Stories of my First Week

Well, my first week is over! It went so fast that I can't believe it is already done. In general it was a really great week. I did find out some really sad and upsetting news from home and it was hard not to be at home with my family (one of our dogs died). But this blog is going to be about the good and happy stuff, so don't worry if you have a week heart or a passion for animals, you can keep reading.

My first story involves my English Composition Class. The title is actually the story. You see it should be titled "Learning to write by reading". I anticipated when taking this class that I would have to be doing a lot of writing, but when I got to my first class I was informed that I would only be writing four papers the whole semester. I also found out that I would be reading many essays by authors from dubious backgrounds with viewpoints that no self respecting American would hold. Already this has turned into a very interesting class.

My Next story is about my chemistry class. On Thursday I had my first Organic Chemistry lab. Usually the first lab is a short one, simply because you can't really do much when you have only covered the review material. So I did not expect to be there a half hour late (this turned my already four hour lab into a nearly five hour lab). Because of the hoods (if you don't know what these are, you are sadly science deprived) it is impossible to effectively run air conditioning in a lab. This meant that the lab stayed a nice seventy-eight degrees. Which in case you weren't aware, this is the warm and cozy temperature, the one that makes you want to take a nap. Needless to say, it was a very long afternoon.

My last story is about my southern California culture shock. I'm not sure why, but all of the girls down here have a tendency to dress in an immodest way. I don't know if this is culture related, weather related, or simply a lack of good judgment on their part. But there seems to be a ridiculous number of sun dresses walking around on any given day.


Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.


Amendment 1: Science lab Hood= a device that is used to pull vapors out of the air and keep them from getting into the main lab. It looks like a box that is enclosed on four and a half sides. So you can safely handle volatile substances or things with dangerous vapors.

Amendment 2: The most useful advice I was given in my O-Chem lab. If there is a fire in the building please get out of the building. (This and other common sense things were why the lab ran so late).