This Semester... My Semester.

MAT 105D. Math for Quantitative Punching Myself in the Face.

I've never liked math. Never. Not once has doing math ever been an enjoyable or pleasant experience. All this course does is remind me of that. It's the lowest level math class before breaching the "special needs" gap, and it's required. Our first class we covered rounding up and down. The next chapter was on Venn diagrams. Today, we entered the realm of Logic, where we discern whether statements like: "Bruce Springsteen is a U.S. President" are true or not, and how to make them true.

(correct answer: add a "not")

I hate this class.

PHI 103E. Human Alienation: The Study of Awkward Silences and Apathy.

I like philosophy. It's very interesting to me. It just isn't interesting to anybody else in the University of Southern Maine though, particularly the students in my class, who number so greatly there aren't enough seats (or windows!!) for anyone to be comfortable. I've never been taught philosophy, and my professor doesn't seem too bad at it, but he's having difficulty connecting with kids who'd rather binge drink while watching ESPN than politely debate the finer points of Plato's Republic.

THE 150H. Play (Anal)ysis...

is only moderately annoying since there's a lot of homework involved but other than that it's fine. Just a theater class with theater people in it. Professor's handwriting is tough to decipher at times, but nothing I can't tolerate. I am the Master of Tolerence!

THE 230. Designing Things That The Performer Won't Read In To.

This class has been rather fun so far. It's full of fun theater kids and the projects are always interesting to see. Some people slave all week to create a piece of art that masterfully blends technology with nature but is actually a huge metaphor for their struggle for independence from their mother and the loss of their innocence...and other students get drunk the night before class and write songs about losing their virginity that they perform for class on their ukulele. That brings me to the major problem with this class: It's on a friday! Same time as all my other classes, one less day of the weekend. They can't take my Thursday nights away from me. They can't, and they won't.

THE 233. Lighting Intense Labor.

This class is fun as well. Two hours of working with the lights and cables and technology that make the stage look pretty. A lot of hands-on experience teaching which I totally dig, and after this class I'll know enough to work as an Electrician for workstudy. The only issues so far have been on occasion we'll have class on SATURDAY starting at 9:00 AM and ending around 4:00 PM when we're doing a full hang for a show. It's ridiculous. Just ridiculous.
Ridiculous.

THE 131. Theatre WorkShop.

Last year this class was basically the equivalent of Theatre Homeroom. All the theatre majors would gather in the theater and socialize, then the professor would take role and give theatre-related announcements, if anyone had any announcements they would stand up and give them, and then that'd basically be it. After every show there was a critique where everyone in the show would sit onstage and everyone else would ask questions or tell them what they liked or didn't like. Credit is based loosely off attendance and whether or not you worked on a production. It was all very fun.
This year, there's a new professor in town, and she's making it out to be some sort of actual "class" where we do things like update our theatre resumes, establish professionalism, make portfolios, etc. I'll just be having none of that. It'll become an intricate chessgame between me and the professors in charge, but I'll outwit them in the end, and prove to be the victor.
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I just forgot what I was going on about. Sorry. I like this class.