First Day of Classes
Ok, so I suppose it's been quite a while since I journaled anything. I had my first day of classes in my last semester today, and for once I'm satisfied that I will have a decent level of intellectual involvement over the course of the semester.
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HIST 436: The professor reminds me of what Indiana Jones would be like if he didn't go on adventures and was just Prof. Jones. The class is on the Tudor monarchy, which should provide me with enough trivial information to be pretentious and intellectual whenever someone mentions Shakespeare or when I happen to be at a renaissance faire.
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HIST 465: American civil rights. I should probably get an F in the course for typing this sentence, but the course is taught by a black male who I honestly believe is prejudiced against white people, in addition to being a democrat drone (Yes, I generally think anyone who is a member of a political party is a drone, but this guy REALLY takes the cake). It'll be interesting to see how it works out.
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GEOG 436: Taught by Prof. Logan who I've had before. He's from Sierra Leone and is quite possibly the funniest professor I've ever had. The course is on Sustainable Development*, which he insists he has no idea what it is, and that by the end of the course his goal is that we'll all be so fed up with the idea that we become violently ill if we hear the two words mentioned together in conversation. It's a discussion based course, and each meeting will be led by a different student. It's our job to pick a meeting place other than the classroom, and he honestly (not kidding at all) requests that we pick a place that serves beer. This should be a good time.
*To the best of my knowledge, "Sustainable Development" means a couple of college sophomores sitting around talking about how they'd be willing to live with ducks and raise a strawberry garden. It is important to note that in no point in their lives will they ever have closer contact with a duck than that which can be obtained at a petting zoo, nor will they raise strawberries. In their defense, about 20% will check the price on organic produce before buying store-brand goods.
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HIST 436: The professor reminds me of what Indiana Jones would be like if he didn't go on adventures and was just Prof. Jones. The class is on the Tudor monarchy, which should provide me with enough trivial information to be pretentious and intellectual whenever someone mentions Shakespeare or when I happen to be at a renaissance faire.
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HIST 465: American civil rights. I should probably get an F in the course for typing this sentence, but the course is taught by a black male who I honestly believe is prejudiced against white people, in addition to being a democrat drone (Yes, I generally think anyone who is a member of a political party is a drone, but this guy REALLY takes the cake). It'll be interesting to see how it works out.
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GEOG 436: Taught by Prof. Logan who I've had before. He's from Sierra Leone and is quite possibly the funniest professor I've ever had. The course is on Sustainable Development*, which he insists he has no idea what it is, and that by the end of the course his goal is that we'll all be so fed up with the idea that we become violently ill if we hear the two words mentioned together in conversation. It's a discussion based course, and each meeting will be led by a different student. It's our job to pick a meeting place other than the classroom, and he honestly (not kidding at all) requests that we pick a place that serves beer. This should be a good time.
*To the best of my knowledge, "Sustainable Development" means a couple of college sophomores sitting around talking about how they'd be willing to live with ducks and raise a strawberry garden. It is important to note that in no point in their lives will they ever have closer contact with a duck than that which can be obtained at a petting zoo, nor will they raise strawberries. In their defense, about 20% will check the price on organic produce before buying store-brand goods.