Tired
I fall asleep tired, and I wake up tired
Welp, I'm done now, you don't have to read any more if you don't want to.
(a little music to keep you sane while you read through a small epitaph)
But assuming you're reading this, I'll go into more detail.
Don't be discouraged by all the horrible details that are about to follow.
I mean I love university.
It's great, my brain is thinking like it's never thought before
It feels great to have my brain running this fast and processing this much information
Of course most of the time I feel dumb, but when I don't feel dumb, I feel enlightened
Like if Buddha descended from on high and told me the meaning of life, that kind of enlightened.
No, I don't know the meaning of life but you can try 42.
So a tip if you are registering for classes, don't pick 8:30AM classes unless absolutely necessary
You might think you can handle it...lemme break your delusion now...you can't...adequately (and this is coming from the guy who used to go to high school at 7:30)
Every morning I go in for an 8:30 class, I'm thinking "What was I thinking??"
It's not a good way to start off your day.
Also when registering for classes, you probably don't want to stack class on class on class so you only get a 10 minute break between classes (and that's barely enough time to get to your next class depending on your building).
Not only are you running to your next class, you also lose out on any good seats. Sitting in the back usually results in a lack of attention to what's going on.
Unless you're the question guy in my chemistry lecture and you ask a question every single, bloody lecture.
As of now, I'm a little behind on my physics readings...like 5 chapters
So moral of that sentence is don't fall behind in anything or else you're pretty much screwed
Tests from high school are replaced by midterms in university
Except the midterms are pretty tough... (depending on your class)
and you get less time to write a midterm in university than you do for a test in high school.
So I hope you don't plan on thinking too much during a midterm but don't think too little.
Also the amount of work you get is dependent on the faculty you're in.
So if you signed up for Engineering or Science, you can kiss your social life good-bye (not that I had a blooming social life anyhow)
And the workload per major faculty after Engineering and Science (excluding Business since I haven't really talked to anyone in Business) is as follows from large workloads to parties every night:
-Social Sciences
-Humanities
-Fine Arts (not entirely sure that everyone in the Fine Arts faculty is sane)
Math 100...
it's going well, I aced my first midterm (well this being 3rd time around, I certainly hope so)
We are covering a section each lecture (which I think is kinda slow) but the questions are getting tougher.
Probably doesn't help when the professor publicly announces that the 2nd midterm will be ALOT tougher.
English 135
I'm liking it alot but that's because of my instructor who is without a doubt, the best human being on Earth...in that room. It's pretty slow, you go over how to write an essay and grammar and stuff like that. But the instructor sure makes it entertaining.
By the way, my English professor was rapping this in one of my classes
Chemistry 101
I'm liking all the course material we're learning. For the first time since Chem11, I feel like I'm learning something. I can brag that I know a bit of quantum theory and feel like a genius.
The lab sections on the other hand...are an entirely different story.
I'm usually one of the last to leave
Every time I have a lab, it's like a bad comedy show how bad I screw up sometimes because I'm
a) clumsy
b) inattentive
c) momentarily lapsing into stupidity
My TA even told me that I need to be more efficient during the actual lab time so you know shits serious
Physics 120
Apparently the physics taken for a physics and astronomy degree is easier than the general science physics that other science majors are taking. That being said, I felt like I did alright on the midterm or I spectacularly failed it...probably the latter.
But we're pretty much rehashing physics 11 and 12 with calculus and tougher questions.
For the lab sections, I want to cry every time I get to the discussion because there's usually an impossible question to solve. Either cry or flip the work bench that is bolted into the ground.
Other than that, physics labs are alright because all the work (experiment, lab write up and all) are done in the lab so there's no homework to take home like chemistry.
Computer Science 110
Well...
It's frustrating, that's for sure
Steep learning curve too I suppose
Computer programming is so finicky, its like an entire different language written in English...so that thing Scottish people speak pretty much.
Programming in it is like speaking a foreign language that you don't know entirely so you risk offending your host family and then getting thrown out on the streets.
On the bright side, I feel like a god when I solve a problem, like the last question on the midterm...which unfortunately took 15 minutes of my 50 minutes of allotted time.
Also I would like to say that I have the best CompSci lab instructor ever. Sarshad will live forever through my computer programs
