And now for something completely different...
I felt really good after working out last night. That was new. And luckily I was able to deftly avoid "Breck" the trainer from hell. What a tool. But I think I'm going to enjoy this whole working out thing. I never thought I'd say that. Who knows if I'll be feeling the same way a few months from now but we'll see.
So I was going to take this psychology class (Social and Biological Basis of Child and Adolescent Behavior) that sounded pretty interesting but also was probably going to be very challenging. There turned out to be a list of reasons not to take the class. Some of these reasons include the book costing $250; said book being one that I'd never pick up again; the class takes place on Monday nights from 7-9:45 (worst time ever); a 600 level class and therefore probably waaaayyy above me; and lastly probably way more about research and less about actual content. So I dropped it and replaced it with Intro to Family Dynamics. I got that book online for $65 and we get to make a family tree in the class. Ding, ding, ding...we have a winner. Oh and the other class I'm taking is a poli sci class called, The Civil Rights Movement. I'll be curious about how that subject matter is handled seeing as we're in the deep south and all. I'm still shuddering from my Civil War (aka "War of Northern Aggression") class in undergrad.
So after this fall I have 4 classes left. One is a required poli sci class that I'm not looking forward to, Research Methods in Social Science (read: statistics), one more psyc class (hopefully an interesting "special topics class") and 2 more from the poli sci/crim justice group (keeping fingers crossed for Sociology and a film class). Heck, once I get my masters I could teach a film class for them. Hmmm...
So I was going to take this psychology class (Social and Biological Basis of Child and Adolescent Behavior) that sounded pretty interesting but also was probably going to be very challenging. There turned out to be a list of reasons not to take the class. Some of these reasons include the book costing $250; said book being one that I'd never pick up again; the class takes place on Monday nights from 7-9:45 (worst time ever); a 600 level class and therefore probably waaaayyy above me; and lastly probably way more about research and less about actual content. So I dropped it and replaced it with Intro to Family Dynamics. I got that book online for $65 and we get to make a family tree in the class. Ding, ding, ding...we have a winner. Oh and the other class I'm taking is a poli sci class called, The Civil Rights Movement. I'll be curious about how that subject matter is handled seeing as we're in the deep south and all. I'm still shuddering from my Civil War (aka "War of Northern Aggression") class in undergrad.
So after this fall I have 4 classes left. One is a required poli sci class that I'm not looking forward to, Research Methods in Social Science (read: statistics), one more psyc class (hopefully an interesting "special topics class") and 2 more from the poli sci/crim justice group (keeping fingers crossed for Sociology and a film class). Heck, once I get my masters I could teach a film class for them. Hmmm...
posted by UhLisa | 7:54 AM
4 Comments:
Nice thing about taking a Civil Rights class in the South is that you could actually go visit some of the sites where these things happened. Although, now that I think about it, that wouldn't exactly be a fun trip. Hmm.
I do think that it won't be nearly as biased as my Civil War class. That was rough.
But you're right, there is a lot of potential for field trips down here.
I took a GREAT Civil War class at Carolina when I was in grad school...the prof was British so he really didn't care. it was refreshing. :)
You would be a great teacher, especially for a subject you love like film. :)
--Christy
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