Back to School Part Two- Classes

So far, my classes have proven to be fairly awesome.

Life Span Development manages to keep me awake, even though it is an 8am class. I don't think I'll ever hit that point where it's almost impossible for me to get up for it, unlike what happened with my Cognition class. It's just too cool. Also, we've got the option of doing a service learning project instead of taking the final exam. I'm debating about this. I'm good with test and it's only multiple choice as well as open book. So the exam doesn't seem to be all that daunting. The service learning requirements are as follows: you must log 12 hours, you can only get two hours in at one shot, and keep a notebook describing your experiences. This doesn't sound bad to most people, but let's remember who is talking her. I am no good at keeping logs or journals, or anything of that sort. I hate it. Still, I'm going to check out what my options are for service learning. Right now I'm leaning towards prison ministry or possible working with people in nursing homes. I'm going to the Agape Center tonight yet to research this further. Mostly though, I'm concerned with how this will all interfere with my work schedule.

The Biological Basis of Behavior class is also proving to be rather interesting. I'm loving the articles we have to read. Plus, there is a huge segment on sleeping and dreams, which most people know is a topic I love. So yay!

Of course, how could a class on Counseling Theories be anything but interesting? That class also does a good job of holding my interest. I'm also loving the stories my professor has to tell us about some of his more memorable clients from the past. It's great. I've been working on my first essay for the class already. I'm supposed to explain all the reasons why I want to become a counselor, and what ethical problems I might run into. It's really got me thinking. I'll get into that more in a later entry.

I've got a three hour night class on Personality Theories on Tuesdays. The professor seems pretty awesome. She also mentions buying a copy of our textbooks and putting it on reserve in the library for us so we don't have to buy it ourselves. I really hope she does since the thing cost $100 dollars and I'd prefer to not have to pay that. I have to fill out a little personality inventory for that class this weekend, and then get a close friend of mine to do it too. I think either Lea or Melissa would be perfect, though we'll have to do it over the phone.

The last of my classes is Spanish three. This is the only one I'm at all concerned about. I barely made it through Spanish two, so I'm not sure how this is going to work out. If I study more though, I'm thinking that I'll do okay. If I start slipping, I am going to head to the prof's office and ask for help. Even if I really don't want to. I hate having to ask for help.

So yeah, this looks like a promising semester for me. I look forward to all of my classes, and looking through the books, I seem to have some background knowledge of everything.