New Semester: Spring 2004
Well, the first week of the new semester is over, so I finally have time to write again. So, I guess I’ll start this up again by writing about what I’ve been so busy doing that I haven’t been writing.
This semester I am taking 15 credits, which is a full load. I haven’t had a schedule this full in over a year. I am continuing the second half of Arabic (ARA1121) and I’m taking PHI2010: Introduction to Philosophy, ANT2301: Human Sexuality, and EEL5666C: Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory.
The biggest challenge for me this semester is going to be be getting to bed consistantly at or before midnight and waking up consistantly at 8:10AM so I can catch the bus and make it to all my classes. My other big challenges will be doing well in Arabic and learning how to build this robot that I’ll need by the end of the semester.
If I can wake up on time, get to the bus on time, and make it to all my classes every day, then I will do really well. All my classes are attendence-plus classes.
Here’s a look at my schedule to illustrate what I mean –
ARA1121: Attendence, Homework, Tri-weekly exams, and an Oral Final Exam
ANT2301: Attendence, Skits, Four Exams (Extra Credit for the winning skit)
PHI2010: Attendence, Friday in-class quizes, Four monthly papers.
EEL5666C: Attendence, Bi-weekly reports, Oral presentations, Robot.
Attendence classes have, in the past, been really bad for me, but I think that the way my schedule is laid out, plus the fact that every single class is important will help me out, because I’ll be on campus for one class and then just go to the next and then the next in a row. So, I am less likely to skip.
The next thing that I am interested in is an editorial position at the Alligator. Not really sure if I will get to be a part of that, but I definately thought that it would be worth a try, so I drove over to their office to visit during the open house. I talked to three different staffers and enjoyed myself. I put down my personal information on two lists and handed in three different writing samples (all from this blog… finally, it has a use.)
All of this stuff should keep me quite busy this semester. I also plan to do some of the reading that I will likely do in seminary if I end up going there. It never hurts to get a jump start, y’know? Besides, I read nearly all of my Human Sexuality textbook at night over the break, so I have extra time to do reading in a way. My new habit of reading myself to sleep really works out well. I get in up to an hour of reading in any given night, and I actually go to sleep.
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