So I felt the need to write up my obligatory first week, first impressions type of deal. I still have yet to attend two of my five classes this course because they are only one-day-a-week-double-block courses. "Team leadership in multiple staffed ministries" and "Alliance history and thought" will be the two three hour classes I have tomorrow beginning at 2:30 and ending at 9:30. That's an insane time to be doing classes.
With that being said, after "looking" at the syllabi that I've received for my courses so far, only one word has been popping into my mind continually: overwhelming.
Although I am really excited about my courses (minus Greek), they all look like a lot of work (especially Greek). "Theology from the margins" is my favorite class so far, and I would say it's safe to assume that it will be my favorite class by the end of the term. The only unfortunate thing is the amount of reading that I have to do in all my classes. I guess I should also add on that, while I can still live with a ton of reading, what I don't like is having to write a review on the reading. I'm the type of person that, rather than just dissecting every detail the author writes about and criticizing it, I like to digest it over a long period of time, really sit on the content, and then draw my conclusions.
And while I do think the workload is heavy, I didn't think, for a second, that any of it was unmanageable (except Greek). I felt that if I got off my lazy ass and pushed myself hard enough to see a routine in my school work, I could get things done at a reasonable pace. There's always people talking about treating school like a 9-5 job, and having it work pretty well. I thought about trying to do that, but I think it'd end up like New Years resolutions for me: start it, but quit a week in.
Alright, "what's the deal with Greek" you ask? I'll tell you exactly what is up. First of all, I was quite choked when my friend told me he was considering dropping Greek, and ultimately doing so. Having already lost a couple class members from last year, it meant that our class total was down to four. I leaned heavily on my friend last year to get me through Greek, so not having him with me this time around is going to suck. Plus, since the class is so small, the school decided to squish us in and combine with a seminary class. And since our prof likes teaching seminary more so than undergrad, he treats his class more like a seminary class - this obviously means more work. I already have a tough time remember all the words and such, but the prof just kind of assumes you know things and he goes on with his lesson, taking about 50 million rabbit trails in a class.
Did I also mention that it's an 8:00am, three hour class?
Well, this Greek course, studying Hebrews, definitely seems way too much for me; I even considered switching and doing six credits in Hebrew to fulfill my requirements. At this point, I'm still unsure; but I'm going to have to make a choice really quickly here.
And in other news, I'm glad to be back. Even in an anti-social person like myself, I am finding the good things of being here (which is a really good sign), and I have to really push myself this year to focus more on schooling. This means I'm not going to try for the soccer team anymore. I had an informal talk with one of the leaders on our team, and he tried to get me to join; and as much as I want to, I really shouldn't.
So, yeah. Week one updated, just like that!
I love having my own room <3 p="p">
Hope everyone is doing well! =D
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