology class just before it. The teacher is amazing though. Honestly, I didn't remember until today whether I had signed up for the Social Science or Humanities writing class. As it turns out I'm in Writing: Humanities and I'm very pleased about it. I need a little break from the social sciences. I want to read classics and study poetry and feel creative and not think about things like how social institutions oppress minorities. I'm a little burnt out on the inherent cynicism and negativity inherent to social sciences. I think Humanities is actually my academic weakness right now despite my growing interest in all things humanities, so I think I can afford to not take Social Science writing for now.
Because I attempted to take Biology over the summer online, and Chinese 101 several years ago I think I'm going to get back about 300.00$ worth of books. Needless to say, I'm thrilled. I wasn't sure if the books would still be the same so I went ahead and ordered them all online last night, but fortunately they are the same so I think I'm going to go clothes shopping with some of the money.
Amber is going to GRCC again at the same time as me so I'll be seeing her around more. Ashley is in my biology class, which is kinda cool because I've never taken a class with her before.
All in all I have a very good feeling about this year. I'm so happy to be around people and learning again. I think Summer quarter really helped me get the momentum I need to carry me through the rest of my AA degree. I'm starting to see how close I am to being done and moving on to bigger and better things.
Parking is pretty much non-existent right now. The campus parking was completely full so the security staff were telling everyone to go park at the raceway. That has never happened in all the time I've been going to GRCC. I think I'll just continue to park at the raceway in the future. That will save a lot of gas because I'll pretty much only have to do freeway driving. It will also cut down on the amount of walking I have to do, which is nice.
My teachers are all very cool. I made sure to read about them on MySpace when I registered for Fall quarter. They're all very good at what they do. That always helps make the quarter more pleasant.
Because of the parking situation I was late and missed the roll call in Biology. Consequently, when I came into class my professor had no idea what my name was. I was the only person in the front row so I was somewhat on display. In the process of lecturing the professor referred to me as "Miss" and "Ma'am" like a billion times, which was a little uncomfortable because I have a few friends in the class that I met during Summer quarter, but they just looked sympathetic. The class is really full; there are like fifty people in the class. It's in the new Science Center building which is all sorts of spiffy. I was really surprised at how people I worked with in groups were so totally unperturbed by him referring to me as a woman despite them knowing that I'm a guy. I didn't really realize it until today because I've been out of school for awhile but I'm very androgynous right now, which I am of of course totally down with. I'll have to e-mail him or something though because he's going to feel really awkward the next time he does roll and I don't want him to have to deal with that. There are 4 people in the class that I knew previously, so I'm really looking forward to the class.
English is going to be my favorite course, I can tell. The class is really small -only twelve people- which is a nice contrast to my biology class just before it. The teacher is amazing though. Honestly, I didn't remember until today whether I had signed up for the Social Science or Humanities writing class. As it turns out I'm in Writing: Humanities and I'm very pleased about it. I need a little break from the social sciences. I want to read classics and study poetry and feel creative and not think about things like how social institutions oppress minorities. I'm a little burnt out on the inherent cynicism and negativity inherent to social sciences. I think Humanities is actually my academic weakness right now despite my growing interest in all things humanities, so I think I can afford to not take Social Science writing for now.
Because I attempted to take Biology over the summer online, and Chinese 101 several years ago I think I'm going to get back about 300.00$ worth of books. Needless to say, I'm thrilled. I wasn't sure if the books would still be the same so I went ahead and ordered them all online last night, but fortunately they are the same so I think I'm going to go clothes shopping with some of the money.
Amber is going to GRCC again at the same time as me so I'll be seeing her around more. Ashley is in my biology class, which is kinda cool because I've never taken a class with her before.
All in all I have a very good feeling about this year. I'm so happy to be around people and learning again. I think Summer quarter really helped me get the momentum I need to carry me through the rest of my AA degree. I'm starting to see how close I am to being done and moving on to bigger and better things.