A quick note, in honor of the start of a new month! I can’t believe it’s March already, but I have a good feeling about this month. Today I even got to wear a dress, it was so sunny and the wind was so calm (with tights, boots, a scarf, and many jackets, mind you… it barely got above 40 degrees, wind or no). I know that, although I associated March with Spring in my mind, it really isn’t going to be Spring here (or probably anywhere in Virginia) any time soon. By all accounts, we haven’t seen the last of the snowfall yet, which is a bit frustrating. Still, any excuse for a fresh start.
My classes are going well… it’s impossible to pay attention or stay focused in Principles of Economics, but I did fairly well on my first test, and I hope that if I study more outside of class that I’ll do even better on my next two. Spanish is by far my most challenging, still… it also happens to be the only class I have a midterm in, which is taking place this Wednesday. On Friday instead of normal class, we’re having a fiesta at a local Mexican restaurant, which should be… well, better than normal class, at least. Religious Ethics has turned out to be one of my favorites this semester- we just started Christianity today, so that was pretty cool. My experience in that class is definitely what’s motivated me to pursue a Religious Studies minor… though I’m not sure I’m going to be able to take any more Religious Studies classes for another year or so. Political Theory remains my favorite of all of my classes- we’re currently studying Communism, so I’ve been reading lots of Marx. It’s interesting how that class overlaps with Economics a lot of the time, especially in this particular unit. In Legends of King Arthur we’re doing the Mists of Avalon at the moment, and it’s nice to be really familiar with the text for once. I’m really enjoying going through and rereading it, but it’s really hard to make time for a book that long when I have so much else going on. My Freshman Honors Seminar has been okay; last week we had a guest speaker come in and talk to us about the appropriate way to talk to professors. She was nice, but I didn’t honestly get much out of the presentation. This week we’re going to see a presentation at the Study Abroad office, which would be significantly cooler if I had any intention of studying abroad! Ooh well. At any rate, that just about covers all my classes.
Outside of class, I’ve been keeping busy with Young Dems... right now we’re getting ready for the Coal Debate that we’re sponsoring later in the month. I personally am working on publicity for the debate. I’ve actually e-mail several professors that I have/had last semester and they’ve agreed to let me come in and do a quick promo for the debate right before the start of some of their big lecture classes, and have even said they’ll offer their students extra credit for attending the debate. Actually, one benefit I derived from the FYES guest lecturer last week was that, when I brought up that this is a project I’m working on, she offered to also let me come talk to her classes and to give her students extra credit for going. So that should be good.
In other news… well, there really is no other news. I think all of you have heard in detail about my master plan concerning my potential majors/minors, so I won’t go into that again, other than to say that I’m really excited! I have a meeting with my Advisor tomorrow, so after that I should probably know for sure exactly what I’ll be taking next semester. I guess all that’s left to say is that I’m so psyched for Spring Break, and so psyched to see all of your lovely faces!
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