Week One: I Didn't Drop the Class, I Threw It on the Ground.

I can't say with honesty that this week was overly eventful. There was only really one highlight, or , um, lowlight.

If you asked me what classes I was taking any time before 11:15 on Wednesday, I would have listed Mandarin as one of them. That, however, quickly became untrue. As much as I was excited for it, I thought it would be taught in the fashion all my other language courses had been. But no. The instructor planned to teach it in an immersion style. Immersion is great if you're in a country where that language is often spoken, or even just in an environment like that. But immersion for 5o minutes three times a week...at least for me, that would not work. She also wanted us to memorise and perform the dialogue from the CDs that came with our books. With out knowing the meaning of the words. Just the sounds...? What really made me decide to drop right away was that her syllabus was a Power Point--I could not print it out if I wanted to, and that we were getting the assignments only a week in advance, leaving me no real chance to get ahead if I wanted to. I knew I would get a bad grade if I kept the class, and I need to bring up my GPA. I also knew that it was a hard choice between Mandarin and a course on sound systems used in the theatre, which are being taught at the same time. So, for a third semester in a row, I have a class with Ken Golden (head of the the Theatre department) at 11:15.

All my other classes, being Intro to Theatre, Intro to Bible, and Victorian Literature (henceforth Vic Lit) seem like they are going to be really cool.

Today was the first fencing club meeting and it was great to get back to that. There were more new people there than returning members, which is great, but it was mostly teaching the newbies the basics, so not that riveting for those of us who couldn't really benefit from getting taught what they were being taught, yet not skilled enough to teach it in they eyes of the eboard.

Oh, and the chipmunk has not dared to make another appearance!

NEXT WEEK

Monday: Auditions for Caucasian Chalk Circle (call-backs Tuesday and maybe Wednesday)

Next Weekend: 24 Hour Play Festival