So classes....
~Geology. My teacher is hardcore about some rules. No gum, no food, no drinks (not even H2O), assigned seats, no bathroom breaks, pop-quizzes to make sure you are on time or paying attention, random attendence checks. The whole nine yards. And of course the class starts with The Big Bang. Theory? Who said theory? Not my teacher, that's for sure. Whatever, it's exactly what I expected to happen. One of my sorority sisters, Molly, is in this class with me! Yay!
~Intro to Cinema. My teacher makes me think of the squirrel from Ice Age. He is skinny and funny and animated. I like him a lot, and I think that he really is into his subject. I think this elective is going to be much tougher than I expected, but it's already cool because I am seeing films each week that I haven't seen before and actually learning about them. (We have lectures M&W mornings, Film Screenings W afternoons, and breakout sessions with our TAs on F mornings.) This is really a strange coincidence, but Molly is in THIS class with me too! And so is one of our other sorority sisters, Anna. Yay again! (and Anna is in my Breakout session for this class!)
~Psych 2990. This class is taught by a 4th year grad student. She seems really sweet, but to be honest (and this is no reflection on her), I just don't love Psych Research classes. This one is on how stat is used in the Psychology field. I don't really remember much about Stat to be honest-I took it about 2 years ago and haven't looked at it since. But we'll see what happens. My first lab for that is tomorrow, and it's my first time working with my Psych TA, so hopefully it will go well. This is the class Lauren is in with me.
~Spanish 3010. Wow. This class is booty-kickin'. At least it is kickin' MY booty. It's my first Spanish class in my minor (upper level), so I came in thinking that I was going to just be taking the next step up from Span 2002 (what I had last semester). HA. I come into this tiny conference room and see two tables put together with chairs around them. There are 15 students (including me) and the teacher all sitting at the table...and it's Spanish Conversation and Composition. My teacher speaks SO rapidly that if I am not looking at his face/mouth, I don't know what he is saying. And I still don't know half of what he says if I AM looking at him. At first I thought we were all on the same level (besides this one dude who lived in Mexico until he was 7), but today I saw that some students have a better understanding of what is going on than I do-they understand better, which allows them to participate more. I think I am going to call up this number that was on our syllabus that contacts UGA for free tutoring, because I am going to need it this time. I no longer know anyone in this class from previous things because the girl I knew in here transferred to an earlier one. Boo. But that's ok-I'll make new friends, right? =)
~Psych 3030. A cool but time-consuming One-hour course that I took because it seemed interesting and it gave me an hour. It is about Careers in Psychology. I thought-awesome, I will come in and sit down and listen to ppl talk about how they use their degrees in Psych/got their jobs, and then get an A for attendance. Wrong again. I am really looking forward to what this class can teach me about myself, but there are about a million assignments throughout the semester, some ppl coming in to talk, but a huge packet I have to get at Bel Jean that has all the teacher's powerpoints in it and other stuff, so I am wondering exactly how this class will be handled. But she seems like the sweetest girl. Well...she looks about Kristen's age, so I think of her like that (4 years older than me), but she is actually 31. It's funny how similar they are-both pretty, both married and in school, both graduated with a major in English (and my teacher had one in Psych too) and then went on to work in the same areas as drug reps before deciding to go back to school. Difference-this woman worked as a drug rep for 5 years, is 31, is blonde, and got her master in Psych while pursuing a Ph.D. Kristen-worked one year as drug rep, is 25, brunette, and already has a masters but in English, and is in law school. Whew. But this lady seems like she genuinely wants to help and loves to teach and only gives us those assignments (tons of them) because she feels they are too important to drop. So, I think I will like this course despite the workload for a one hour course. One of the girls from my hall freshman year is in this one, but I haven't gotten to say hello in class yet. Hey, Allison!
SO, my classes...kinda random, right? Well, Geology is the last physical science I will EVER take-(Praise be to the Lord)-and Intro to Cinema fills the last of one area that I had to do and is an elective. Spanish is my minor (PRAY FOR ME, PLLLLLLEEEAASE!), and Psych is my major. After this semester I will only ever get to take Psych and Spanish. So I guess I should actually be enjoying having a break from those two things. But then again, next year is my senior year, so I should really be in the hardcore stuff, right? ....
My Schedule:
| Times | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||
| 09:05A-09:55A | GEOL1121 | GEOL1121 | GEOL1121 | |||||||
| 09:30A-10:45A | PSYC2990 | |||||||||
| 10:10A-11:00A | DRAM2120 | DRAM2120 | ||||||||
| 10:10A-11:00A | DRAM2120 | |||||||||
| 11:15A-12:05P | PSYC2990 | PSYC2990 | PSYC2990 | |||||||
| 12:20P-01:10P | SPAN3010 | SPAN3010 | SPAN3010 | |||||||
| 01:25P-02:15P | PSYC3030 | |||||||||
| 02:30P-04:25P | DRAM2120 | |||||||||
That's right-no classes Tuesday and just a lab Thursday, but 4 classes back to back on M&F, and SIX-count it-6 classes W without a break (including the 2 hour Film Screening). That is a long day-I had it today and am TIRED. But it's almost 12AM, and that is when I wanted to get to bed. That won't happen tonight, but I plan to make it as close to that as possible.
Goodnight!
Love,
Meghan
ps-if you actually read all of the stuff I posted, I am impressed, and you must have been sorta bored. Or a stalker. I prefer bored. *wink*
ps2- I AM GOING TO BE AN AUNT AGAIN! WOOOHOOO! Jonathan and Lisa will have a baby at the end of the summer, I think, YAY! Congrats to them!
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