After my unbelievably long and boring 5 day summer vacation I hit my first day of classes at Avila yesterday. Overall, looks like I'm going to have a really easy semester. Ethics, Literature, Judaism, and Biology. Now if I could just catch a break on the job search I'll be in great shape.
First class of the morning is ethics. As long as you show up and turn stuff in, you're pretty much guaranteed and A. It's very much a discussion based class about whatever hot topics the teacher wants to discuss. Gun control, death penalty, abortion, pretty much anything is on the table. This will be a fun class to start off the morning, and since there is no right or wrong opinion there's pretty much nothing to screw up. The teacher seems like a hoot too. He's definitely a hippy, open minded, and I think he's gonna be the type to stir the pot as much as possible. I should be able to have fun with the little kids in this one.
Next up is biology. I just got a 98 in microbiology so it'll be pretty sad if I don't do the same in this one. I think this teacher is gonna be a bit boring, and it's a huuuuge class so discussions are pretty much out. I'm really hoping the lab is a much smaller group so it's easier to get down and do stuff.
I end my day with literature. I don't know why but in my experience ALMOST all english teachers are a bit stuck up. We got lectured on how she expects emails to be formatted or she won't answer them, the papers have to be damn near perfect, not the content just the format and grammar (not that this was unexpected), and a very long lecture about how she was to be addressed as Dr. or Professor. No doc, no prof, and a hey you pretty much buys you an F. In my previous college career and even in high school I've felt like english teachers have always had a stick up their ass, except for 2 that I've had that were absolutely amazing. Oh, and if you noticed that I'm not capitalizing english it's because one of my high school teachers may be reading this...She was one of the amazing ones of course! On the plus side, I like our reading list. I could do without the Shakespeare, and we have 2 of those, but they're fairly short and in my opinion 2 of his more entertaining stories. Othello and A Midsummer's Night Dream. The Inferno, Canterbury Tales, and an old favorite The Odessey. I've read all of them at some point in the past, but long enough ago that it'll be fun to read them again. Also, despite the teacher being a bit uppity about her title, she seems genuinely excited about the books we're reading. This is very good news to me because a boring teacher leads to a boring class.
Tomorrow is my first day volunteering at St Joseph without a guide, bit nervous about that but hey, at least they can't fire me. I'll find out what to expect from my Judaism class next Tuesday, but I don't expect it to be too daunting.
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