College: Week 1

This being my first week of college ever, I was surprised at how easy the classes seemed. It's possibly because it was just the first week, but then again, it's also possible that they're trying to lull me into a false sense of security. I don't know exactly what to think. Anyways, I have two conventional college classes, and one online class. Here's a summary of them.

Western Civ - The teacher's name is J. T. Ripper, but he's actually a pretty nice guy. He was kind enough to have us buy the cheapest textbook on campus. It was only $30; less than $20 if used. It's just a large collection of large essays on various subjects relating to the course's subject. Most of the homework is just reading an essay from it, and also reading a bunch of stuff online, so we'll be able to go to class the next day ready to discuss it. There's also a big huge paper that's due in November, but it doesn't worry me.

College Algebra - I practically took this course last year in high school, so I bet that 90% of the material will be review for me.

English 101 - This is my online class. It works differently than I expected. For one, there are discussion boards, where we discuss the readings we've read. The posts are graded. Another thing is that we have to set up a blog for the class. I got mine set up here. We also have the usual assortment of essays and stuff.

Sorry if this all seems rather undescriptive, but it's late and I want to go to sleep soon. At least I don't have seminary tomorrow...

...and Back Again

I've been meaning to update this blog for a while, but I've been far to laz- I mean busy - to do so. Fortunately for you, I've decided, out of the goodness of my heart, to blog again (there's also the fact that I wanted to finish the title of the previous post).

Anyhow, summer has basically ended for me, so I've returned to "normal" life. I got back from my vacation at the end of AugustI don't have any more week long vacations planned for the year. I went through the yearly ritual of buying the same pair of shoes again. I've started seminary, which has effectively made it impossible for me to stay up late; doubly so now that my Mom's one of the teachers. The only thing that has yet to happen for me is, quite ironically, the start of school. Doubly ironic is the fact that the reason is because I'm enrolled in "Running Start."

And to answer the question you'll ask in 5 seconds, no, I am not currently reading The Hobbit. I got a couple chapters into it on vacation, but stopped. I blame video games.