My first class started at 9 this morning and ran until 10:40. My first class of Mondays and Wednesday is Spanish. For Spanish class we have a smaller room this year, and our laptops are needed for class. With a small classroom the desks are also small, so I'm a little unsure about it all. We went over the syllabus the first hour of class, and figured out the online book and wrote a paragraph about ourselves.
After Spanish was over, my next class didn't start until 1. I stayed in the school though because Cru was holding a thing on the bridge. If you filled out a survey, you could win a chance to get a $100 Amazon gift card. Jeremy and I promoted the survey with a little help from Rob. We got at least 50 surveys by the time I had to be at class. Its crazy how a lot of people pass up the chance to win free money. While doing the survey I realized how many new faces there actually are on campus. (I do have this thing though where I don't remember faces very well.) so maybe they're not new faces after all. I expected to recognize a ton of people. One girl was excited to know that we had a Cru on campus. Jeremy said that when some of the people saw what the survey was for, they just crumpled it up.
At 1 I had Algebra class. This math class gives you a little more slack on things. You need to get a 70% in the class and a 75% or above on all your tests, and an 80% average on homework to pass the class. The class I was in last semester you needed an 80% on all your quizzes, a B in the class, and an 85% or above on the Final Exam. This class will be harder, so we will see how it goes. My professor is booked with classes this semester so it will be hard to get help from him, like I did a few times last semester. We didn't get any homework in class today, we just went over the Syllabus the whole hour. The hours would pass super slowly today because of all the boredness that ensued.
I had Intro to Asia right after Algebra, and I was super tired because I didn't have a chance to go to my dorm and relax. How people ever do jobs and college I will never understand. We went over yet again another Syllabus but the professor let us go early. Thank goodness because that class is literally an hour and 20 minutes.
I went to the bookstore afterwards and picked up my books then I headed back to my room where I took a nap. I then went on got dinner by myself. My friend Laurette is not enrolled in classes this semester so its been weird. I would usually have dinner with her or hang out in the den with her, but now she will only visit campus sometimes. The next time she'll be here is next Tuesday, which isn't too long but kind of long when you used to see her everyday on campus. Aly and Ashley now live off campus which makes it a little harder too. I guess I'll have to make more friends this year. I was hoping I was done with the whole process of making friends on campus, but I guess its not over yet :P. I know it will get easier when there's actual activities on campus but right now there's not much going on. It's hard to know when to trust people here, so I can't just go out and make friends. A lot of people I befriended in the beginning of the year last year ended up betraying my trust.
Sometimes I think about if I lived off campus. How I wouldn't feel guilty about not being out of my room all the time. I could also get decent hours of sleep then, and probably be not as bored, when I have a night where nothing is going on like this one.
It's still early, you could look for a "class" to take one night a week. Something fun that will break up the evenings and allow you to meet more people. Also check back into Yoga classes. :) Did you also tell me that you will be doing more with Living Light this year? You can always check with them to see if they have any evening bible studies or meetings and we KNOW the kids that go to school there are always amazing!
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