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thejunipertreeFirst day of classes was yesterday and it saw me sitting in the second row from the windows, third from the front. I figured this was an ideal spot since my eyesight isn't exactly what it should be and there didn't appear to be any tall people in my way. I was, however, up shit's creek because the Algebra professor is rather short and can only write so high on the chalk board. The guy sitting in the first seat in the third row is usually in my way with his goddamn big head.
But, nothing burst into flames and my head didn't go all melty. We were assigned homework and I completed it. Hey, some things are actually going to be different than in high school, I reckon!
Tonight is my English Composition class, which I could most likely sleep through the entire semester and still get one of the highest grades in the class. I'm actually looking forward to this one quite a bit (not as much as Psychology, though) because it's something that I greatly enjoy.
I almost have all of my required books, except for English- I have to wait until after my first day of class to know what to get for that. The total came to just under three hundred dollars and made me blink several times, in rapid succession. I had been expecting more, especially since I had been granted the maximum for book vouchers ($600). So, I got my Intro to Business, Psychology, andRetard Math Elementary Algebra books. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to take anyone up on the offer of their old textbooks because everything has been so nuts and up in the air the past week. Between my getting ready for school and the Engineer's getting ready for his school, I've been a headcase.
Last week was full of me running around, attempting to get all the stupid last minute shit done. I needed a parking permit, book vouchers, school ID, and my books. I attempted to get my books on three occasions, but was thwarted each time and only managed to get them last night, right before class. My parking permit is currently affixed in my car and my school ID has a photo of me looking smirky and alien.
I was supposed to be taking five classes this semester, with the idea that I can take six next go round, but I received a phone call last week that my Fundamentals of Speech course was cancelled due to lack of enrollment. Why do I have the feeling that it was just my slap-happy ass as the only student? Most likely, that wasn't the case, but it brings me great amusement to think of it as such. I didn't pick a new class to replace it, after Wemble hollared at me for pushing myself too much. She said that four classes are generally the norm for a full-time student, five is for over-achievers, and that six would just be lunacy. I'm still not sure how much I believe her about this, but I'm just going to take it easy the first semester and see how bad the growing pains are before I start getting crazy.
It's amazing to me that all of this is even happening. I've been waiting for and wanting this for such a long time, that it's a bit baffling that I've finally gotten to this point. Two years to get all of my pre-requisites out of the way (60 credits) and then I can enroll in the good classes. I'm not exactly thrilled about the extra time needing to be taken before I can take the funeral services courses at Mercer, but at the end of these two years, I will come out of it with a business degree and a whole bunch of knowledge I didn't previously have.
After that, it's all caviar and cadaver reconstruction. Woo!
But, nothing burst into flames and my head didn't go all melty. We were assigned homework and I completed it. Hey, some things are actually going to be different than in high school, I reckon!
Tonight is my English Composition class, which I could most likely sleep through the entire semester and still get one of the highest grades in the class. I'm actually looking forward to this one quite a bit (not as much as Psychology, though) because it's something that I greatly enjoy.
I almost have all of my required books, except for English- I have to wait until after my first day of class to know what to get for that. The total came to just under three hundred dollars and made me blink several times, in rapid succession. I had been expecting more, especially since I had been granted the maximum for book vouchers ($600). So, I got my Intro to Business, Psychology, and
Last week was full of me running around, attempting to get all the stupid last minute shit done. I needed a parking permit, book vouchers, school ID, and my books. I attempted to get my books on three occasions, but was thwarted each time and only managed to get them last night, right before class. My parking permit is currently affixed in my car and my school ID has a photo of me looking smirky and alien.
I was supposed to be taking five classes this semester, with the idea that I can take six next go round, but I received a phone call last week that my Fundamentals of Speech course was cancelled due to lack of enrollment. Why do I have the feeling that it was just my slap-happy ass as the only student? Most likely, that wasn't the case, but it brings me great amusement to think of it as such. I didn't pick a new class to replace it, after Wemble hollared at me for pushing myself too much. She said that four classes are generally the norm for a full-time student, five is for over-achievers, and that six would just be lunacy. I'm still not sure how much I believe her about this, but I'm just going to take it easy the first semester and see how bad the growing pains are before I start getting crazy.
It's amazing to me that all of this is even happening. I've been waiting for and wanting this for such a long time, that it's a bit baffling that I've finally gotten to this point. Two years to get all of my pre-requisites out of the way (60 credits) and then I can enroll in the good classes. I'm not exactly thrilled about the extra time needing to be taken before I can take the funeral services courses at Mercer, but at the end of these two years, I will come out of it with a business degree and a whole bunch of knowledge I didn't previously have.
After that, it's all caviar and cadaver reconstruction. Woo!
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high fives in all directions
Date: 2006-08-29 10:09 pm (UTC)Re: high fives in all directions
Date: 2006-08-29 11:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-08-29 10:32 pm (UTC)<3 Good luck! Congratulations!
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Date: 2006-08-29 11:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-13 08:05 pm (UTC)excellent stuff on the school front, glad to see you're pushing forward with your corpse cuttin' career!