I got a few requests to explain how my classes actually went yesterday because the vlog didn’t exactly show or describe any of my classes. It did have a short segment at the end where Ed was complaining about his speech instructor, but that was it.

For those of you who are not already aware, I am taking Abnormal Psychology, Shakespeare, and Natural Hazards & Disasters.

My psychology course has not introduced anything new yet. We haven’t even touched on anything specifically related to abnormal psychology, and the stuff we’re learning now can be deduced with a fundamental knowledge of science. I’m pretty sure this “advanced” psychology course at my community college is being taught at a lower level than my introductory basic psychology course at my university was taught.

My Shakespeare class has been a little odd so far. The instructor heavily emphasizes the Socratic teaching method and uses a textbook that he himself wrote. The only problem is, the textbook really isn’t much of a textbook, but a collection of essays he wrote, Shakespeare sonnets, and quizzes he made. He also said that Shakespeare was meant to be seen, not read, so we watched the movie version of Macbeth for a large chunk of our class period.

And finally, my physical science class is an online class that has all the information available right from the beginning of the semester. We have a textbook that we had to purchase as well as PowerPoint presentations that our instructor has uploaded onto the website. It’s convenient that we get to go at our own pace; I finished the introductory assignment and read through the first PowerPoint so far, and I don’t really have that strong of an opinion about it yet.

Picture of the Day

This Bush is Not a Hedge

Why this person thought it was a good idea to trim this bush like a hedge, I do not know.

(Taken with an Apple iPod Touch 4th Generation)