First Day of Class

Whoops! Forgot to blog yesterday! Mostly, I didn't blog because I was so late getting back in.

Anyway, here's what I did yesterday:

I woke up at an unreasonably early hour (something like 7:30--shush, morning people!) and got out of bed and showered. My first class is at 8:30, and I thought that I would have time to get some breakfast before if I woke an hour early, but, somehow, I found myself without the necessary time. I walked over to the Chambers building, and sat on the steps to call my parents before class started.

I ate my chewy bar and found my class, Econ 101 - Introductory Economics, taught by Professor Hess. I was a little wary of taking an econ class at first, because I wasn't sure how well I would do or how much I would grasp the subject, but after a fantastic class of 50 minutes of pure ecstasy (sort of), I have decided that I definitely like economics. I understood most of what was being said, purely because of the econ class I took my sophomore year in high school, but also learned a little bit, even on the first day. The teacher seems really cool and definitely knows what he is talking about. Unfortunately enough, though, the alarm on my phone went off in the middle of the class, and I was thoroughly embarrassed. Man! The first day?! Already?! Jeez. Oh, well. The professor continued talking as I disabled my alarm.

My next class was directly after at 9:30, and was Humanities 150, in the Hance Auditorium. Hance is basically the big dome on the top of the building, and is pretty neat. The lecturer was Professor Berkey, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Michael Emerson, the actor who played Benjamin Linus in the show LOST. (Compare below.) The lecture was very interesting, and I didn't daze out once, or even feel bored at all, even though I remembered most of the information from a sixth grade social studies class. I'm going to love the Humanities Program, I just know it.






(Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus first; Professor Berkey as himself second.)





























Then, I had a reeeeeeeeaaaaaally long break for lunch and studying some more of the Epic of Gilgamesh for Wednesday's discussion. Lunch was good--tostadas and stuff.

After the break, I had Metaphysics, which is going to be such a delicious class, I just know it. The teacher, Professor Griffith, is awesome. She seems like she really knows what she is talking about, and I am really excited for her class. Many of the kids in there seem to be pretty proficient with understanding philosophy, and that makes me even more excited. The reading assignments thus far are not that difficult, as most of the class will be discussion and short essay--the way classes SHOULD be.

Dinner was good, and then I hung out watching LOST in my room for a little (after learning "Home" on the mandolin).

Late last night, though, a bunch of people from 4th Cannon came down to my room said hello. I told them that we should all go into the lounge and talk with everyone, and we did. It was really cool. I love my dorm building, and think that Davidson was the right place for me to go, after all.

Have a great evening!