College is fun
I've had most of my classes at this point, with the exception of "The Self and Others" from 2:00-3:15, and I can say that this semester looks like its going to be a good one. I had Psych 100 yesterday, which was interesting... it's mainly a huge lecture hall class, but there's also a lab once a week for two hours. Since Wednesday was the first day of classes, I was scheduled to go to the Psych lab before any of the lectures. The whole class showed up either on time or early (I was about ten minutes early, myself), and waited for twenty to thirty minutes before someone walked into the classroom and said that no teachers/TAs had shown up for any of the classes in that hall. After a few moments of confusion, a unanimous "Screw it" occurred, and everyone left. Personally, I was sorta upset that I had woken up two hours before I had to...
The actual lecture course looks like it'll be a good one, though. The teacher, Prof. Golding, seems like a pretty amiable guy, and the coursework should be interesting. Depending on how this course goes, I might declare Psychology as my major. w00t. There were also a ton of people in that lecture hall that I knew. Katie Compton from Holy Trinity was there, and she sat right in front of me, but either she didn't recognize me or chose not to... probably the latter. Psh. I also made an Andrew Agee sighting, and talked to Thomas Cunningham and Rob, the dude from Chicago who lives just a few rooms down in my hall. Whitney Krebs was there, too, but I didn't get a chance to talk to her. Perhaps I should call her. She told me she lives right over in Blazer Hall where I eat lunch most days. Perhaps, hmm?
Astronomy yesterday afternoon was pretty cool. Prof. Isaac Shlosman, who has a thick German accent (pronouncing "math" as "mass") and a generally friendly and talkative nature, made it out to be a sort of "Physics light" class, with a lot of pretty pictures of space. Cool. Of course, Ross Oates told me as we were leaving that he had two relatives who were exceptional students who had taken the the course or at least something similiar, and had either bombed it or gotten grades no higher than C's. I'm not a fan of anything science related (except for Incubus's second album, of course :-P), but I think I'm still gonna stick this course out unless Shlosman hits us with something obscenely tough in the coming week or two.
This morning I had "East Asia to 1800" and my honors course, "The Ancient World." Both classes look like they're right up my alley, and I mean this in the most emphatic manner. Prof. Kristen Stapleton is the teacher of the former, and she's really cool. She seems friendly and very interested in what she's teaching, and seems to think in a way similar to how I do; much like how I'll jump from topic to topic as I explain something, she jumped from explaining the rise of early organized Chinese culture under Qin Shi Huang to how Chinese names are pronounced and formed, to multiple other topics. I admit, it's difficult to take organized notes from such a lecture, but it's nice to be able to relate to my teachers.
Prof. Seth Kendall is my Honors 101 teacher, and he seems like a nice guy too. For everyone who knows him, think our computer guy Michael Railing, but with black hair and with knowledge of English and Literature rather than that of computers. He's got a great (albeit arrogant) since of humor, and, being pretty young himself, can relate well to his students. Most of the kids in the class seem friendly, too, so I'm gonna like this class. Oh yeah, and he let us out 45 minutes early because it was the first day. It almost makes up for my having to drag in two chairs (one for myself and one for the teacher) because I was the last person in the room. Good stuff.
So I just ate a delicious lunch of ramen and stolen peanuts (Matt or Doug, you can come get the jar back whenever you want to, and you should do it soon if you want any of them to be left when you do), and it's about time for me to find my next class, as it starts at 2:00. This entry is long enough already that nobody's going to do anything but skim it, anyway.
I really miss everybody, and yes, that means YOU! ::Uncle Sam-like finger point-age::
Peace.
The actual lecture course looks like it'll be a good one, though. The teacher, Prof. Golding, seems like a pretty amiable guy, and the coursework should be interesting. Depending on how this course goes, I might declare Psychology as my major. w00t. There were also a ton of people in that lecture hall that I knew. Katie Compton from Holy Trinity was there, and she sat right in front of me, but either she didn't recognize me or chose not to... probably the latter. Psh. I also made an Andrew Agee sighting, and talked to Thomas Cunningham and Rob, the dude from Chicago who lives just a few rooms down in my hall. Whitney Krebs was there, too, but I didn't get a chance to talk to her. Perhaps I should call her. She told me she lives right over in Blazer Hall where I eat lunch most days. Perhaps, hmm?
Astronomy yesterday afternoon was pretty cool. Prof. Isaac Shlosman, who has a thick German accent (pronouncing "math" as "mass") and a generally friendly and talkative nature, made it out to be a sort of "Physics light" class, with a lot of pretty pictures of space. Cool. Of course, Ross Oates told me as we were leaving that he had two relatives who were exceptional students who had taken the the course or at least something similiar, and had either bombed it or gotten grades no higher than C's. I'm not a fan of anything science related (except for Incubus's second album, of course :-P), but I think I'm still gonna stick this course out unless Shlosman hits us with something obscenely tough in the coming week or two.
This morning I had "East Asia to 1800" and my honors course, "The Ancient World." Both classes look like they're right up my alley, and I mean this in the most emphatic manner. Prof. Kristen Stapleton is the teacher of the former, and she's really cool. She seems friendly and very interested in what she's teaching, and seems to think in a way similar to how I do; much like how I'll jump from topic to topic as I explain something, she jumped from explaining the rise of early organized Chinese culture under Qin Shi Huang to how Chinese names are pronounced and formed, to multiple other topics. I admit, it's difficult to take organized notes from such a lecture, but it's nice to be able to relate to my teachers.
Prof. Seth Kendall is my Honors 101 teacher, and he seems like a nice guy too. For everyone who knows him, think our computer guy Michael Railing, but with black hair and with knowledge of English and Literature rather than that of computers. He's got a great (albeit arrogant) since of humor, and, being pretty young himself, can relate well to his students. Most of the kids in the class seem friendly, too, so I'm gonna like this class. Oh yeah, and he let us out 45 minutes early because it was the first day. It almost makes up for my having to drag in two chairs (one for myself and one for the teacher) because I was the last person in the room. Good stuff.
So I just ate a delicious lunch of ramen and stolen peanuts (Matt or Doug, you can come get the jar back whenever you want to, and you should do it soon if you want any of them to be left when you do), and it's about time for me to find my next class, as it starts at 2:00. This entry is long enough already that nobody's going to do anything but skim it, anyway.
I really miss everybody, and yes, that means YOU! ::Uncle Sam-like finger point-age::
Peace.