First week

So I forgot to post about my history class yesterday.

The teacher also works as a curator at some museum, I forget which one. She says she loves history and that it's her absolute favorite thing in the world. I guess it's good to have a teacher that's enthusiastic.

The class is three hours long, and most of it is lecture. We will also watch a lot of movies and History Channel specials. I only go once a week.

There is a large reading assignment every week. But for some reason I like reading things and taking notes. I'm not the kind of eternally bored student that gets a kick out of lame cutesy games and group work. That's what really bugged me about high school. My favorite classes involve lecture and note-taking. Most teachers assume kids think this is "boring" and try to teach in stupid ways that only set up opportunities for embarrassment. But no more of that.

Anyway, I am feeling good right now, even though this post seems kinda negative.

Today I went to English and math. Both classes involve an extra hour a week of lab work that you do on your own time. I mean you can do it whenever you want as long as you get fifteen hours done by the end of the semester.

You do these labs at the Integrated Learning Center (ILC). I haven't done them yet, and I have no idea how to do them. I asked my math teacher how this whole ILC thingy works, and he said that you pick up an assignment form a large filing cabinet. You find your teacher's name and pull it from their folder. Then you have to log-in to ILC so the computer knows you were there for an hour. I'm still sorta confused. But I'm going in on Monday to try it out.

So... I got to sleep in today because my first class doesn't start til 2:30. Nice!

I also forgot that I'm going to the zoo tomorrow. Heh. Friday will be the day I actually get up the earliest.

I have a lot of down time during the week to study and do homework, so over the weekend I can have do-nothing days. Yay!