Well That Didn't Work

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

10:45 PM

LET THE COLLEGE POSTS BEGIN
Well, it has been quite a while, hasn't it? For the record, I wrote a post to be published the very first day I was in Washington, but due to some technical computer issues, I was unable to do so. To fill you in, the (very condensed) content of that entry was that my trip to Israel was a waste of time so I wouldn't be writing about it very much, if at all, and that my move to Washington, D.C. went smoother than I could have ever imagined.

I moved into my new dorm on August 19th, one day before the rest of the student body was allowed to do so, and was quite pleased with the results. I had wanted to post pictures of my dorm, but my parents never sent me the pictures off of their digital camera (which they, of course, insisted on bringing to capture the memory of my first days at college.) I'll get around to bugging them for it eventually. Anyway, the first week I was here was absolutely amazing; there were no classes to worry about and I got to live completely care-free for the first time in about 16 years, I had nothing to worry about, no responsibilities whatsoever. In addition, I was making a lot of friends, which I've never really had before. The small group of us who moved in early during welcome week became friends and welcomed everyone else as they made their own moves to (or back to) Washington. We got pretty close and it was really nice. I was asked out by a few different guys, which was quite flattering but ultimately lead to my return to reality. (See my next entry.)

All good things must come to an end and the last week of summer was no exception; classes started on August 30th. My very first class was a course called College Writing, a basic writing and literature class that mirrors not my high school english courses, but my middle school english classes. No less, the professor is a lovely woman and the class requires minimal work. Techinically, the next class I had was Macroeconomics, but due to some scheduling changes later that week, I am no longer in that section of that course. I'll get to that in a minute. Next, I had Statistics, which is literally the same class as my AP Statistics course from high school, so that class has been, and will continue to be a breeze. Ok, back to that schedule change...I had been really excited to be in an anthropology course called "Culture: The Human Mirror." I'd wanted to be an archaeologist since I took my first world history class in the sixth grade, but the class was absolutely horrible. After two sessions, I couldn't take it anymore...maybe it was the professor, maybe it was the way she taught, or maybe it was the subject matter, but in any case, I had to drop the course. I ended up switching into a class called "Visual Literacy" and am really enjoying it so far; its a very hands-on course. My new section of Macroeconomics is much more dificult than was my old one, but I'm managing. For some reason, I don't understand theoretical economics, but I understand how economic theory is applicable to society and global finance. Wierd, huh? Finally, my favorite class: Introduction to Systems of Justice, an amazing criminal justice course that is taught by a wonderful professor who is both informative and funny.

Well, there you have it, my first month of college....wasn't that fun?