After a relatively long hiatus, I'm finally back. Sorry for the gap in posts, but the past few weeks have been a little crazy for me. Now comes the time when I re-examine the claims and predictions I made about this semester's classes. Of course I know I'm not a prophet. I was just having a hard time coming up with a post title. Now onto the matter at hand.
AGEC 330: Agribusiness Management
Most of what goes on in this class is completely foreign to me and only somewhat interesting. I know it will be useful, and it's already opened my eyes to all sorts of things I never knew about the ag industry, but business stuff has never been my forte. Fortunately it's not hard. I'm currently looking into taking it as an honors contract class.
AGR 290: Peer Mentoring for AGR 101H
This class is neither particularly good nor bad. I'm at least a better peer mentor than the girl I had last year, and that was my goal. It doesn't take too much time or energy out of my schedule. Those things are in short supply in my life at the moment. It does, however sometimes fill my email inbox with an overwhelming number of emails.
AGRY 255: Intro to Soil Science
I like this class. I'm learning more in this class than I have in any other class I've taken so far at Purdue, and it's interesting, too. It's set up well with one lecture per week, a discussion at the end of the week, and three days in the middle to finish a three-hour lab on your own time. While getting the lab done is stressful for me, it's a good way to learn.
CHM 257: Organic Chemistry
I love the professor for this class, but he doesn't teach at all linearly or clearly. And my TA doesn't seem to be much help at all. I am encouraged by the fact that he will say "this is a very hard concept" and then explain something that isn't very hard but do so in a complicated way. This probably means that if I ever don't understand something I can read some other source and get it easily.
HORT 217: Woody Plants in the Landscape
I enjoy this class and view it as a challenge. Not because it will be challenging to get an A, but because I've decided I want to actually remember every plant and everything we're supposed to know about each plant. I could be a walking, talking plant encyclopedia by the time I finish this course and HORT 218.
LA 116: Graphic Communication for Landscape Architects
I have mixed feelings about this class. I'm excited to be able to draw, but we don't get to be creative. Plus it's challenging because I need to unlearn the way I draw. I spent six years learning to loosen up and speed up in my drawing. Now I'm great at the sort of skills needed in fine art, but I need to tighten up again for drafting. I can tighten up, I'm just slower than ever at it, and it feel unnatural.
It will be a good semester. A busy semester, but a good one. Hopefully I'll be able to make more time to post a little more regularly than I have in the past during the school year.
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