Le Flora. Le Class.
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spazzychicI walked into Botany, which suprised me by being this completely windowless math class in the center of the building. I was the second person to arrive.
I decided pretty much off the bat that I didn't want to sit in a dead silent nervous feeling classroom, so I started talking to random people.
"Hi! Do you like plants!?"
At worst, they looked at me funny. At best, they answered. It was discovered per my informal poll that about half the class was there for the science credit, and half were there because they liked plants in some sort of way shape or form. One gal already had her AA and was taking the class for fun. Overall, it brought the class to a comfortable murmur.
As for the class itself:
The Good Stuff :
We do wander up to the top floor greenhouse for the actual class, and use the lab next door.
No regular homework. If I follow what's going on in lectures, it's everything I need to know.
The class is not in competition. MUCH nicer environment when people aren't pissed at each other because of their sucesses.
My classmates are fairly nifty, and good for completely unrelated conversation. I am also a compulsive note taker, and I've already been offered money for the copies of my notes. No, I won't take the money... so far. :)
The Bad Stuff
We have 4 plant drawings due throughout the class. Our notes also should include detailed plant drawings to study off of. My drawing skills aren't COMPLETELY awful but I don't know if I want to base my grade on them.
The teacher is unfocused and tends to go on tangents. Some people like this, but it makes my notes very random and hard to use later. "Oh yeah! This has nothing to do with the plant we're looking at but on SOME plants the pistil is elongated...."
3.5 solid hours twice a week of talking about plant bits, looking at plant bits, cutting up plant bits and writing notes about plant bits.
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Yeah, I can do this. On a side note, I don't know what class uses the lab before us, but the equipment is FILTHY. I picked up a scalpel to do a lengthwise cross section of a magnolia and left this gooey residue all over the inside of the flower so I couldn't see anything. Ewwwwww.
Ok, that's enough of that. Tonight is art class, which might end up being more difficult than my lab.
Amber
I decided pretty much off the bat that I didn't want to sit in a dead silent nervous feeling classroom, so I started talking to random people.
"Hi! Do you like plants!?"
At worst, they looked at me funny. At best, they answered. It was discovered per my informal poll that about half the class was there for the science credit, and half were there because they liked plants in some sort of way shape or form. One gal already had her AA and was taking the class for fun. Overall, it brought the class to a comfortable murmur.
As for the class itself:
The Good Stuff :
We do wander up to the top floor greenhouse for the actual class, and use the lab next door.
No regular homework. If I follow what's going on in lectures, it's everything I need to know.
The class is not in competition. MUCH nicer environment when people aren't pissed at each other because of their sucesses.
My classmates are fairly nifty, and good for completely unrelated conversation. I am also a compulsive note taker, and I've already been offered money for the copies of my notes. No, I won't take the money... so far. :)
The Bad Stuff
We have 4 plant drawings due throughout the class. Our notes also should include detailed plant drawings to study off of. My drawing skills aren't COMPLETELY awful but I don't know if I want to base my grade on them.
The teacher is unfocused and tends to go on tangents. Some people like this, but it makes my notes very random and hard to use later. "Oh yeah! This has nothing to do with the plant we're looking at but on SOME plants the pistil is elongated...."
3.5 solid hours twice a week of talking about plant bits, looking at plant bits, cutting up plant bits and writing notes about plant bits.
**********************************************************
Yeah, I can do this. On a side note, I don't know what class uses the lab before us, but the equipment is FILTHY. I picked up a scalpel to do a lengthwise cross section of a magnolia and left this gooey residue all over the inside of the flower so I couldn't see anything. Ewwwwww.
Ok, that's enough of that. Tonight is art class, which might end up being more difficult than my lab.
Amber
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hrm
Date: 2004-04-06 09:30 am (UTC)*grin*
Re: hrm
Date: 2004-04-06 09:54 am (UTC)I'm blind.
Re: hrm
Date: 2004-04-06 12:18 pm (UTC)Re: hrm
Date: 2004-04-06 12:22 pm (UTC)Freudian icon slip?
Re: hrm
Date: 2004-04-06 12:28 pm (UTC)Re: hrm
Date: 2004-04-06 10:01 am (UTC)Re: hrm
Date: 2004-04-06 12:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-06 11:36 am (UTC)you an draw flowers. not like test book grams or anything but look at some picks on line and draw the shapes you see. our aunt can't draw but she can eyeball stuff.
no subject
Date: 2004-04-06 11:45 am (UTC)I can imagine the incredulous tone of your voice when you say "art class!" :)
Well, they have to be all scientificy and labeled and stuff. I wish I knew Latin.
no subject
Date: 2004-04-07 01:17 am (UTC)"I like plants, but I've hardly ever bo'tany..."
(In the above sentence, the apostrophe indicates where the "ugh" is missing. The readers may provide their own "ugh" at their leisure.)
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no subject
Date: 2004-04-07 08:26 am (UTC)You've punned me! I had to read it twice to notice!!
Smoooooooooooooooooth. Anyway, I suspect if the class doesn't go completely to pot it will grow to be interesting.
Good idea with the margin notes, but if I do that, where can I put my cartoons and sarcastic comments?