So I thought I'd update about this past week.
By now I've had all of my various classes. I mentioned about Math Perspectives and Jane Austen already. But I am also taking Ed Psych, which is pretty fun because I have a really good class. My professor also starts out with an ice breaker every class, which is cool because we can keep track of them and use them in our own classrooms. I will have to do some observations (probably over Fall break) and another practicum experience. I think I would like to tutor this semester at the Walker House in New Castle, so we will see how that goes. I am also taking Bio 101 this semester. It's not going to be too bad, but I will probably just find it more of a waste of my time, especially considering the three hour labs we have on Wednesdays in addition to class three days a week. But once I complete this semester, all of my IP's (Intellectual Perspectives required at WC) will be completed so I can focus on my major and minor. I could potentially pick up another minor too, if I wish. So we'll see. Not sure exactly yet. But I'm also in symphonic band, of course, which is marching band right now. Which leads me to my next bit of news...
I decided once again NOT to try out for Wind Ensemble, mostly because I get very intimidated by such a short period of time to learn/practice the audition piece, I am terrified because I don't have any teaching assistance to help me beforehand (like in HS, where you ran the piece with the entire band, at least a few times before an audition), and I was just busy with everything else going on. So auditions came and went, 8 clarinets trying out and filling up the 8 slots. As luck would have it, one clarinet has dropped out for some reason, leaving an opening. Dr. Greig asked Ben if he wanted to fill it again, but he is overbooked this semester. So that left me. And I can fit it in my schedule so I took it! I am also hoping to get into Wind Ensemble next year because the group is going to Scotland! (I know. ds;gjalsdgjs;adgj) So I hope this year helps me improve so that when I actually...you know, try out, I can hopefully make it. But now that gives me another class that meets three days a week...yikes.
In addition to joining Wind Ensemble, I've been getting involved in new things. At our first KD meeting, we needed a sophomore for Standards board (ask if you want to know more about it), so that ended up being me....cool. And then I was asked if I would like to be an appointed officer as Historian. That would mean I would make scrapbooks, send monthly reports to nationals about what the sisterhood is up to, not just with KD events and activities. So I think that would be pretty cool, so I accepted. And I guess I'm part of recruitment committee now? I'm not really sure, I just went to a planning meeting and then my name got put on the list...oops. But that's fun too. I figure that this semester I don't have such a ridiculous schedule (except on Wednesdays...and it's probably a lot worse than I think once I continue to get more work) so why not get involved in things that are going to benefit me? My extracurriculars are going to be Gospel Choir and Seekers and MAYBE chapel drama...I don't know. Lambda Sigma and Kappa Delta Pi won't take up too much of my time. Ah, so much. :) I love it. Hopefully I won't be hating myself though...
Jane Austen is definitely a killer. Reading Northanger Abbey and preparing a presentation in a week was a challenge. I even paced myself and read every single day, but it was stressful knowing I had lots of pages to go yesterday. But I made it through! Only five more of her works to go? I really like that class though. It makes me happy to enjoy English classes because it reassures me that I am supposed to be an English teacher. I think I've found that my focus is going a lot more to my future career this semester, not that it didn't my freshman year, but more so it seems. I feel more confident than I used to. I still need to gain experience with middle and high school students though. It'll come though.
This past weekend was kind of a letdown overall, to be honest. Friday night was the Gateway Clipper dance and I loved getting dressed up all pretty and Aaron looked amazingly handsome. Once we got on the boat (after enduring ANNOYING girls, probably drunk, singing christmas tunes and yelling at our bus driver), we found that we weren't in much of a dancing mood. This is extremely surprising for both me and Aaron, as we used to take full advantage of our past dances. But I think we just chalked it up to the ridiculousness of the past week. We enjoyed watching the city go by, but it was freezing even with a sweater. Possibly the biggest reason why we didn't enjoy ourselves as much was because the music was awful. I can usually tolerate bad songs, but only when they throw in some good ones to keep me going. This DJ did not at all. So that was depressing. But what can you do? We ended up not getting home until 4 AM and then had to get up early the next day. Aaron and I watched his sister run in her cross country meet at 10 AM and then got ready for our first football game. As most of the band had gone on the boat, everyone was just dead and we also hadn't practiced much so the game was destined to be a fail. The show went surprisingly OKAY and it wasn't a disaster, but it could've been so much better. The game itself was so boring and obviously we lost. It was just really crappy to have to sit there for the second half...but we made it through. Afterwards, I fell asleep.
The evening was just as ehh as the rest of the weekend. I went to my mixer, which was just okay and was going to go out, but cautioned not to because of how crazy it was going to be, ended up having to read Northanger Abbey in my bed on Saturday night. Woo. Oh well, whatever. I woke up for church on Sunday morning and then went to brunch. After lots of homework, I had dinner and then the KD meeting I mentioned previously. So yay. I hope that this coming weekend is more fun.
Anyway, I'm off for now! Cross your fingers that I don't get the swine flu...our first case has cropped up!
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