Sunday, February 10, 2008

So you're saying that straight sex is Coke and oral sex is Pepsi... and our current generation is of the Pepsi variety?
1) Language & Composition: I love my teacher for this class. She's so refreshing. At first I thought she was intimidating because she's not afraid of being blunt with her students (never insulting, although I think some of my classmates mistake her bluntness for meanness), but she's a clever teacher with a lot of interesting opinions. I myself have yet to be criticized by her, and she smiles sometimes when I volunteer to read my writing to the class, so hey. I can't complain. :3

Incidentally, my class is reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and this song by The Killers strongly reminds me of the book. I'm not entirely sure why, I think it's more of a "me" thing, but I can't say I much mind. <33

2) Korean: I don't dislike this class, but to be honest, sometimes it feels like I'm not learning anything useful. Although I think I'm beginning to feel this way about all pre-college language classes. My Lang teacher made an offhand comment regarding this a little while back, and I have to agree; using Japanese as an example here, I think it's somehow wrong that my classmates know the Japanese word for intersection, but not the word for feeling (or anything even vaguely abstract, for that matter).

On the plus side, I adore my classmates; this is the only class in which I feel like I'm learning with a big group of friends.

3) Psychology: ohmygod. I never, ever thought that I'd like a lecture-based class in high school so much. Or even just a Social Science class (that leans more towards Natural Science IMO, which makes my liking it even more surprising). On some days, it feels more like an Anatomy class, and on others, a Philosophy class. Hell, just last Thursday, we were discussing Emotional Intelligence and its importance in everyday interactions. I just. Love love love this class. <33

I don't think I've talked about my new Psych teacher yet: though I don't connect with her as much as my old teacher, I'm willing to admit that she's the better/obviously more experienced teacher. Easily one of the best lecturers I've encountered thus far, and yet another fascinating person with a lot of interesting opinions.

4) Ceramics: This is the first time that I've felt an art/music elective at my school actually deserved its status as an Honors class. Between the art gallery visits & analyses, the 20-hour project, and being graded on our in-class works (really graded, that is), it's very common for students to be doing work for this class outside of class time.

And during the past few months, I've finally, FINALLY started getting good at working with the clay. During the first couple months of the school year, I think I was artistically handicapped or something... I don't know, but my pieces are getting a lot better-looking now. I'm starting a project on the wheel next week, which should be interesting, to say the least. I hope my hands have gotten stronger since my last (horrible) attempt at throwing a pot.

5) Japanese: As much as I hate to admit it, this class has become utter language Hell. Mostly because we've begun to prep for the (from what I've heard, ridiculously difficult) AP exam, and my teacher has us doing impromptu speeches, for godsakes. I think the students in this class as a whole feel very, very ill-prepared for the sudden spike in difficulty in this class. I mean, honestly. Impromptu speeches. :(

6) Information Technology: My guyfriends told me this was a blow off class, and honestly? I just needed something to fill up my schedule.

The bastards lied. One month in, and I still have no idea what the hell I'm doing on Dreamweaver.

7) PreCalculus: I won't mince words here: I hate this class. My teacher is an okay person and all, but good god, do I hate this class. It's not even just my ineptitude at the subject (I'm okay at Algebra and most of Geometry, but I HATE TRIANGLES AND CIRCLES I HATE THEM SO MUCH IT MAKES ME INCOHERENT), but just the class itself just fails to inspire any kind of interest in anyone who doesn't have a natural inclination towards Math. I swear, I can almost FEEL my brain cells shutting down every time I have to sit through 100 minutes of this class.

And this is the one and only class in which I feel inarticulate; when my teacher calls me to solve an equation, it's like:

Teacher: Using the data available, how do we find the measurement of side A?
Me: (ohshit ohshit) ......Umm..... do we use... the Law of Sines? *squeaks*
Teacher: Yes...
Me: .....And then... we assign the variables to... to the, umm... to the-
Classmate next to me: *whispers* sinA is 574, sinB is 240.
Me: sinA is 574, sinB is 240? o_o;;

IT'S LIKE I'VE REGRESSED TO A TWELVE-YEAR OLD. Please, please tell me that I can go through college without ever taking Calculus? I know that's the coward's way out, but damn it. I fully admit to being a coward if it means I can get out of taking Calc. T_____________T


Shit, that was long. Though knowing me, I'll probably never talk about school again, so. xDD;;

And now I have two fics to read/comment on, and two fics to force myself to work on. I do wonder when fandom started to become like homework. ^^;;
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