review.

i just looked through my blog history and i cannot believe i've never posted this video. so i'll start with that. [you probably recognize the song from the post secret video... did i post that one? hmm.]


and then... maybe a little review of my classes in case you were wondering. so once you watch that video, you can play it again and read while you listen. ha.

edu 204 = technology in teaching = easiest class ever. it's all online, but you have to go into the education computer lab once a week to take a quiz on that week's chapter. then there are weekly modules due. like on using various functions in word, excel, powerpoint, and some other programs. some of them take a long time to do, but my teacher gives really good instructions. i've actually learned a few tricks so far, and i think i'll learn some other helpful/cool things too. plus, the neat thing is that the whole class is already available, so i could technically finish it this weekend, aside from the quizzes, which i would have to take in the lab. i don't have enough time to get the whole thing done in a weekend, but i plan on finishing up the modules as soon as i can just to get it out of the way.

bch 417 = metabolic regulation = ack. my teacher has been teaching this for a really long time. he really knows his stuff. but that doesn't make this class any easier. it's going to be the main cause of my stress this semester. definitely the hardest class i've taken.

bch 407 = thesis = going well. i just got another new project. dr. tittiger says that if it works out like we think it will, i could get published. how cool would that be!?

bch 420 = proseminar = anxiety. i was supposed to give my presentation on wednesday, but dr. condit decided to talk about deepa's presentation for too long, so we ran out of time. i was so mad! now i have to go through all the anxiety all over again. but i do know now that my presentation is pretty much exactly what it needs to be based off dr. condit's comments on the presentations before mine. now i just have to deliver. ha.

ch 202 = core humanities = last dreaded ch course. my teacher is insane. he talks like a poet and uses really uncommon words in every sentence. we just got our first papers back, but before he handed them out... he wrote the grade distribution on the board. yikes. there are 27 of us and he only gave 2 A's. he went off about how he graded them based on how he thinks a college honors student should write. and then he basically said that if we got a C, we should probably drop the class. ack. i was so nervous. and all the papers were getting passed back... mine still wasn't getting called. for some reason i have this idea that professors put their papers in order by grades, so i was starting to freak out. my friend, also named amy, wasn't getting her's either. so after all this stress she got hers and mine was next, so we looked, and both got A's. woo who. i guess i'm staying in the class. ha. it's just a lot of work, and for a subject that i am not at all interested in. i don't like philosophy at all. grr.

ansc 415 = ethics of biotechnology = interesting. yeah. i wasn't too excited about this class, but i actually think it could turn out ok. i was really afraid that there would be a lot of debating and whatnot, and since i'm taking it with all my friends... i just wasn't too keen on that idea. but i *think* it's going to be more like presentations of topics, then personal reflections about how we feel about things. not too sure just yet, but we'll see. either way, it's not going to be as bad as i thought. so yay.

and then there's mentoring. my students seem a lot more open to discussion this year. last year, my class had no personality. they didn't want to interact, and it made things kind of tough. but this year... it seems like they will be more interactive. so it should be pretty good. plus, since it's my second time teaching the course, i'm much less nervous. :]

otherwise. my work asked me to go to the memory trends show in vegas with them. silvia is just going to go for the 18th, and i only have a meeting on tuesdays, no class, so i'll have to see. i think it could be cool to go for the day and just get a little taste. plus, hambly will be there. ha. oh. and they are starting a blog, and silvia asked me to make a page about myself that she can post... everyone who works at the store will have their little layout posted that kind of introduces them. it was sort of funny though the way she was talking to me about having to scrapbook about myself. i guess she doesn't realize that that's pretty much all i scrapbook about. ha.

& & one more exciting thing. i'm going to kristina contes' classes on saturday. it was sort of a last minute decision. i wasn't going to go, but then i just decided that i couldn't pass up the opportunity. i still have to get all my photos and stuff ready. yikes. it will be a long day driving like 3 1/2 hours each way. mehh. but i'm excited. i don't really mind driving by myself as long as i have my music. plus it's sort of nice to just listen to whatever i want and not have to worry about whether or not the other person is enjoying it as well. ha.

p.s. susan... that happens to be my favorite sweater right now, and that also happens to be my favorite paper right now. ha. go figure.

ok. off to bed. :]