First day of school
Sep. 2nd, 2008 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kitewithfishGreek, Statistics, and German were had today. All were generally pretty good and not soul killing.
The Greek professor was annoying, which is what I was expecting. I think she's kind of bored with the intro stuff. Math was... well, not as bad as I was expecting, but still a math course. German was the first literature course I've take outside a German-speaking country and seemed to go a great deal slower for that reason. But it was kind of nice not to be stuck behind all the other people for once.
I need to learn the Greek alphabet for tonight, which is not that scary after all.
Convocation was really quite nice, actually. Held it outside because the normal building was being repaired. The horridly-made gowns were actually good for that, because they helped you keep warm. I saw the new college president for the first time, and she seemed workmanlike and sincere- a well intentioned science professor, you know the type. Smart but not particularly gifted with words beyond a certain academic competence.
I finally had the long-awaited first interaction with my former friend who told me last December that she didn't want to talk to me- she had to walk by my seat, so I smiled and said hi, and she looked away and didn't answer. I didn't really expect much more from her, honestly, though I was hopeful. Life will go on- it appears that she will flee from being in proximity to me, but I'm not going to do the same when she's around and I want to talk to the same people she's talking to. After all, I'm not the one who had a problem talking to her. Life will go on.
I am drinking tea and ignoring the work I need to do. Sigh.
The Greek professor was annoying, which is what I was expecting. I think she's kind of bored with the intro stuff. Math was... well, not as bad as I was expecting, but still a math course. German was the first literature course I've take outside a German-speaking country and seemed to go a great deal slower for that reason. But it was kind of nice not to be stuck behind all the other people for once.
I need to learn the Greek alphabet for tonight, which is not that scary after all.
Convocation was really quite nice, actually. Held it outside because the normal building was being repaired. The horridly-made gowns were actually good for that, because they helped you keep warm. I saw the new college president for the first time, and she seemed workmanlike and sincere- a well intentioned science professor, you know the type. Smart but not particularly gifted with words beyond a certain academic competence.
I finally had the long-awaited first interaction with my former friend who told me last December that she didn't want to talk to me- she had to walk by my seat, so I smiled and said hi, and she looked away and didn't answer. I didn't really expect much more from her, honestly, though I was hopeful. Life will go on- it appears that she will flee from being in proximity to me, but I'm not going to do the same when she's around and I want to talk to the same people she's talking to. After all, I'm not the one who had a problem talking to her. Life will go on.
I am drinking tea and ignoring the work I need to do. Sigh.
