School has officially started! And I am officially back in the "I Love School" mode. Here is my usual, ranting breakdown of my classes.
So quick class breakdown...
New Testament History and Literature: I took this class LAST spring for about 2 weeks, and then promptly gave up. I am not a morning person (shocking, I know) and the class was at 7:55 AM. Now, I've had other classes that early, but not with a professor who spoke in monotone about things I've known since 6th grade. I'm not being cocky or anything...the fact is, when you grow up at CLBS, general Bible courses in college are a breeze. I decided to try again this semester, with a different professor. The class is at 8:35, which is only slightly better, but the professor is great. He's dynamic, funny, and he asks a lot of open ended questions...you know, the kind that actually leave some room for the students' opinions and get discussions going. I hate it when teachers only ask questions with one word answers, and avoid answering any questions that might lead them the tiniest bit away from their notes. We even had a bit of an argument about whether or not Genesis 3:15 was intended as a prophecy or not. It was refreshing.
Intro to Theatre Technology: This is the class I am either going to drop, or fail. I need to decide quickly, because I'm nearing the end of the drop period. The class is supposed to be exactly what the title says...a basic introduction to the technical side of theatre. Now, the technical side of theatre is not my forte...I prefer to be on stage in a ridiculous costume and too much makeup. But I've done a fair amount of technical work also, mostly relating to set building. I've done work in some major Minneapolis professional theatres. But this class will be the death of me.
For starters, we have to do 35 hours of tech work OUTSIDE of class. That would be fine...if we didn't all have upwards of 18 credits, work part-time, and weren't involved in various other aspects of the theatre program at NWC. But the hours I can deal with. It's a few hours a day at the scene shop. However, piled on top of that are about a zillion projects that have to be handed in, such as complex set designs, drawings, models, etc. Besides the fact that I CANNOT DRAW, and besides the fact that I spent two hours today staring at a blueprint of a set and listening to my prof talk about it, and didn't understand a word, this class is stellar.
The more I write, the more I think I might have to drop it.
Biblical Worldview: Community and Culture: This class is interesting, but I don't have much to blog about it. It's your basic interesting-but-easy theology class at NWC. The professor is brilliant, with about a hundred degrees in various fields from public and private universities. The best part about his brilliance is that he has that rare talent to take it and translate it to students who may not be quite as brilliant. And he manages to not sound condescending. It's a morning class, but worth getting up for.
Introduction to Communications: So much I could say about this class. So much. But I'll stick to the basics. This class is supposed to cover the basic types of communication, how we use them, why we use them, etc. All of that boring, basic, easy stuff. And it is an easy class, but mostly because we spend about 30 of ever 65 minute class watching youtube videos. None of them have anything to do with what we are talking about. There are two themes for the youtube videos. A) The love of Jesus, portrayed as cheesily as possible. B) Conservative politics are bad. Liberal Christians are very persecuted. Conservative media is biased, and liberal media is neutral, and balanced.
That's right. My communications professor is one of the very few politically liberal professors at NWC, and I think it has made him bitter. He manages to bring up his personal views in every single class. I wouldn't mind...in fact, I would probably enjoy it, if it weren't for the fact that none of it EVER ties in to the syllabus, or the notes, or anything else relevant in that class.
Still, at least it's entertaining.
Love to you all,
Lissa
Way to still be motivated for school... senioritis is slowly creeping up on me. or maybe that's just me not being used to my awkward schedule. as for intro to comm, i would encourage you to bring a crossword to do while you guys are watching all those touchy-feely clips.
ReplyDeleteYou tube? Really? Why are communications profs always so strange? Mine was definitely off the wall.
ReplyDeleteDon't you have to take the theatre tech class eventually? Maybe you should just get it over with.
Bask in the "I love school" glow. I miss it.