So I've officially met all of my new professors now. These are the classes I'm taking:
Intro to Advanced Math
Web Design
Tech Writing
Java
Game Programming
Tuesday my teacher for Web Design didn't show up at all. We waited for him for an hour before someone went to the office to ask if we had to stay the whole period. He was also very late today; a student had to fetch him from his office. He thought our class started at a different time. Anyway, that class looks like it focuses on HTML and CSS so I think I'll be just fine in there. I've been doing HTML stuff since the days of MySpace. LOL
I also don't think that Tech Writing is going to be hard; I really like to write and I think it will be easier than my English classes. I don't think we'll have to do reports or anything, although we will have to do some presentations. Shockingly - I don't mind that. I think I'm just too old to be that self-conscious anymore. The tough part is probably going to be that everyone is going to critique us, but I'm not super sensitive about stuff like that so I'm sure it will be ok.
Game Programming looks fun. That class doesn't have a lot of lecture. It's divided into cubicles called War Rooms and he'll put us into groups for all but the first two projects. We'll have to do a version of Frogger and something else on our own just to make sure that we know how to work the software. After that it's a bunch of teamwork. I guess there are positives and negatives to that, but I'm always going to do my share of the work (if not more) and we have to rate each other, too. By the last project we'll be grouped by similar ratings so that will be nice.
Intro to Advanced Math I'm not super sure about. I haven't seen any of the actual material yet, but I do know that we have to cover 377 pre-calculus topics in Aleks within 6 weeks. We have to make AT LEAST an 85 on it or we get a zero. He said that it should all be review and that it's meant to refresh us; I'm guessing that the math needs to be fresh for us to understand how the proofs work. The final grade can replace a low test grade or a missed test so that should help. It might be some hard work, but I feel interested and kind of excited about the Aleks work, honestly.
Then there is Java. It's supposedly pretty different from any other programming language I've learned so far, but that's ok. One of the girls that tutored me last semester said she actually liked it better. I'm pretty excited to see how it works. I know that they do have tutoring for that so if I get stuck I will definitely reach out for help.
So I feel pretty optimistic about this semester and being able to handle this load even though I've never before taken 5 classes at once in my college life. I'm thinking that at worst Web Design and Tech Writing will not be too strenuous so maybe it'll be like I'm only taking 4 classes. LOL I guess I will find out. All of my teachers seem pretty nice and it was really great being familiar with campus and seeing a lot of people I recognized. It definitely feels better than when I started last semester.
Anyway, I'm off to file down my nails. They are long enough to bother me when I type, so they gotta get shorter. I might even throw some paint down. Who knows?
I hope y'all are doing well. I feel better than I expected to, thank goodness. ❤❤❤
