Today was the first day of class for Fall 2008! Originally I wasn't signed up for any classes this semester, but this past weekend I decided to go ahead and register. I signed up for a public speaking class, because it is pretty much a requirement everywhere and I hadn't taken it yet. I also signed up for an American Politics class because I enjoy the subject and I think it will be an interesting semester to study politics, with the 2008 election happening at the same time.
Classes were pretty uneventful today, just syllabus-reading and that kind of thing, but I think it will be a fun semester. My Politics professor is what I expected after reading his review on ratemyprofessor.com, he's liberal and grumpy but seems like he will be a good teacher. In the middle of reviewing the syllabus we ended up having a discussion about whether a pizza is properly described as a pie, and if today was any indication of the rest of the semester I think it will be a good class. It is the largest I've taken at Tyler - there are 35 students in the class, a lot of different types of people so hopefully we'll have some good discussions. And I'm looking forward to being able to hold my own in political discussions with my father - he gets pretty fired up about politics and I rarely know what is going on!
Public Speaking should be a pretty easy class. I'm willing to put in the work to make the speeches good, and my professor is a really sweet lady. She has us call her by her first name, Laurie. And we did a few small things in class today, I was surprised by all of the shy people in class. It has been a long time since I had issues with stage fright, between acting so much in high school and volunteering as a tour guide, I am just really comfortable speaking in front of people. I think I'll enjoy the class, she seems to put a lot of effort into making things fun.
That's it for now :)
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