Week One Down, Lots More to Go

Well, the first week of school is over. Time for me to talk a bit about my classes. I will not, however, be posting my class schedule on here as it would be unwise to post such a thing on the Web.

The first class is a math class with a professor that I have never had before. This professor was my dad's college advisor and is known for being a fun lecturer. If the number is not an integer, then the prof does not want to hear about it in this class.

Next up is an easy science class. I feel kinda odd being in this one since it's for non-science majors. The prof gave a description of how scientists are, another-words geeky. It pretty much fit me to a T. I would have signed up for a more difficult course for my science requirement, but after five years I'm more worried about getting out of here.

I'm also taking a math/comp sci class that only has two students in it this year. I'll be learning a lot about Mathematica for use in dealing with the topics we will cover. Perhaps after this semester I will actually like Mathematica.

I'm also taking a "servant leadership" course this semester. I will be giving free computer tech support to students for my project in this one. Unfortunately, I'm expecting some bad theology from this class. Already the instructor has used an article from Time magazine as the text for a devotion. Time isn't exactly known as a good Christian resource and the only thing the article had to do with Christianity was the book The Purpose Driven Life. I don't exactly put much stock into that book either. Two of the required texts for this course are chock full of fluffy photos and the intro to the third seems to be searching for meaning in life rather than dealing with leadership as it's title would suggest. The author also seems convinced that the problems in our world are new. I have a feeling you might see a few rants about this class and the readings involved as the year progresses.

I'm in concert band again this semester as well. We have a more complete group than we have had in the past and we finally have an upright bass player again. The first performance will be at the state fair a week from tomorrow. At homecoming we will have Holsinger conducting us and will be releasing our first CD (That's not the finalized track list).

I am looking into adding a senior CS project for an additional credit or two.

It should be an interesting semester.