So this first week at Ball State has actually been fun. There are things that are better than I expected, and things that aren't at all what I expected, which I assume has happened to everybody. Luckily I passed the first step of college move in day, my roommate is awesome! I met her on the Ball State Class of 2014 facebook group, and we talked my entire senior year of high school. After a few months of talking and getting to know each other, we decided to be roommates. She came from Michigan, so it has been fun trying to explain the Hoosier way of things, and it has been interesting figuring out the different things that she did in school. We went to the Welcome Week activities, and some of them were actually fun. We met some girls already that we've been spending a lot of time with, which is exciting. I was really nervous before I came up here because I figured since none of my friends from high school were coming, that it would be boring and horrible. In reality, it has been amazing coming up here and making new friends, drama free! The college experience has seemed great so far. The hardest part about being here is being away from my boyfriend. We've been together for over a year, but he is in the army and he just got back at the end of May. I got to spend the summer with him, and then now I had to move up here for school. So it's hard not getting to see him much, especially with the job that he has, but again, it is all a part of growing up. In a way, it is helping me to live without him for the future deployments that he will partake in. So far, I love college life.
My college classes are a different story. lol. :) My professors all seem pretty cool, but taking 16 credit hours might have been too much to start out with, I guess I'll see what happens. This semester I am mostly just taking general study courses, but my major at the moment is Marketing. I have a huge interest in advertising, media, and things of that sort. I would love to have a job like my sister. She works for Optimedia downtown and is in charge of advertising with Dairy Queen. She seem to love her job, and it definitely keeps her busy. So I have been really considering a minor in Telecommunications. Anyways, so far my two favorite professors are Professor McArdle, for English 103, and Professor Daehn, for Theater 100. They both seem to make the class interesting and fun. They make jokes throughout the class to keep your attention, and they really seem to love what they're teaching. The best part of college is that the professors talk to you like you're an adult, they don't treat you like a child with no respect. I look forward to the challenges of homework and studying. I've never been a big person on studying, actually I've never studied for anything in my life, but I know that I will have to study in college, it is a completely different level of education.
Well I have to take a quiz for Theater now, then I am heading to bed. Goodnight. :)
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Log for English 103 section 43 :)
Tuesday 8/24/10:
It was our first day of class. Professor McArdle introduced himself and then told us to go around the room and introduce ourselves, and say our favorite book and movie. Professor McArdle made his approval/disapproval of our favorite book and movie. Especially after hurting my feelings for saying he hates Twilight! :( ....maybe it is just a girl thing. Anyways, after we introduced ourselves Professor McArdle passed out a syllabus, and we went over class rules and expectations. After letting out his anger about there being no projector screen, Professor McArdle signed into blackboard and helped us learn to navigate around the site. Also, he showed us the class blog website and explained our assignments with the blogs.
Thursday 8/26/10:
We walked into class and all of the desks were rearranged, then Professor McArdle quizzed himself by trying to remember our names. After that we went over BallPoint and more criteria for the upcoming semester....(zZzz) But we got through that, continued on to kids asking questions. Some students asked how to set up a blog, so we went through the process of getting a Gmail account and making a profile for each students blog. Then someone asked a question about what the exact assignment was each week, so we have to do 2 posts and 2 comments every week. After the clarification of the assignment, our first week of English 103 was over! Now for week 2....what will we do?! Looks like starting our "This I Believe" essays.
It was our first day of class. Professor McArdle introduced himself and then told us to go around the room and introduce ourselves, and say our favorite book and movie. Professor McArdle made his approval/disapproval of our favorite book and movie. Especially after hurting my feelings for saying he hates Twilight! :( ....maybe it is just a girl thing. Anyways, after we introduced ourselves Professor McArdle passed out a syllabus, and we went over class rules and expectations. After letting out his anger about there being no projector screen, Professor McArdle signed into blackboard and helped us learn to navigate around the site. Also, he showed us the class blog website and explained our assignments with the blogs.
Thursday 8/26/10:
We walked into class and all of the desks were rearranged, then Professor McArdle quizzed himself by trying to remember our names. After that we went over BallPoint and more criteria for the upcoming semester....(zZzz) But we got through that, continued on to kids asking questions. Some students asked how to set up a blog, so we went through the process of getting a Gmail account and making a profile for each students blog. Then someone asked a question about what the exact assignment was each week, so we have to do 2 posts and 2 comments every week. After the clarification of the assignment, our first week of English 103 was over! Now for week 2....what will we do?! Looks like starting our "This I Believe" essays.
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