School is back in session.
This chilly semester i am taking geograpy and writing fiction. The writing fiction class has proven to be just as exciting as i thought it would be. Writing short stories is something i want to do for a living thus this class, i'm sure, will prove to be very benefitial.
Geography has also proven to be captivating. My teacher is a very funny, very intruiging older gentleman who has been teaching the subject at UT for fourty years, so i'd say he knows a little something or two about it.
On our first day of classes he informed us (much to my chagrin) that we don't really need the text book because reading it will not help us pass the tests. He did say one thing that would help us pass (and please briefly excuse my language as this portion of the story would loose it's luster if i were to edit his words..)
he said,
"how do you pass this class? you pass this class by taking notes.
what kind of notes should you take? Damned good notes."
Yeah i laughed for a long time over that one.
I did however have an unfortunate experience yesterday in class as i arrived after all the good seats were filled. Normally this would not bother me as much, but yesterday was the day where we find a seat and stay in that same seat for the rest of the semester. This is problematic in that i'm very picky when it comes to where i sit. partly because i like a perfect view of the classroom, and partly because i'm left handed and therefore have special needs :)
long story short i ended up next to a boy who disliked the professor enough to audibly utter complaints and at one point after the professor had made a joke the boy replied with murmering,
"that is precisely why europeans hate americans"
to which i almost replied,
"and your attitude is precisely why some americans hate other americans"
looks like it's going to be a good semester :)
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