laura (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} meory) wrote,@ 2008-09-05 17:34:00 |
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BACK TO SCHOOL!
On Wednesday I started my junior year of college. YAY!!! I don't think I have ever been this overjoyed to go back to school. Something about this summer just dragged and left me longing for school... now it has come and I am ECSTATIC. I even went overboard in my enthusiasm and signed up for six classes instead of the usual five, figuring I would dislike one and drop, but... nope, I like them all.
THINGS I NEED TO DO SOON:
- Set up appointment with English department advisor to find out if I am doing things right, talk about preparing to maybe apply for graduate school etc.
- Set up appointment with French advisor to talk about spending part of next summer in Quebec for the Laval French Immersion program
- Go to an informational meeting about internships
- Uh my homework
Now without further ado,
ENG 205A: Poetry
Poetry writing and reading! This class is taught by Peter Covino, who is one of the stars of the English department in that EVERYONE loves him and fights to get into his classes. He's an amazing poet, not to mention very nice and funny. I've been wanting to take his class since freshman year! Now I finally got in. And I can tell already it is going to be amazing. And best of all... Prof. Covino KNEW WHO I WAS, by reputation! That's never happened to me before. He saw me and came over and said wasn't it me who had won the department's writing contest last year, and that he really loved the story I wrote for the contest! AHHH. Then he named me one of the writers to share work in the first poetry workshop of the semester. Whatever I write has to be really good now because apparently my reputation (of which I was formerly unaware) has preceded me... hehe.
ENG 305: Creative Writing (Fiction)
The professor of this class is a very straightforward, no bullshit kind of guy - but also quite nice. He was part of the judging committee for the writing contest last year so he gave me the short story award at the ceremony and said he liked my writing very much - however, I don't think he remembers me now as he didn't seem to recognize me. Ah well. Anyway, I'm not sure what to expect from this class as he didn't hand out a syllabus yet, but I think it will be very very good.
ENG 469: The Modern Novel
One of my required English classes, dealing with the post-historical novel. Another class I'm not sure what to expect from, as I've never read anything by the authors we will be covering. However, it should be interesting because so far in college, I have mostly taken English classes from an earlier historical period - this will be something different!
ENG 251: British Literature 1
Another requirement. We're reading the period from Beowulf right up until Shakespeare - another period to which I haven't given much attention in the past.
WRT 201: Writing Argumentative Texts
I took this only because I love the professor - I had her last year for creative nonfiction. She was very happy to see me in the class so now I can't drop it! (It's an elective and would've been the one to go...) Anyway, it's all about writing persuasive essays. We're also going to be focusing very much on the presidential campaign, which should be interesting. The only worry I have is that... I don't really like either of the presidential candidates. I'll have to pick one to vote for, but I don't have any particularly strong convictions about either of them to write persuasively about!
FRN 207: French Conversation 1
Another elective, or I'm thinking of the idea of declaring a French minor, maybe, possibly? I'm scared of this class because we will only be allowed to speak in French, all the time, in front of the class, in groups, and for the midterm and final, alone with the professor while he spends 15 minutes interviewing us one-on-one... Eek. But the professor is really cool and not too strict about things, and also absolutely hilarious. He said he didn't particularly care if our French is perfect or not all the time, as long as we make an effort! So that's good.
AHHH SCHOOOOOL. I'm so excited. I had this moment of euphoria on Wednesday when it sunk in that it will not have to be summer for NINE MONTHS and that for all of those months I can take fabulous English classes, walk around on campus, see friends, get coffees, read things, write things... Really, as I said, I've never been this happy to be in school. I've finished all my (ridiculous) gen-eds so now I am only taking things in my major, and electives. And, YAY.
On Wednesday I started my junior year of college. YAY!!! I don't think I have ever been this overjoyed to go back to school. Something about this summer just dragged and left me longing for school... now it has come and I am ECSTATIC. I even went overboard in my enthusiasm and signed up for six classes instead of the usual five, figuring I would dislike one and drop, but... nope, I like them all.
THINGS I NEED TO DO SOON:
- Set up appointment with English department advisor to find out if I am doing things right, talk about preparing to maybe apply for graduate school etc.
- Set up appointment with French advisor to talk about spending part of next summer in Quebec for the Laval French Immersion program
- Go to an informational meeting about internships
- Uh my homework
Now without further ado,
ENG 205A: Poetry
Poetry writing and reading! This class is taught by Peter Covino, who is one of the stars of the English department in that EVERYONE loves him and fights to get into his classes. He's an amazing poet, not to mention very nice and funny. I've been wanting to take his class since freshman year! Now I finally got in. And I can tell already it is going to be amazing. And best of all... Prof. Covino KNEW WHO I WAS, by reputation! That's never happened to me before. He saw me and came over and said wasn't it me who had won the department's writing contest last year, and that he really loved the story I wrote for the contest! AHHH. Then he named me one of the writers to share work in the first poetry workshop of the semester. Whatever I write has to be really good now because apparently my reputation (of which I was formerly unaware) has preceded me... hehe.
ENG 305: Creative Writing (Fiction)
The professor of this class is a very straightforward, no bullshit kind of guy - but also quite nice. He was part of the judging committee for the writing contest last year so he gave me the short story award at the ceremony and said he liked my writing very much - however, I don't think he remembers me now as he didn't seem to recognize me. Ah well. Anyway, I'm not sure what to expect from this class as he didn't hand out a syllabus yet, but I think it will be very very good.
ENG 469: The Modern Novel
One of my required English classes, dealing with the post-historical novel. Another class I'm not sure what to expect from, as I've never read anything by the authors we will be covering. However, it should be interesting because so far in college, I have mostly taken English classes from an earlier historical period - this will be something different!
ENG 251: British Literature 1
Another requirement. We're reading the period from Beowulf right up until Shakespeare - another period to which I haven't given much attention in the past.
WRT 201: Writing Argumentative Texts
I took this only because I love the professor - I had her last year for creative nonfiction. She was very happy to see me in the class so now I can't drop it! (It's an elective and would've been the one to go...) Anyway, it's all about writing persuasive essays. We're also going to be focusing very much on the presidential campaign, which should be interesting. The only worry I have is that... I don't really like either of the presidential candidates. I'll have to pick one to vote for, but I don't have any particularly strong convictions about either of them to write persuasively about!
FRN 207: French Conversation 1
Another elective, or I'm thinking of the idea of declaring a French minor, maybe, possibly? I'm scared of this class because we will only be allowed to speak in French, all the time, in front of the class, in groups, and for the midterm and final, alone with the professor while he spends 15 minutes interviewing us one-on-one... Eek. But the professor is really cool and not too strict about things, and also absolutely hilarious. He said he didn't particularly care if our French is perfect or not all the time, as long as we make an effort! So that's good.
AHHH SCHOOOOOL. I'm so excited. I had this moment of euphoria on Wednesday when it sunk in that it will not have to be summer for NINE MONTHS and that for all of those months I can take fabulous English classes, walk around on campus, see friends, get coffees, read things, write things... Really, as I said, I've never been this happy to be in school. I've finished all my (ridiculous) gen-eds so now I am only taking things in my major, and electives. And, YAY.
