Well, here I am, at the start of another semester at fabulous BYU. On Wednesdays I meet with all my classes so I got to get all the syllabus silliness out of the way in one go. Quite a few papers and a lot of reading, but nothing terrible, especially considering that I have a lot of time what with classes only three of the five days of the week.
The breakdown:
History 202: This is just a regular history class from the Renaissance till today. Quizzes, two midterms and a final, pretty regular. The Professor is this old guy who has a grass skirt mullet...yeah. But he should be interesting (or at least interesting to look at hahaha).
Family History: Ok, so this is going to be a bit more work, but it's going to be way cool and fun. Aside from regular reading, the assignments are things like making a timeline of my life and just getting familiar with how to do family history and figuring out the status of our genealogical work. We have to take a trip to the SLC Family History library. I love this teacher though.
Early American Bestsellers: So when I was buying books we had to buy a TON of novels for this class (10 to be exact, plus a course pack with additional readings). Ashley said that we would probably pick as a class from that list...she was wrong. We are reading all of them. It is going to be a lot of work, but I know that after finishing this class I'll feel so well read. I had this professor last semester and LOVED him and learned a ton so I'm looking forward to that.
Creative Writing: I'm not much of a creative writer, but I hope this class makes me one. The professor is this funny lady and we have some fun assignments and I'm excited. I plan on posting a lot of my work on my blog to get used to people reading my writing.
American Literary History: This is a survey course of all american lit. It's once a week for 2.5 hours and it is going to be super fun. I got in an argument/disagreement with some kid in the class tonight when we were discussing the definition of literature. Everyone was taking sides and whatnot, way fun!
So yeah, nothing too painful. I will be starting my new job next week at the Pizza Pie Cafe Express.
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Those classes sound really fun Laura! The bestsellers class sounds killer but in the best kind of way, yknow? I hope you blog about it in the future cause I wanna know what novels you are reading. Best of luck with your new job!
ReplyDeletehave fun at the new job!
ReplyDeleteyour classes sound awesome and i'm glad you seem excited about them. have you decided on your major stuff yet? are you applying to the teaching program?
and i can't wait to read some of your creative writing!
What are the American Lit books?
ReplyDeleteThey are: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Little Women, Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, Robinson Crusoe, the Pilgrims Progress, Pamela, LEtters from a Framer in Pennsylvania, Charlotte Temple, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, Ragged Dick.
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