New week, new class

Now that the thrill and delight of exam week has passed, it’s time to begin a new course at SLU.

Some of my classmates from my previous course are taking this one as well, so it’s nice to have some lecture-buddies around for general company, pointless chat when the lecture is too boring and for picking up a copy of the lecture notes when bed is just too good to get out of in the morning...whoops, I mean for picking up a copy of the lecture notes when some debilitating illness prevents you from getting out of bed and going to the class you really wanted to go to in the morning...

The first day of new class typically also involves two of the words I dislike the most: group project. I don’t know why teachers love these so much. Maybe it’s because they then have less work to grade...or because they enjoy seeing students squirm at the thought of having to meet outside of class for hours to put together a project. I suspect that ultimately they derive some form of sadistic pleasure from it, but that’s just a theory.

The thing is, in my last course we also had a group project to do, and I got supremely lucky with the group I was placed with. I couldn’t have asked for a nicer, more fun group. I met some nice people and actually didn’t mind meeting with them to do the project. Somehow I just don’t think I can get that lucky twice.

Hopefully this new course goes well and I won’t be sitting in class for the next ten weeks wishing I had picked something else!