Back to School!

The first week of school has been completed, so I feel like now is the time for a proper assessment of my classes and how I think the semester will go. 

French: As always, this ever present demon looms large over my shoulder. I will never enjoy this class. I will never enjoy the subject matter. It is hard, and I do not take to it easily which frustrates me to no end. However, I think my professor is a thousand times better than the one I had last semester, so I think that will at least make it more enjoyable. This is a core requirement that I am really getting tired of but must keep pushing through it. 

How I feel about French

Emergence of Modern America: So far this class seems pretty interesting. I've never studied very much about this time period in America so I am excited to learn more about it. My professor has a rich speaking voice which makes the sometimes boring subject matter seem a lot less boring and a lot more like a story. If I let myself get too enthralled with how he is telling the story of America's past it is a little hard to follow his outline that he has at the beginning of the lecture. All in all I think this will be an interesting class at the very least. I can't tell if it will be very difficult or not yet, but I do think I'm going to enjoy it.

Choir: Choir goes without saying. I love this class. I love the people in it. I love our director. I feel like we are constantly being pushed to be better and it is so exciting. The repertoire we have this semester is challenging but wonderful. We have a ton of new opportunities that as a choir we haven't had in many, many years. I'm definitely looking forward to this semester and next in Schola, and I'm sure I will do some shameless advertising on here later. 

History of Health and Disease: I'm very wary about this class. I love this professor, I feel like she is one of the best history professors on campus, but I also am pretty extremely squeamish and I know this class is going to get graphic. That being said, I am so far enjoying it. The subject matter and the readings are interesting. I think that the reward for this class will be greater than the risk of seeing something probably super disgusting at 8:00 AM. I think this class will be challenging but in a good way. Maybe it will help me be less squeamish... but I doubt it. I do think I will enjoy being in this class regardless of how gross it will get.

Intro to Criminology: This class seems very easy. We have a series of quizzes with each chapter which don't seem like they will be very hard. The professor seems like a fair grader and gives us many opportunities for bonus points which is always appreciated. I think this class will be fun but a little tedious with all the quizzes. It is hard to get a sense of this class because we haven't done a lot of work or note taking in this class, but we shall see. 

Biological Anthropology and Lab: I think these will also be interesting but tedious classes. Anthropology will be interesting because it is science with a little bit of history thrown in there. What I like most about it is I am getting my university core credit for science without doing hardly any math. My professor for both the lecture and the lab seem like they are both pretty good teachers and fair graders. I can't say I'm looking forward to these classes, but at this point I don't think they will be completely awful. 

For all of these classes, I think it will be important for me to stay on top of things. Most of them are pretty work heavy, and I will have a lot of papers and projects due this semester, but it all seems manageable. Over all, I have a very good feeling about this semester.