First week recap

Here it is Monday and I never did a recap of my first week of school. Oops. Not only that I also have a terrible cold so please excuse me if none of what I write makes any sense.

First week of classes went well. After I got over the inconvenience of that one class change I realized it was not so bad after all. We ended up having that class at its original time on Thursday for last week only so we wouldn’t be a week behind, and it made me realize having all those classes Monday-Thursday made the week really long. Now I have to see how it goes today having two three hour classes back to back. I might be a zombie afterwards.

I already told you a little about my Monday class, Visual and museum cultures of the Asia-Pacific region, so I won’t really go into that. Tuesday night’s class is interesting, Cultural property, ethics, and law. The professor is pregnant so she basically set the class up so that after the baby is born everything will be online. The class is also set up so that each week we’ll have a topic that we have to debate with each other. I’m not sure what this means or how I feel about it, but I’ll soon find out.

Wednesday night’s class is going to be my favorite I think, organizational psychology. I find the topic interesting already, but I really liked the professor. She was so engaging and passionate about the course that it was hard not to like her and what she was talking about.

Thursday night’s class (which is now on Monday afternoons) was pretty boring for the first class. The professor seems very knowledgeable but very dry, which she herself acknowledged. The class is organization and management. She did tell us that she will be having a lot of guests come and talk to our class about what it is like working in the arts industry. I think that will be very beneficial to us, plus will give us a break from boring material.

In my recap I would also like to say that so far I find graduate school interesting. I don’t have to buy any books for any classes this semester, which is nice. I also don’t have any tests. All my assessments will be based on papers and presentations. Also the vibe is very different from undergraduate life. All of my classes are at night, so most people work during the day, or they have kids, etc. It may have just been the awkward first week, but it seems that most people are there to learn and not make friends. I of course find this interesting because I am there for both. I can’t wait to see how the rest of the semester goes. I am feeling upbeat and excited about it. I hope those feelings last.