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Copied from what I posted on my forums:
So I had my first day of college today. It was fine, so far college is only daunting in a very minor way. I copied Alicia and downloaded that desktop To-Do/Calendar/Events thing and I've already started putting assignments in it. I only had two classes today, so it'll be the workload assigned in the classes I have yet to take that will tell me whether I'll be up to my ears in homework or not.
I think I'll probably take notes on paper in class and transfer them to the computer later (when I feel notes are necessary). Unless I start seeing kids bringing laptops to class, but I didn't today. Lots of notebooks, no laptops.
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I haven't actually been to Journalism 100 yet, but I already know what the assignments will be. They sound daunting until you remember that the class is once a week, not every day.
Today I had my history class, and it looks very interesting. Not typical history like you learn in school. The twists -- like George Washington the slaveholder etc. The reading assignments are listed all the way out to the end of the course, and again it looks like a lot until you remember that it's a week's worth of reading, not one night. The only really daunting about this class was the fact that there are only four major assignments from which grades are being pulled. Only 10% of the class grades comes from attendance, participation, etc. The rest is midterm, final, a paper, and a document analysis. Study hard, I suppose.
Today was the day I spend the least amount of time in class; tomorrow is the day I spend the most. That should be a fun transition. But tomorrow night I'll stay at Danny's house, and Friday morning I have to take the metro to Mom's house to go to the MVA for her. I think we're gonna go shopping Friday night though for little odds and ends we'll need around the dorm. (Mom and me, that is.)
I'm already considering changing my major. I could do well in journalism, but a specific part of journalism, and that isn't what they teach here. All they really focus on is the news, current events. I'm going to look into Philosophy as a major. What always turned me off to Philosophy is, well... what do you do with a degree in Philosophy? Haha. But I'll look into it, ask people in the department. And then maybe I can minor in creative writing and/or ancient history... if that's possible. But I'm definitely finishing at least this semester as a journalism major, if only because changing my classes around and buying new books would be such a pain.
And maybe next year I'll be able to live with Danny. Especially if he ends up moving into the Towers. That would be two steps away from Starbucks, and I could still walk to my classes. I wouldn't be as close as I am now -- it took maybe a minute and a half to walk to each of my classes today -- but it wouldn't be all that far, either. And if necessary... get a bike!
So I had my first day of college today. It was fine, so far college is only daunting in a very minor way. I copied Alicia and downloaded that desktop To-Do/Calendar/Events thing and I've already started putting assignments in it. I only had two classes today, so it'll be the workload assigned in the classes I have yet to take that will tell me whether I'll be up to my ears in homework or not.
I think I'll probably take notes on paper in class and transfer them to the computer later (when I feel notes are necessary). Unless I start seeing kids bringing laptops to class, but I didn't today. Lots of notebooks, no laptops.
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I haven't actually been to Journalism 100 yet, but I already know what the assignments will be. They sound daunting until you remember that the class is once a week, not every day.
Today I had my history class, and it looks very interesting. Not typical history like you learn in school. The twists -- like George Washington the slaveholder etc. The reading assignments are listed all the way out to the end of the course, and again it looks like a lot until you remember that it's a week's worth of reading, not one night. The only really daunting about this class was the fact that there are only four major assignments from which grades are being pulled. Only 10% of the class grades comes from attendance, participation, etc. The rest is midterm, final, a paper, and a document analysis. Study hard, I suppose.
Today was the day I spend the least amount of time in class; tomorrow is the day I spend the most. That should be a fun transition. But tomorrow night I'll stay at Danny's house, and Friday morning I have to take the metro to Mom's house to go to the MVA for her. I think we're gonna go shopping Friday night though for little odds and ends we'll need around the dorm. (Mom and me, that is.)
I'm already considering changing my major. I could do well in journalism, but a specific part of journalism, and that isn't what they teach here. All they really focus on is the news, current events. I'm going to look into Philosophy as a major. What always turned me off to Philosophy is, well... what do you do with a degree in Philosophy? Haha. But I'll look into it, ask people in the department. And then maybe I can minor in creative writing and/or ancient history... if that's possible. But I'm definitely finishing at least this semester as a journalism major, if only because changing my classes around and buying new books would be such a pain.
And maybe next year I'll be able to live with Danny. Especially if he ends up moving into the Towers. That would be two steps away from Starbucks, and I could still walk to my classes. I wouldn't be as close as I am now -- it took maybe a minute and a half to walk to each of my classes today -- but it wouldn't be all that far, either. And if necessary... get a bike!