Today's adventure in foreign languages and a little serendipity.
So I discovered today that one cannot necessarily take the first semester of a foreign language, then (owing to the vagaries of scheduling classes as a part-time student who works 40-hour weeks in the daytime) attempt to pop into the second semester of study. I even tried to refresh my earlier stuff with my old text, going back over verbs and vocabulary. That didn't help much. I could look at the words, know what they meant, but I had lost the ability to confidently speak them or effectively hear them. Weird. Within about twenty minutes of sitting in the first class tonight, I was certain I wasn't going to get up to speed.
On the upshot, I looked at the class schedule (another insta-info triumph for the iPhone!) and noticed that the astronomy class on the Solar system started in 15 minutes. I headed over to the room and sat down. Thursday I'll get the add number and be official. It's taught by the astro prof who did the astrobiology class I had last semester, so I know I'll enjoy it, independent of actual content. The other upside is that it's an interactive TV class, so you can attend in person or from home via streaming video or cable access. And it lets me spend another semester harboring the idea that I might change majors to something scientific. :)
I'mma have to master le francais at some point though - CSUS requires foreign language proficiency to graduate. Since they don't require the units in said language - just proficiency - later on I can do some independent study course like Rosetta Stone or something and then whip out the test.
On the upshot, I looked at the class schedule (another insta-info triumph for the iPhone!) and noticed that the astronomy class on the Solar system started in 15 minutes. I headed over to the room and sat down. Thursday I'll get the add number and be official. It's taught by the astro prof who did the astrobiology class I had last semester, so I know I'll enjoy it, independent of actual content. The other upside is that it's an interactive TV class, so you can attend in person or from home via streaming video or cable access. And it lets me spend another semester harboring the idea that I might change majors to something scientific. :)
I'mma have to master le francais at some point though - CSUS requires foreign language proficiency to graduate. Since they don't require the units in said language - just proficiency - later on I can do some independent study course like Rosetta Stone or something and then whip out the test.