Week 2 of 18, Fall Semester

Well, at least physics is interesting. Of course, I can't get a copy of the lab book, because the bookstore's order has been put on hold by the publisher. And I have to get it at the campus bookstore, because it's not only written by one of the professors there, but it's also the 2nd edition, which was just finished in July. No used copies on this one. Oh well, at least the class is interesting and the prof lectures well. And I do have a copy of the 1st edition, from last spring, so I can probably use that in a pinch.

It's so interesting to see how different the class is in a regular classroom setting, as opposed to independent study. We've got these "clickers" -- each student has one -- and periodically the prof asks us a multiple choice question, and we respond with the clickers, like an audience poll on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? or something.

Of course, the slight downside is the group of (I think) former Physics Club members who like to argue every little point with the prof -- like the pronunciacion of "Syene," an ancient Egyptian city, and whether it was a well or a pillar that Eratosthenes (or something like that) used to calculate the circumference of the Earth in 2300 B.C.

But even that's interesting, in a weird sort of way.

Now if only my "fun elective" doesn't get cancelled again...

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Comments:

Wiz: Hey Beccaie! What's the fun elective??

Hugs to ya!

Me: Hawks & Cranes -- Fall Migration. It doesn't start until October. However, I've got an amazing history of having fun electives cancelled on me due to insufficient enrollment. This one's up to 7 registered students, out of a maximum allowed of 13. I'm cautiously hopeful...

Me: I was going to take a basic astronomy class, focusing on the fall sky, but that was ... wait for it ... cancelled for low enrollment. :-/

Moonie: oooooooo I would adore that class Beccaie! Hope it fills up! And about the lack of motivation??....here take a spoonful of mine. I have a little to spare this week. wink wink

Wiz: Hawks and cranes - sounds great! Sure hope it doesn't get canceled.

Elhf: "physics is interesting" this is a good thing...
Love the sound of both electives - Hope the bird one flies
>;-)

ArwensRose: I couldn't follow physics worth my life. I was so lost in that class. I had been decent in science up till that point, but after that ... I gave up all together.

Now the astronomy I would be all over. I can't believe that there was low enrollment!

Back to School

Wow, it's that time of year again already. Somehow I'm not terribly motivated for this semester, and I'm not sure why. Maybe because my summer was so packed that I don't feel like I've had time to catch my breath. Maybe because two of my classes are ones that I couldn't complete last spring, because of the pneumonia. Possibly because another one of my classes is essentially a suck-up-to-the-director-of-the-radiography-program class. But I'm kind of afraid that I'm just getting bored with school. This is my sixth semester. I'm coming up on the two year mark. Anymore, that really seems to be the length of my attention span. :-S

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Comments:

Wiz: Beccaie!!!! Good to hear from you.

Hang in there, Lady. Think of all the time you've already put in. Once you're done, you're done. You are doing great.

Hugs!
Wiz

AIbrean: Almost two years already?! Maybe the classes just aren't challenging enough?? Are you done with the boring core curriculum? Can you take something that will really stimulate your mind??

Ehlf: 2 years, that's half way home ... hang in there - find a really fun elective