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Hey everyone! Time for another entry in "Becky's College Adventures"! Hard to believe I'm almost done with my first year of college! It really went by fast. For those of you who don't know, I've changed my major from special education to just general Elementary Education. Although I still have a heart for kids with disabilities, I've decided that my job outlooks and general happiness would be better in a mainstream classroom. Well, lets talk about my second semester here at Triton!
My Classes
RHT 102- Freshman Rhetoric and Composition 2 My English class his semester is in the exact same room as my class with Bob and my crush last semester, so first day of this semester was very emotionally nostalgic, being in the same room with completely different people, still expecting my two favorite faces to walk in. Well, they didn't, and 102 is alot different than 101, but the papers are shorter, which is a good thing. Mr. Martinez is young and brand new here, fresh out of Iraq. He's really cool and uses podcasts and netflix to help us understand stuff. We talk about current events alot because he says we need to know about the crisis's and challenges that are happening in our world today, and what we can do to help fix them.
EDU 206- Introduction to Education This is my favorite class, I have a small group of friends in it, and everyone in there wants to do what I want to do- teach. Everyone has a genuine interest in the subject and its nice because I haven't had that in any other class so far. Mrs. Olson is a great teacher and leads alot of thought provoking debates and discussions about the world of education. I had to observe a real classroom for 20 hours and I went back to my old first grade teacher at hillside school, Mrs. Chan. She's the same as i remember, and it was really interesting seeing a classroom from the other side of the desk. I can definitely see myself teaching a room of first-graders one day.
MUS 110- Listening to Music This is one of the hardest classes I have had yet, Professor Burns requires alot of assignments and work. And the tests are really hard, he plays a song and you have to write down every detail you have learned about it. "Listening to music" sounds like an easy class, like, how hard is it to listen to music. Well, apparently there's an awful lot to listen to that I haven't heard prior to this class. I have to go to 3 concerts and write papers about them, most recently I went downtown to the Lyric Opera and saw "Carousel" which was really cool and I highly recommend, I'm now not looking forward to writing a four page paper on it. The people in the class obviously took it as a blow-off class, and are really dumb and hardly try, which makes me really dissapointed in people my own age and feel sorry for the teacher.
HIS 151- United States History until 1877 I try not to fall asleep in this class, honest I do, but it's right after lunch and Professor Smith turns off all the lights and talk the entire time then shows us PBS specials. He's a really nice teacher, He's even Lutheran and shared the gospel in class the first week, but this class makes me tired for some reason. It's a minimal work class, that's good, I just wish i could pay attention better.
MUS 216- History of Popular Music in America This is a cool class, I get to flaunt my classic rock knowledge, but the teacher, Ray, is a paranoid ADD schizophrenic. He thinks we're constantly being watched and that the government is out to get us, and that watching a youtube video is copyright infringement and everyone of us should be in jail right now. When he's on topic the class can be fun, but half the time is spent off topic which really sucks. Plus this class is once a week and is 3 hours long at the end of a busy day. uggggg
People
Well, Early this semester, I notice the nerd table and my crush i ate lunch with never really even cared that i was there, so I did a bit of a social experiment and stopped sitting with them and stopped talking to my crush. Well, its been a whole semester and I haven't gotten so much as a fb message asking if im ok or where i am. I even see my old crush in the hallway every so often and he doesn't wave or say hi or even act like he ever knew me. I guess im better off without him, he obviously doesn't care, but i miss his stupid face and little laugh and bad fashion choices sometimes. It's better to have no friends than bad friends i suppose. Anyone looking to coming to Triton next semester and need someone to eat lunch with? Let me know
Im still working for Bob in his office, doesn't make much but it covers tuition. Im looking for a job for the summer and have applied tons of places, I hope something comes up soon. My unicorn hasn't appeared yet, but I have a few guys I know and like, It's just really hard because I feel no guy will ever like me back, cause I've never experienced a two way crush before, It's hard for me even to imagine what that would be like.
There, you are peeps, if you ask me how school is and I say "good", I"m referencing this blog post.
Save the Texas Prairie Chicken, Peace and Love****
P.S.- Did you notice I spiffed up this place?? Not bad, huh?
My Classes
RHT 102- Freshman Rhetoric and Composition 2 My English class his semester is in the exact same room as my class with Bob and my crush last semester, so first day of this semester was very emotionally nostalgic, being in the same room with completely different people, still expecting my two favorite faces to walk in. Well, they didn't, and 102 is alot different than 101, but the papers are shorter, which is a good thing. Mr. Martinez is young and brand new here, fresh out of Iraq. He's really cool and uses podcasts and netflix to help us understand stuff. We talk about current events alot because he says we need to know about the crisis's and challenges that are happening in our world today, and what we can do to help fix them.
EDU 206- Introduction to Education This is my favorite class, I have a small group of friends in it, and everyone in there wants to do what I want to do- teach. Everyone has a genuine interest in the subject and its nice because I haven't had that in any other class so far. Mrs. Olson is a great teacher and leads alot of thought provoking debates and discussions about the world of education. I had to observe a real classroom for 20 hours and I went back to my old first grade teacher at hillside school, Mrs. Chan. She's the same as i remember, and it was really interesting seeing a classroom from the other side of the desk. I can definitely see myself teaching a room of first-graders one day.
MUS 110- Listening to Music This is one of the hardest classes I have had yet, Professor Burns requires alot of assignments and work. And the tests are really hard, he plays a song and you have to write down every detail you have learned about it. "Listening to music" sounds like an easy class, like, how hard is it to listen to music. Well, apparently there's an awful lot to listen to that I haven't heard prior to this class. I have to go to 3 concerts and write papers about them, most recently I went downtown to the Lyric Opera and saw "Carousel" which was really cool and I highly recommend, I'm now not looking forward to writing a four page paper on it. The people in the class obviously took it as a blow-off class, and are really dumb and hardly try, which makes me really dissapointed in people my own age and feel sorry for the teacher.
HIS 151- United States History until 1877 I try not to fall asleep in this class, honest I do, but it's right after lunch and Professor Smith turns off all the lights and talk the entire time then shows us PBS specials. He's a really nice teacher, He's even Lutheran and shared the gospel in class the first week, but this class makes me tired for some reason. It's a minimal work class, that's good, I just wish i could pay attention better.
MUS 216- History of Popular Music in America This is a cool class, I get to flaunt my classic rock knowledge, but the teacher, Ray, is a paranoid ADD schizophrenic. He thinks we're constantly being watched and that the government is out to get us, and that watching a youtube video is copyright infringement and everyone of us should be in jail right now. When he's on topic the class can be fun, but half the time is spent off topic which really sucks. Plus this class is once a week and is 3 hours long at the end of a busy day. uggggg
People
Well, Early this semester, I notice the nerd table and my crush i ate lunch with never really even cared that i was there, so I did a bit of a social experiment and stopped sitting with them and stopped talking to my crush. Well, its been a whole semester and I haven't gotten so much as a fb message asking if im ok or where i am. I even see my old crush in the hallway every so often and he doesn't wave or say hi or even act like he ever knew me. I guess im better off without him, he obviously doesn't care, but i miss his stupid face and little laugh and bad fashion choices sometimes. It's better to have no friends than bad friends i suppose. Anyone looking to coming to Triton next semester and need someone to eat lunch with? Let me know
Im still working for Bob in his office, doesn't make much but it covers tuition. Im looking for a job for the summer and have applied tons of places, I hope something comes up soon. My unicorn hasn't appeared yet, but I have a few guys I know and like, It's just really hard because I feel no guy will ever like me back, cause I've never experienced a two way crush before, It's hard for me even to imagine what that would be like.
There, you are peeps, if you ask me how school is and I say "good", I"m referencing this blog post.
Save the Texas Prairie Chicken, Peace and Love****
P.S.- Did you notice I spiffed up this place?? Not bad, huh?
Well your classes sound interesting. lol. Nice to have you back in the blog world. we've missed you.
ReplyDeletedont worry about guys. they're dumb. and I can assure you that someday you're going to be in a mutual liking with someone who's worth your time, and he'll not be stupid and actually have the guts to ask you out. but all in Gods timing. just focus on being the best you that you can be. cliche? sure. but true nonetheless.
love you<3