Scholasticism
Chapman University: Day One
Intro to Visual Storytelling - Thoughts thus far: There are all of 8 seats in this classroom. Jesus Christ. This guy's playing "London Calling" as people enter, which is awesome, and it took me the whole time I've been here so far (all of 15 minutes, probably) to figure out how these damn chair-desks fold out. I sat in my car for a while when I got here, just trying to prepare myself. I'm not a nervous person by nature, and I'm sure I'll fall into it soon enough, but as it is right now I'm just a little flustered. I texted the Mrs. as much before I left the sanctity of the Nona's beamer, which I won't have for much longer, as my truck is waiting for me in the street at home (awesome).
The professor seems nice enough, extremely friendly, almost aggresively so. I need to put my important Chapman-related documents in my bag, which I continually forget to do, so maybe I'll have the information where I need it for once.
So yeah, little nervous. I hesitate to use the word intimidated, I also hesitate to admit that I'm just writing all this so as to avoid simply being in this room out of context, but there you go. I think I'll stop writing, see how it goes.
Pre-Calculus - As I said in my introduction to the class today, "I like math, but math doesn't like me," and while my brother will be angry I didn't exploint the opportunity to scream, "there's some HO'S in this house," the point holds true. I dislike math when I don't understand it, and the promise of pre-calculus intimidates me. That being said, and sadly, I had a better time in Math today than I did in Film. Something about the idea of having to make these video projects and show them to these people bothers me, while simply sitting and soaking in Dr. Ortiz and his, I quote, "weapons of math instruction," is oddly calming. The guy made me laugh, I gotta tell ya.
Anyway, he seems like a lot of fun, definitely not your average socially crippled math professor, but also not your kick back "I don't give a shit" math-wizard-cum-lackadaisical-paraquat either. I just hope I can keep up as the semester wans.
Gender in U.S. Politics - As I suspected, this seems like it'll become my least stimulating course.
Intro to Film Aesthetics - was a little disappointing, in that there was no class held today.
I'm not one of those little kids who reminds the teacher is she forgets to give out homework, but I at least expect my professors to hold a first-day class meeting. I went home in the interim of 5 hours (I would have anyway, this just made my break a little earlier) and I played GTA for 3 hours. The other two, I watched TV and looked at porn. The harsh juxtapositioning of eventful scholastic effort over a relative short amount of time against a vast expenditure of time for little effort and less-to-no ghain maked me re-think what I'm doing with myself.
Of course, I am on the course to higher education... so there is that to feel good about. One more class, then we'll see.
Science - A wristwatch, a belt buckle, and a bolo tie, all bedazzled with turquoise, festooning a canary-yellow shirted professor here in Science 100, or, as I call it, SCIENCE!
If nothing else, being back in the college atmosphere, being given so much information, even having so many ideas presented to me, puts me in a mindset of creativity and contemplation, and it makes me happy to know I'm having thoughts like I'm having. Science, in particular, has inspired a few thoughts in my head, based off of my continuing philosophy of life, as well as something so commonplace as one of the manner commemorative plaques that litter the campus.
I'm happier when I'm thinking a lot, and I'm thinking a lot now.
School rules.
Nona is Hungarian for "Grandmother," in case there was any confusion. Which there wasn't.
Intro to Visual Storytelling - Thoughts thus far: There are all of 8 seats in this classroom. Jesus Christ. This guy's playing "London Calling" as people enter, which is awesome, and it took me the whole time I've been here so far (all of 15 minutes, probably) to figure out how these damn chair-desks fold out. I sat in my car for a while when I got here, just trying to prepare myself. I'm not a nervous person by nature, and I'm sure I'll fall into it soon enough, but as it is right now I'm just a little flustered. I texted the Mrs. as much before I left the sanctity of the Nona's beamer, which I won't have for much longer, as my truck is waiting for me in the street at home (awesome).
The professor seems nice enough, extremely friendly, almost aggresively so. I need to put my important Chapman-related documents in my bag, which I continually forget to do, so maybe I'll have the information where I need it for once.
So yeah, little nervous. I hesitate to use the word intimidated, I also hesitate to admit that I'm just writing all this so as to avoid simply being in this room out of context, but there you go. I think I'll stop writing, see how it goes.
Pre-Calculus - As I said in my introduction to the class today, "I like math, but math doesn't like me," and while my brother will be angry I didn't exploint the opportunity to scream, "there's some HO'S in this house," the point holds true. I dislike math when I don't understand it, and the promise of pre-calculus intimidates me. That being said, and sadly, I had a better time in Math today than I did in Film. Something about the idea of having to make these video projects and show them to these people bothers me, while simply sitting and soaking in Dr. Ortiz and his, I quote, "weapons of math instruction," is oddly calming. The guy made me laugh, I gotta tell ya.
Anyway, he seems like a lot of fun, definitely not your average socially crippled math professor, but also not your kick back "I don't give a shit" math-wizard-cum-lackadaisical-paraquat either. I just hope I can keep up as the semester wans.
Gender in U.S. Politics - As I suspected, this seems like it'll become my least stimulating course.
Intro to Film Aesthetics - was a little disappointing, in that there was no class held today.
I'm not one of those little kids who reminds the teacher is she forgets to give out homework, but I at least expect my professors to hold a first-day class meeting. I went home in the interim of 5 hours (I would have anyway, this just made my break a little earlier) and I played GTA for 3 hours. The other two, I watched TV and looked at porn. The harsh juxtapositioning of eventful scholastic effort over a relative short amount of time against a vast expenditure of time for little effort and less-to-no ghain maked me re-think what I'm doing with myself.
Of course, I am on the course to higher education... so there is that to feel good about. One more class, then we'll see.
Science - A wristwatch, a belt buckle, and a bolo tie, all bedazzled with turquoise, festooning a canary-yellow shirted professor here in Science 100, or, as I call it, SCIENCE!
If nothing else, being back in the college atmosphere, being given so much information, even having so many ideas presented to me, puts me in a mindset of creativity and contemplation, and it makes me happy to know I'm having thoughts like I'm having. Science, in particular, has inspired a few thoughts in my head, based off of my continuing philosophy of life, as well as something so commonplace as one of the manner commemorative plaques that litter the campus.
I'm happier when I'm thinking a lot, and I'm thinking a lot now.
School rules.
Nona is Hungarian for "Grandmother," in case there was any confusion. Which there wasn't.
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