First Week
Sun, Sep. 30th, 2007 08:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiraliciousI have now gone through a week of classes, so here is my assessment of my classes this term:
History of Photography of the American West: It should be an interesting class. I'm glad I decided to take it. When I was registering for classes I wanted to take this one and German Cinema and they were both at the same time. I think I made the right choice. The professor has been a museum curator for many years so that factors into his teaching style. At the same time he is very passionate about the topic and about trying to include new technology into his lectures, even though he doesn't quite know how to use it.
Humanities 101: I am bored out of my skull. Most days I find myself closely examining the graffiti on the chair of the desk in front of me. It is a freshmen intro class that I am taking solely because I need a certain amount of credits to be a full time student and it counts for nothing and I wanted an easy A. I have learned most of the material earlier in higher leveled classes. I also have some weird middle school like busy work assignments that are due during discussion sections. Lucky me the grad student that leads mine doesn't care about them either and is learning everything along with the class.
Meditation: Hate it. I liked the previous meditation class I have taken but this one is much different. The instructor freaks me out a little and she is assuming more knowledge from the class than we have, even though she asked us about our knowledge levels the first day of class. she is also incorporating yoga and other exercise into the class, which is fine, I guess. But she has to correct our positions and I understand why it is necessary but I don't like being touched by strangers, or in general usually. I'd drop it but I am trying to view it as a worthy challenge.
Illuminated Manuscripts: Big surprise, we haven't done anything yet but have a huge amount of reading due on Tuesday, that I haven't done yet. The professor is also my academic adviser. I need to talk to her about my pass/no pass options.
Well those are my classes. I shall give you the lowdown on work and the fun stuff tomorrow. Now I must sleep.
Websites of the day:
http://www.brainmuseum.org/
http://www.sff.net/paradise/lists.htm
http://www.bringbackkirk.com/
http://www.geocities.com/phineasbg/pinch.html
http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/atomic/main.htm
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/phrenology_frames.html
History of Photography of the American West: It should be an interesting class. I'm glad I decided to take it. When I was registering for classes I wanted to take this one and German Cinema and they were both at the same time. I think I made the right choice. The professor has been a museum curator for many years so that factors into his teaching style. At the same time he is very passionate about the topic and about trying to include new technology into his lectures, even though he doesn't quite know how to use it.
Humanities 101: I am bored out of my skull. Most days I find myself closely examining the graffiti on the chair of the desk in front of me. It is a freshmen intro class that I am taking solely because I need a certain amount of credits to be a full time student and it counts for nothing and I wanted an easy A. I have learned most of the material earlier in higher leveled classes. I also have some weird middle school like busy work assignments that are due during discussion sections. Lucky me the grad student that leads mine doesn't care about them either and is learning everything along with the class.
Meditation: Hate it. I liked the previous meditation class I have taken but this one is much different. The instructor freaks me out a little and she is assuming more knowledge from the class than we have, even though she asked us about our knowledge levels the first day of class. she is also incorporating yoga and other exercise into the class, which is fine, I guess. But she has to correct our positions and I understand why it is necessary but I don't like being touched by strangers, or in general usually. I'd drop it but I am trying to view it as a worthy challenge.
Illuminated Manuscripts: Big surprise, we haven't done anything yet but have a huge amount of reading due on Tuesday, that I haven't done yet. The professor is also my academic adviser. I need to talk to her about my pass/no pass options.
Well those are my classes. I shall give you the lowdown on work and the fun stuff tomorrow. Now I must sleep.
Websites of the day:
http://www.brainmuseum.org/
http://www.sff.net/paradise/lists.htm
http://www.bringbackkirk.com/
http://www.geocities.com/phineasbg/pinch.html
http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/atomic/main.htm
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/phrenology_frames.html
