OK, so, today...despite feeling horrible, I went to the local college and registered for the fall semester! I went today, and signed up right away to speak to someone. Gotta say it... these people have a much better system than Fletcher did. Fletcher had us taking our schedules around to the different teachers and asking them to sign that they had a spot open in their class for a student... Oh, and all the teachers were in their class rooms, not sitting in an office all easy-like for us. It was like a mad scavenger hunt. This time, you're called and they ask you if you've filled out an app, and if you have you're shown to an advisor :D
My advisor got me a student ID number and got me all setup on line...and then informed me that none of my stuff from Fletcher actually transfered to places I needed it.... so I had to go and take a Compass test to see how I would place. Luckily it's not something you have to sign up for on a certain day at a certain time. You just go over, pay for it and take the test. Also lucky, I'm a very fast test taker. Took me about 20 minutes to get all three parts done. As expected, I totally owned the Writing and Reading section...but totally sucked at the math =..=' Writing score was 99 and I finished in 17 minutes, Reading was 93 and I finished in 19 minutes, aaaand Math....was a whopping 41 and I finished it in 8 minutes. I'm one of those people that, I won't agonize over something if I don't know it or if I'm not certain. I put the answer in that's closest to what I think it might actually be and move on....thus it took me no time at all to fail at the math :)
Anyway, that being done, I rushed back over to the registration and explained that I'd seen Dr. Gwen and she told me to take the test and come back. After a few minutes, I was back to registering. She was really great about everything, and I think half of that is because they're so used to people getting fed up with the protocol and taking it out on them, they find it a joy when someone's willing to be adaptable.
Anyway...All my courses are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (although one's only on Monday and Wednesday)...except for the one I'm thinking of dropping. Introduction to Sociology is at 9, English Comp 1 is at 10, Beginning Algebra is at 11 and Intro into Info Tech is at 1. Sooo, class, class, class, quick lunch break....and then another class :) Except that the last one I don't have on Fridays :D The other class is Medical terminology...and it's on Thursday at 5...and it's 3 hours long O..O' I understand that a load of people got there before me and filled the normal class period up...but I don't think I can sit in a class for three hours, much less a 'medical terminology' one. If it were like...something fun...like ... a writers' workshop...or maybe something artistic but very hands on...like... clay! I'd love to learn to work a kiln...
Another (sorta) shocker is that when I was waiting (which was a lot) I actually started writing a lot. I've been feeling so bad lately, that even at times when I normally would write, I'd just sit there and stare at a page and get depressed. But I sat in the halls today, and flipped to the spot in my notebook that was clear, and cranked out about 8 more pages of the next chapter o..o I suppose it shouldn't be too shocking... I did most of the base work (characters and world building) for my story when I was last in college. What can I say? Those generic little buildings, so plane and boring, it's not like you can get distracted while you're sitting around waiting for stuff to happen...so you day dream. And, if you're me apparently, you write. It made me wonder, if I went to the public library with my notebook and just sat there at a table...if I wouldn't write better. I mean, I've said it before, my home is awesome. There's all this cool stuff and ...well...it's real easy to get distracted. Maybe if I was in a more sterile environment, with fewer distractions... I might actually write more often and better... Of course, that'd require me leaving the house....and there are distractions at the library... srsly, books, hello. There's always Sally Rae's :D
I'm going to go ahead and just wrap this up now. This was supposed to be all about registration, and I got a bit derailed. So anyway, that's my story of today. I got registered for the fall semester, and I'm scheduled for orientation on August 10th, at 12 in the afternoon. They're going to give us basics about the college and then show us around and point out our class rooms. So that should be ...what's a good word? Fun isn't right. Hm...productive? Yeah, that'll work :)
Guess I'll talk later. Night!
You Are the Suburbs
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You've got a bad rap, but you think people are just jealous of how good you've got it.
You prefer to live somewhere that's clean, safe, and cheap. What could be wrong with that? You're not going to apologize for liking chain restaurant and good schools.
While you may not be as sophisticated as the city, you're content with your life. Plus, there's more to do in the suburbs than people think.
Besides, you can visit the city anytime you'd like. And when you're fun in town is done, you have a comfy suburban house to come home to.
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