I got inspired all of a sudden to update my blog- this will probably be the only blog post for the next, like, six months but I just wanted to share my fall semester courses. This is keeping in tradition with my last blog post about my course schedule. This also means that I will be a sophomore, which makes the title of this entire blog rather irrelevant. Oh well.
So I am taking:
1. Biological Science- Genes and Inheritance. It's a science, so to me, it won't be tremendously fun. But it's designed for non-science majors, so it shouldn't be too bad. And I know someone in the class, AND it's only once a week (3 hours Monday night, but oh well).
2. Educational Theory and Policy- not fascinating at all, but I must.
3. CI 295- goes hand in hand with the Educational Theory class. It's observational work outside of college that I have to do and report every week on it.
4. Theater 207- Gender, Race, and Ethnicity- We'll be studying different dramas and plays and seeing how gender, race, and ethnicity play out in them and influence our perception of it and how it was perceived in its' time. Sounds very cool. It's a long class, but again, only once a week.
5. Yoga! That's self-explanatory but I am quite excited- especially since I've recruited a bunch of my friends to take it with me.
6. History- Modern European History- the class I'm most excited for! It's a 400level course, which means it's hard, and I'm taking it for my Honors credit, so hopefully it won't be too too bad. But it's taught by one of my favorite professors and it's European history. I am so excited.
7. Possibly a 7th course- Counselor Education- that's if I get the FYE slot I'm applying for. We'll see about that.
That's it, folks! I am also very excited that I only have to be in school Tuesday and Thursday, with the exception of one Monday night class. So Fridays and Wednesdays off! Yes!!! However, I need to do my observational work and 80 hours of educational field work, so one of those days or both might be taken up with that. So I've overbooked myself this semester again, but eh, what's a few less hours of sleep every night?
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Next Semester Courses
Hello!
Well, I'm going to blog as to procrastinate doing any of my homework at the moment...though I have a lot of it done! I at least have everything due tomorrow done.
I think this blog post will be about my courses for next semester. The course schedule is up for the spring, and I think I've made a pretty decent list of the courses that I wish to take. First off, I am going to continue with French and take French II although I could be taking French III. I'm not sure what the similarities between college and high school french are.
Next is economics, which I would not take had it not been a requirement for my major. So I must take that....
I also have to take a human development class for my major, but that's kind-of interesting as opposed to really boring (but that's my opinion). What's nice about the human development course is that it is only once a week, although for two hours and still counts for credits as a class meeting three times a week would.
The class I am most excited to (hopefully) to be taking is Classical Mythology. The concept interests me so much and I find it all fascinating. And it will fulfill a literature requirement, so double yay!
I plan to take cultural anthropology, which also sounds quite interesting- learning about people and their development across cultures and the differences between cultures in different aspects. For my honors course, I am going to take an integrative arts course called INART 110. Here, we will study films and dramatic plays and literature to help us develop a better appreciate of the arts. And it will fulfill part of my art requirement (yay again).
So, I will end up with more classes than this semester and thus, more credits. So, I will probably end up killing myself with the workload. But hey, I only have one class Fridays and that lasts from 8 to 8:50 in the morning- so I have the entire day afterward to do what I want. Though I will probably be working any time that I can...
I'm quite happy with the classes and their times that I have chosen- let's cross our fingers that I actually get these courses once registration is open to students!
Well, I'm going to blog as to procrastinate doing any of my homework at the moment...though I have a lot of it done! I at least have everything due tomorrow done.
I think this blog post will be about my courses for next semester. The course schedule is up for the spring, and I think I've made a pretty decent list of the courses that I wish to take. First off, I am going to continue with French and take French II although I could be taking French III. I'm not sure what the similarities between college and high school french are.
Next is economics, which I would not take had it not been a requirement for my major. So I must take that....
I also have to take a human development class for my major, but that's kind-of interesting as opposed to really boring (but that's my opinion). What's nice about the human development course is that it is only once a week, although for two hours and still counts for credits as a class meeting three times a week would.
The class I am most excited to (hopefully) to be taking is Classical Mythology. The concept interests me so much and I find it all fascinating. And it will fulfill a literature requirement, so double yay!
I plan to take cultural anthropology, which also sounds quite interesting- learning about people and their development across cultures and the differences between cultures in different aspects. For my honors course, I am going to take an integrative arts course called INART 110. Here, we will study films and dramatic plays and literature to help us develop a better appreciate of the arts. And it will fulfill part of my art requirement (yay again).
So, I will end up with more classes than this semester and thus, more credits. So, I will probably end up killing myself with the workload. But hey, I only have one class Fridays and that lasts from 8 to 8:50 in the morning- so I have the entire day afterward to do what I want. Though I will probably be working any time that I can...
I'm quite happy with the classes and their times that I have chosen- let's cross our fingers that I actually get these courses once registration is open to students!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Adam and Eve
In my history class today, we were discussing the Book of Genesis and it's contradictions or confusing areas.
The one that I found most interesting was:
There are two separate stories of creation that follow one another in Genesis.In the first chapter of Genesis, or the first creation story, God creates both the heavens and the earth and life on it in a matter of days. Humans are created last as the culmination of God's creation. In the second version, however, God creates earth and the animals before he does humans.
Furthermore, in the first version, man and woman are created together and have no hierarchy. They live in an egalitarian society where both are equal and both are created in the image of God himself. In the second version, man is created first from dirt of the ground. Woman is created afterword as a "helper" to man. The very word, helper, signifies a hierarchy as she is there only to help and support man in any way she can. Woman was also created out of the rib of man, so in some ways, she owes her life to man. Later in the 2nd chapter, man gets to name this new creation. He names her woman, just as he named the rest of the animals that were brought before him.
These two different versions of creation could mean different things entirely if you wished to look at the relationship between man and woman. It just depends on which version you look at. However, my professor pointed out that most people link the creation of the universe with the 7-day theory and the creation of humans with the 2nd theory. In this way, people are meshing the two together and creating a different proposal for creation.
Another one that I found interesting but I'm not going to go into much detail about was the story of Noah and the flood. In one version, God tells Noah to bring onto the ark two of every kind of animal. In another version, Lord tells Noah to bring onto the ark seven pairs of clean animals, one pair of unclean, and seven of every kind of bird....
The one that I found most interesting was:
There are two separate stories of creation that follow one another in Genesis.In the first chapter of Genesis, or the first creation story, God creates both the heavens and the earth and life on it in a matter of days. Humans are created last as the culmination of God's creation. In the second version, however, God creates earth and the animals before he does humans.
Furthermore, in the first version, man and woman are created together and have no hierarchy. They live in an egalitarian society where both are equal and both are created in the image of God himself. In the second version, man is created first from dirt of the ground. Woman is created afterword as a "helper" to man. The very word, helper, signifies a hierarchy as she is there only to help and support man in any way she can. Woman was also created out of the rib of man, so in some ways, she owes her life to man. Later in the 2nd chapter, man gets to name this new creation. He names her woman, just as he named the rest of the animals that were brought before him.
These two different versions of creation could mean different things entirely if you wished to look at the relationship between man and woman. It just depends on which version you look at. However, my professor pointed out that most people link the creation of the universe with the 7-day theory and the creation of humans with the 2nd theory. In this way, people are meshing the two together and creating a different proposal for creation.
Another one that I found interesting but I'm not going to go into much detail about was the story of Noah and the flood. In one version, God tells Noah to bring onto the ark two of every kind of animal. In another version, Lord tells Noah to bring onto the ark seven pairs of clean animals, one pair of unclean, and seven of every kind of bird....
Monday, September 27, 2010
Psychology
Psychology is a very interesting field of thought. In my class, I am very interested in psychology- it's making me consider minoring in the field.
Last week, we discussed something called the Stroop Effect, where one automatically recognizes things. Take this picture, for example:
Try telling yourself the color that the word says. In other words, the first word says "purple" but try to identity each word with the color ink that it is printed in. In this case, red.
Hard, isn't it?
This happens because the brain is so accustomed to reading the words that you will become confused on the task at hand eventually, and start saying the word rather than the color.
This week, we began to talk about infancy and adolescence.
There's this really cool experiment done with 1-2 year olds that tests something called depth perception, which is whether or not one has the spatial recognition that there is a difference in height of something. So like if you were on a mountaintop, you would know that the area below was indeed below you and dangerous to fall onto.
In this experiment, called the visual cliff experiment, a platform was built where there would be a raised part and a lowered part with a "drop-off" in the middle. This picture will explain it better:
As you can see, there is a layer of plexiglass over the lower side of the platform. Babies are placed on the upper platform and shown a toy or their mother on the other side of the platform. The question lies in whether or not the kid will cross it. Some infants crossed the barrier without any thought, showing their lack of depth perception. Others, on the other hand, saw the "drop off" and were afraid to go to the other side because they knew it was dangerous for them to fall that far down. These children understood depth perception.
For further clarification, check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyxMq11xWzM
Last week, we discussed something called the Stroop Effect, where one automatically recognizes things. Take this picture, for example:
Try telling yourself the color that the word says. In other words, the first word says "purple" but try to identity each word with the color ink that it is printed in. In this case, red.
Hard, isn't it?
This happens because the brain is so accustomed to reading the words that you will become confused on the task at hand eventually, and start saying the word rather than the color.
This week, we began to talk about infancy and adolescence.
There's this really cool experiment done with 1-2 year olds that tests something called depth perception, which is whether or not one has the spatial recognition that there is a difference in height of something. So like if you were on a mountaintop, you would know that the area below was indeed below you and dangerous to fall onto.
In this experiment, called the visual cliff experiment, a platform was built where there would be a raised part and a lowered part with a "drop-off" in the middle. This picture will explain it better:
As you can see, there is a layer of plexiglass over the lower side of the platform. Babies are placed on the upper platform and shown a toy or their mother on the other side of the platform. The question lies in whether or not the kid will cross it. Some infants crossed the barrier without any thought, showing their lack of depth perception. Others, on the other hand, saw the "drop off" and were afraid to go to the other side because they knew it was dangerous for them to fall that far down. These children understood depth perception.
For further clarification, check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyxMq11xWzM
Monday, September 20, 2010
Hello Again
Hi- so I feel like I've neglected this blog for a little bit, and I apologize. Not that many people are reading it and waiting for my new post, but hey- why not entertain me? :)
So far this week, I've taken a psych exam which I think I did rather well on save 2 questions. But 2 out of 75 probably isn't going to kill me- unless I screwed up the rest of the exam....I've also learned the Cowboy Boogie, 38 Step, Super-dog, and Mo-town soul dances in my Ballroom class. I really like my ballroom class- we have personality hehe. And my teacher's a wack-o, but she's so energetic and lovable. Hmm I found a microwave in the cafeteria, so I brought in pasta for lunch- yum!
My speech/ English teacher is quite nice, except for the annoying "um" that comes out of her mouth every 2 sentences or so. She's supposed to be a speech teacher, no? It's so distracting! But that's my opinion...
I've been making progress on my Genesis paper- still not happy with it, but getting it done. I might as well try to finish it first and then go back and fix the parts that I don't like. It's something at least. Tomorrow's another discussion on Aristotle in my history class, and then we'll probably move into the Hebrew Bible. Which I've been reading everyday as we've been assigned insane amounts of reading from it. But it could be worse- it could be the whole bible.
So yea- that's my life! Yay :)
So far this week, I've taken a psych exam which I think I did rather well on save 2 questions. But 2 out of 75 probably isn't going to kill me- unless I screwed up the rest of the exam....I've also learned the Cowboy Boogie, 38 Step, Super-dog, and Mo-town soul dances in my Ballroom class. I really like my ballroom class- we have personality hehe. And my teacher's a wack-o, but she's so energetic and lovable. Hmm I found a microwave in the cafeteria, so I brought in pasta for lunch- yum!
My speech/ English teacher is quite nice, except for the annoying "um" that comes out of her mouth every 2 sentences or so. She's supposed to be a speech teacher, no? It's so distracting! But that's my opinion...
I've been making progress on my Genesis paper- still not happy with it, but getting it done. I might as well try to finish it first and then go back and fix the parts that I don't like. It's something at least. Tomorrow's another discussion on Aristotle in my history class, and then we'll probably move into the Hebrew Bible. Which I've been reading everyday as we've been assigned insane amounts of reading from it. But it could be worse- it could be the whole bible.
So yea- that's my life! Yay :)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Genesis Paper
So next week, I have a paper on the first three chapters of Genesis due. This paper is worth 20% of my final grade. (choke choke barely breathing) I'm still processing the thoughts and analysis of what I've got. The question is- what is the relationship between husbands and wives and is it appropriate?
At the moment, I've got good views on Eve and bad views on Eve.
Let's start with the good:
- God made man and woman equally in his image
- Man lived in harmony after woman was created
- Eve was created as a helper to Adam- to aid and support him with her best abilities and traits
- No animal was suitable as a partner to Adam- Eve is
- Apparently, her formation is cause for a man to leave his mom and dad and start a family with his new wife and become one with her
Therefore, Eve could be good as a wife for Adam because she's the perfect match for him. But I don't know if I can argue that well....
And now for the bad:
- Eve is drawn from Adam's rib- so she owes existence to him- "she shall be called woman, for from man she was taken"
- helper- can mean that she's subordinate to Adam
- After the eating of the apple, both blame each other- no more love, trust, sharing, or mutual feelings- only guilt, blame, and the avoidance of responsibility
- "you will desire your husband, and he will be your master"
- Eve is thought of as the original sinner
So, what should I do? Brian, as the only reader of my blog (lol), offer some feedback- please :)
At the moment, I've got good views on Eve and bad views on Eve.
Let's start with the good:
- God made man and woman equally in his image
- Man lived in harmony after woman was created
- Eve was created as a helper to Adam- to aid and support him with her best abilities and traits
- No animal was suitable as a partner to Adam- Eve is
- Apparently, her formation is cause for a man to leave his mom and dad and start a family with his new wife and become one with her
Therefore, Eve could be good as a wife for Adam because she's the perfect match for him. But I don't know if I can argue that well....
And now for the bad:
- Eve is drawn from Adam's rib- so she owes existence to him- "she shall be called woman, for from man she was taken"
- helper- can mean that she's subordinate to Adam
- After the eating of the apple, both blame each other- no more love, trust, sharing, or mutual feelings- only guilt, blame, and the avoidance of responsibility
- "you will desire your husband, and he will be your master"
- Eve is thought of as the original sinner
So, what should I do? Brian, as the only reader of my blog (lol), offer some feedback- please :)
Monday, September 13, 2010
Great Expectations
I was talking to someone today and the conversation turned to something along the lines of "things aren't what you except or want." I mean, we've all heard it before, right? But it sucks to be disappointed. Not only are you disappointed because something didn't happen, but you're also disappointed because you were excepting something better to happen.
Let's take this overused example. Say you're expecting a phone call. It could be about this new job you interviewed for earlier in the day. It could be from someone that promised that they would call today. It could be from your doctor to tell you the results of an x-ray. During the day, you don't get that call. You waited all day for a phone call that wasn't going to come. To me, that's more disappointing than getting a random phone call from someone. In that case, you weren't waiting around for the phone to ring, as the expression goes.
Another example. You and a friend want to meet up at the movie theater to see the newest 3D movie. You pick the movie time, decide when you're going to meet up, and even what you're going to buy as a snack. You arrive on time and buy you and your friend a ticket as it's a brand new movie. Your friend, however, is at the moment 15 minutes late. You call him or her- turns out they completely forgot and can't go now. Not only are you alone in a movie theater with already-bought tickets for a movie that starts in 10 minutes, but you were just forgotten about. Are you really going to go to the movie by yourself now? If you say yes, you're lying. Of course you're going to be disappointed.
Say you're going to a fancy restaurant. You get there and order what they're known for. Let's say, crab cakes. They cost you a whooping $50- they better be good. When your dish comes to you, its two tiny crab cakes with lettuce on one side and some sauce on the other. There's not even some sort of rice or noodle to go along with it. This sucks- and this is actually coming from experience. Crab cake wasn't even that good...
Sure, it's one of those things that you have to accept and get over, but it still hurts. Expectations muddle with our brains in strange ways. Because of them, we can't always forgive and forget because you were expecting something else. But just because we expect things to happen in a certain way, doesn't mean that the actual results are bad either. They could be something good and new to start from.
Let's take this overused example. Say you're expecting a phone call. It could be about this new job you interviewed for earlier in the day. It could be from someone that promised that they would call today. It could be from your doctor to tell you the results of an x-ray. During the day, you don't get that call. You waited all day for a phone call that wasn't going to come. To me, that's more disappointing than getting a random phone call from someone. In that case, you weren't waiting around for the phone to ring, as the expression goes.
Another example. You and a friend want to meet up at the movie theater to see the newest 3D movie. You pick the movie time, decide when you're going to meet up, and even what you're going to buy as a snack. You arrive on time and buy you and your friend a ticket as it's a brand new movie. Your friend, however, is at the moment 15 minutes late. You call him or her- turns out they completely forgot and can't go now. Not only are you alone in a movie theater with already-bought tickets for a movie that starts in 10 minutes, but you were just forgotten about. Are you really going to go to the movie by yourself now? If you say yes, you're lying. Of course you're going to be disappointed.
Say you're going to a fancy restaurant. You get there and order what they're known for. Let's say, crab cakes. They cost you a whooping $50- they better be good. When your dish comes to you, its two tiny crab cakes with lettuce on one side and some sauce on the other. There's not even some sort of rice or noodle to go along with it. This sucks- and this is actually coming from experience. Crab cake wasn't even that good...
Sure, it's one of those things that you have to accept and get over, but it still hurts. Expectations muddle with our brains in strange ways. Because of them, we can't always forgive and forget because you were expecting something else. But just because we expect things to happen in a certain way, doesn't mean that the actual results are bad either. They could be something good and new to start from.
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