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brokenrecordToday was registration for classes next semester!
R=Thursday, btw. The rest are pretty obvious what day they mean.
MWF 9:40-10:40 Elementary German I
MWF 10:50-11:50 Research in Psychology I
MWF 2:20-3:20 Developmental Psychology
MWF 3:30-4:30 Multivariable Calculus
MWF 4:45-6:00 Wind Ensemble
M 7:00-8:00 Elementary German I Lab
R 9:40-11:10 Research in Psychology I Lab
I am incredibly excited about this schedule for the most part. I LOVE that all my classes are bunched MWF (except for the RIP lab, but it's in the morning, and I'll have the rest of the day to relax). I think this kind of schedule will work out WAY better for me in terms of getting work done. I've found this semester, on Tusedays/Thursdays when I have class from 10:10-11:40 and then 1:00-3:30, it's much harder for me to get anything accomplished. I use the time between the classes either to finish reading for the afternoon class which I haven't finished or to just relax. There's not enough time to get any serious work done, though, just quick skimming of texts. And I hate having class until 3:30 on those days because I don't get anything done between class and dinner. And then when I also had the psych discussion group, it was hard to get work done between dinner and the meeting. I think this works out way better for me. I can relax on MWF in my time between classes. I have a little time between RIP I and Developmental Psych to get work done for afternoon classes if I don't finish. Mondays will be incredibly busy, what with Wind Ensemble AND a lab, but I don't have anything on Tuesday, so that shouldn't be an issue. I could have put the RIP lab in the afternoon on Thursday, but I probably then wouldn't wake up until 11 AM and I wouldn't get any work done until the afternoon. This way, I'll be done with class by the time I would normally wake up if I didn't have any class and then I'll have the entire afternoon to get work done.
So, in theory, I totally love this schedule. We'll see how it works out this fall. I also am incredibly lucky that all the classes I wanted to take (for the most part; I was dead set on German, Calculus, and RIP. I had a horrible time figuring out what to put in the last slot, but there wasn't any class I was desperate to take that was on Tuesday/Thursday) fit into how I wanted my schedule to go. Anyways, class by class:
Elementary German I: I was debating between this and Russian for the longest time. I really wanted to learn a new language (specifically Italian or Korean, but NEITHER is offered at my school, so not an option, unfortunately) and those were the two most interesting. I had actually decided to go with Russian, but then I got hooked on the Christian/Oliver storyline on Verbotene Liebe, a German soap opera, and... all of a sudden I had the urge to learn German. heh. Kind of a stupid reason, since it's not like I'll understand what they're saying even after taking two years of German, if that's what I decide to do (and I don't need to learn German anyways to watch it since the clips on youtube are subtitled usually the same day the episodes air. But I would be able to watch the clips sooner, and there are some from the beginning of the storyline that are still unsubtitled) since I don't exactly understand everything said in French movies/TV/whatever even though I took 5 years of French. But whatever. The professor for German next semester is supposed to be really awesome and the professor for Russian next semester is supposed to be just kind of eh, so that also tipped the scale. I am so excited for this, though. I love learning languages, and I'm pretty good at it.
Research in Psychology I: I am actually not 100% sure what we do in this class, but it's required for the psychology major (which... I'm 99% sure I'm going to major in psych) and for all of the upper level classes, and most people who major in psych take RIP I fall semester of sophomore year and RIP II the spring semester, so I figured I should take it. The professor is supposed to be great, which definitely helps.
Multivariable Calculus: I wanted to take this this semester, actually, but the professor sucked and the times conflicted with other classes I wanted to take. Luckily next semester a different professor is teaching the course and is supposed to be awesome. I'm considering minoring in math, but I haven't actually taken any math classes (the minor is only 6 classes, though, including this one, so it wouldn't be too difficult to do) so... I figured I should start. Plus, I kind of missed math.
Developmental Psych: I was so unsure about this class, and I'm still unsure. I had the hardest time finding classes that would fit the last slot, because there was nothing else I really wanted to take. The other classes I was most interested in taking were at the same time as the first three classes, and I knew I wanted to take those more than any other classes. There were two other classes I was considering taking that would fit, but they both had labs, and I already have two labs with the other classes I'm taking, so I didn't want any more. This class won't help towards completing the psych major, but it is required for the Education minor (which I'm also considering. I would not minor both in math and education, though, because that's kind of ridiculous) so at least there's that. Also, the professor is teaching my roommate's Intro to Psych class and she told me that she's not that great, but she also said she's not totally terrible, either. Oh well. Hopefully it'll work out all right. It fits my schedule SO WELL.
So yeah, I'm very optimistic for next semester. Hopefully it'll work out well.
Anyways, decided to stop watching My Name Is Earl. I don't know that anyone on my flist actually still watches MNIE anymore. It was good for awhile, but this season has just been really eh, especially since the return from the strike. I was already considering dropping it, but now that 30 Rock is after The Office, I feel like I would have to make an extra effort to watch it, and I just don't care enough to.
Finally, answers to the truth and lies meme from earlier this week!
1. I couldn't smell/breathe through my nose at all until I was 5.
True! I still can't breathe through my nose alone for extended amounts of time, and my sense of smell is really screwed up, where sometimes I smell things really strongly that no one else does, and other times I can't smell anything.
2. My best friend moved to New Zealand when I was 8.
True! Also true: my other best friend moved to Switzerland 3 months after that. Not good times.
3. I started to teach myself to make graphics and design websites the summer before 7th grade.
True! Another fun fact: my first webpage ever was a geocities website devoted to Charmed, complete with purple background and yellow text! I clearly had an eye for design.
4. I have illegally pet a manatee.
True! I went to Sea World Camp when I was 8 and we got to see some manatees on one of the afternoons. We were told not to pet them because they're endangered and it was illegal for us to touch them, or something (this might have just been something to scare us 8-year olds), but when they weren't looking, I pet one of them. I am such a rebel.
5. By the time I turned 13, I had visited France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, Scotland, Italy, and Portugal.
True! We used to go on vacation every summer from... about when I was born until I was 13. When I was 13 we were going to go to Costa Rica, but my grandmother got sick so we canceled the trip, and then we didn't go on another vacation except for college visits and ski trips to Mammoth/Big Bear. We also visited the East Coast two summers in a row, but I didn't feel like listing all the states I had visited.
6. I can play the piano, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax, and baritone sax.
False! I cannot play the bari sax. Actually, I probably could if I tried (I can't imagine it's too different from the tenor, other than being in a different key/range). But I've never tried, so I wouldn't claim that I can play it. I can play the rest, though (to varying degrees of goodness. I am best at tenor sax/piano when I practice, then bass clarinet probably, and then clarinet).
7. In 7th grade, I had the urge to learn Korean, so I taught myself all the Korean characters and some words in Korean.
True! I think because I had several friends who were Korean and I got frustrated when they would speak Korean and I didn't understand it. (Actually, this was even more true in high school than in middle school, and I still have the urge to learn the language. I wish my school taught Korean. bah.) I remember many of the characters, but not all of them. The extent of my vocabulary now is: hello (formal), hello (telephone), eye/snow (they're the same word, as far as I remember), and several curses/insults (I believe two of them translate to stupid and one translates to son of a bitch).
8. I learned all my multiplication tables (up to 12s) by the time I was 4.
True! I... don't know why they were teaching that to us in kindergarten when in elementary school we didn't get to that until third grade, but I was in... pre-kindergarten when I was 4 and we got taught stuff like that. We also learned long division one day.
9. I have a phobia of needles/injections.
True! Like, I'm not even exaggerating, I fit all the DSM criteria for a phobia. I avoid needles whenever possible (obviously not always possible, but I do my best), my anxiety is out of proportion to the situation (seriously, the pain doesn't last THAT long), and I'm aware of the irrationality. I've gone into rooms where people were giving blood before for blood drives and even though I know that I don't have to give any blood, my heart rate increases and I get all panicky. I can't watch people get shots/blood drawn on TV! I cringe and have to look away, usually, even though I KNOW that it's fake. But I can watch people get operated on or get their heads chopped off or whatever else just fine. I'm getting kind of panicky/shaky just typing this, that's how bad it is.
The only funeral I've ever attended was my grandmother's.
False! Despite the fact that all 5 of my grandparents (my dad's dad and mom divorced and his dad remarried, so I have two grandmas on his side of the family) died after I was born, the only funeral I've ever attended was actually my 9th grade gemoetry teacher's. None of my grandparents actually had funerals, so... I didn't go to them. And the only other family member (well, sort of) who has died was my aunt's boyfriend Brett (they were together for like 15 years, so he was pretty much an uncle t ome), but he also didn't have a funeral. it might seem kind of weird that I went to my teacher's, but he was one of my favorite teachers I've had, and he just... really believed in me, I guess? He thought I was much smarter than I actually am, and he kept telling me I should go into engineering or some sort of advanced math field because I was good at math. And he died at the very end of the year that I had him, so it was just really... sudden and upsetting. And his funeral was open to students, so I went with another friend who also had him and really liked him.
R=Thursday, btw. The rest are pretty obvious what day they mean.
MWF 9:40-10:40 Elementary German I
MWF 10:50-11:50 Research in Psychology I
MWF 2:20-3:20 Developmental Psychology
MWF 3:30-4:30 Multivariable Calculus
MWF 4:45-6:00 Wind Ensemble
M 7:00-8:00 Elementary German I Lab
R 9:40-11:10 Research in Psychology I Lab
I am incredibly excited about this schedule for the most part. I LOVE that all my classes are bunched MWF (except for the RIP lab, but it's in the morning, and I'll have the rest of the day to relax). I think this kind of schedule will work out WAY better for me in terms of getting work done. I've found this semester, on Tusedays/Thursdays when I have class from 10:10-11:40 and then 1:00-3:30, it's much harder for me to get anything accomplished. I use the time between the classes either to finish reading for the afternoon class which I haven't finished or to just relax. There's not enough time to get any serious work done, though, just quick skimming of texts. And I hate having class until 3:30 on those days because I don't get anything done between class and dinner. And then when I also had the psych discussion group, it was hard to get work done between dinner and the meeting. I think this works out way better for me. I can relax on MWF in my time between classes. I have a little time between RIP I and Developmental Psych to get work done for afternoon classes if I don't finish. Mondays will be incredibly busy, what with Wind Ensemble AND a lab, but I don't have anything on Tuesday, so that shouldn't be an issue. I could have put the RIP lab in the afternoon on Thursday, but I probably then wouldn't wake up until 11 AM and I wouldn't get any work done until the afternoon. This way, I'll be done with class by the time I would normally wake up if I didn't have any class and then I'll have the entire afternoon to get work done.
So, in theory, I totally love this schedule. We'll see how it works out this fall. I also am incredibly lucky that all the classes I wanted to take (for the most part; I was dead set on German, Calculus, and RIP. I had a horrible time figuring out what to put in the last slot, but there wasn't any class I was desperate to take that was on Tuesday/Thursday) fit into how I wanted my schedule to go. Anyways, class by class:
Elementary German I: I was debating between this and Russian for the longest time. I really wanted to learn a new language (specifically Italian or Korean, but NEITHER is offered at my school, so not an option, unfortunately) and those were the two most interesting. I had actually decided to go with Russian, but then I got hooked on the Christian/Oliver storyline on Verbotene Liebe, a German soap opera, and... all of a sudden I had the urge to learn German. heh. Kind of a stupid reason, since it's not like I'll understand what they're saying even after taking two years of German, if that's what I decide to do (and I don't need to learn German anyways to watch it since the clips on youtube are subtitled usually the same day the episodes air. But I would be able to watch the clips sooner, and there are some from the beginning of the storyline that are still unsubtitled) since I don't exactly understand everything said in French movies/TV/whatever even though I took 5 years of French. But whatever. The professor for German next semester is supposed to be really awesome and the professor for Russian next semester is supposed to be just kind of eh, so that also tipped the scale. I am so excited for this, though. I love learning languages, and I'm pretty good at it.
Research in Psychology I: I am actually not 100% sure what we do in this class, but it's required for the psychology major (which... I'm 99% sure I'm going to major in psych) and for all of the upper level classes, and most people who major in psych take RIP I fall semester of sophomore year and RIP II the spring semester, so I figured I should take it. The professor is supposed to be great, which definitely helps.
Multivariable Calculus: I wanted to take this this semester, actually, but the professor sucked and the times conflicted with other classes I wanted to take. Luckily next semester a different professor is teaching the course and is supposed to be awesome. I'm considering minoring in math, but I haven't actually taken any math classes (the minor is only 6 classes, though, including this one, so it wouldn't be too difficult to do) so... I figured I should start. Plus, I kind of missed math.
Developmental Psych: I was so unsure about this class, and I'm still unsure. I had the hardest time finding classes that would fit the last slot, because there was nothing else I really wanted to take. The other classes I was most interested in taking were at the same time as the first three classes, and I knew I wanted to take those more than any other classes. There were two other classes I was considering taking that would fit, but they both had labs, and I already have two labs with the other classes I'm taking, so I didn't want any more. This class won't help towards completing the psych major, but it is required for the Education minor (which I'm also considering. I would not minor both in math and education, though, because that's kind of ridiculous) so at least there's that. Also, the professor is teaching my roommate's Intro to Psych class and she told me that she's not that great, but she also said she's not totally terrible, either. Oh well. Hopefully it'll work out all right. It fits my schedule SO WELL.
So yeah, I'm very optimistic for next semester. Hopefully it'll work out well.
Anyways, decided to stop watching My Name Is Earl. I don't know that anyone on my flist actually still watches MNIE anymore. It was good for awhile, but this season has just been really eh, especially since the return from the strike. I was already considering dropping it, but now that 30 Rock is after The Office, I feel like I would have to make an extra effort to watch it, and I just don't care enough to.
Finally, answers to the truth and lies meme from earlier this week!
1. I couldn't smell/breathe through my nose at all until I was 5.
True! I still can't breathe through my nose alone for extended amounts of time, and my sense of smell is really screwed up, where sometimes I smell things really strongly that no one else does, and other times I can't smell anything.
2. My best friend moved to New Zealand when I was 8.
True! Also true: my other best friend moved to Switzerland 3 months after that. Not good times.
3. I started to teach myself to make graphics and design websites the summer before 7th grade.
True! Another fun fact: my first webpage ever was a geocities website devoted to Charmed, complete with purple background and yellow text! I clearly had an eye for design.
4. I have illegally pet a manatee.
True! I went to Sea World Camp when I was 8 and we got to see some manatees on one of the afternoons. We were told not to pet them because they're endangered and it was illegal for us to touch them, or something (this might have just been something to scare us 8-year olds), but when they weren't looking, I pet one of them. I am such a rebel.
5. By the time I turned 13, I had visited France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, Scotland, Italy, and Portugal.
True! We used to go on vacation every summer from... about when I was born until I was 13. When I was 13 we were going to go to Costa Rica, but my grandmother got sick so we canceled the trip, and then we didn't go on another vacation except for college visits and ski trips to Mammoth/Big Bear. We also visited the East Coast two summers in a row, but I didn't feel like listing all the states I had visited.
6. I can play the piano, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax, and baritone sax.
False! I cannot play the bari sax. Actually, I probably could if I tried (I can't imagine it's too different from the tenor, other than being in a different key/range). But I've never tried, so I wouldn't claim that I can play it. I can play the rest, though (to varying degrees of goodness. I am best at tenor sax/piano when I practice, then bass clarinet probably, and then clarinet).
7. In 7th grade, I had the urge to learn Korean, so I taught myself all the Korean characters and some words in Korean.
True! I think because I had several friends who were Korean and I got frustrated when they would speak Korean and I didn't understand it. (Actually, this was even more true in high school than in middle school, and I still have the urge to learn the language. I wish my school taught Korean. bah.) I remember many of the characters, but not all of them. The extent of my vocabulary now is: hello (formal), hello (telephone), eye/snow (they're the same word, as far as I remember), and several curses/insults (I believe two of them translate to stupid and one translates to son of a bitch).
8. I learned all my multiplication tables (up to 12s) by the time I was 4.
True! I... don't know why they were teaching that to us in kindergarten when in elementary school we didn't get to that until third grade, but I was in... pre-kindergarten when I was 4 and we got taught stuff like that. We also learned long division one day.
9. I have a phobia of needles/injections.
True! Like, I'm not even exaggerating, I fit all the DSM criteria for a phobia. I avoid needles whenever possible (obviously not always possible, but I do my best), my anxiety is out of proportion to the situation (seriously, the pain doesn't last THAT long), and I'm aware of the irrationality. I've gone into rooms where people were giving blood before for blood drives and even though I know that I don't have to give any blood, my heart rate increases and I get all panicky. I can't watch people get shots/blood drawn on TV! I cringe and have to look away, usually, even though I KNOW that it's fake. But I can watch people get operated on or get their heads chopped off or whatever else just fine. I'm getting kind of panicky/shaky just typing this, that's how bad it is.
The only funeral I've ever attended was my grandmother's.
False! Despite the fact that all 5 of my grandparents (my dad's dad and mom divorced and his dad remarried, so I have two grandmas on his side of the family) died after I was born, the only funeral I've ever attended was actually my 9th grade gemoetry teacher's. None of my grandparents actually had funerals, so... I didn't go to them. And the only other family member (well, sort of) who has died was my aunt's boyfriend Brett (they were together for like 15 years, so he was pretty much an uncle t ome), but he also didn't have a funeral. it might seem kind of weird that I went to my teacher's, but he was one of my favorite teachers I've had, and he just... really believed in me, I guess? He thought I was much smarter than I actually am, and he kept telling me I should go into engineering or some sort of advanced math field because I was good at math. And he died at the very end of the year that I had him, so it was just really... sudden and upsetting. And his funeral was open to students, so I went with another friend who also had him and really liked him.
