First Day of School... Take Two

All my textbooks for the term... lots and lots of reading!

Welcome Back Everybody!

I've officially had my "first days" in all of my classes and I'm as ready as I'll ever be to start Winter Term.  I definitely have a thing for the first day of classes... not only do I have new classes (which, thank goodness b/c I was getting sick of my old classes!), but it's a great chance to see new faces, mix up your routine a little bit, and have a fresh start =)

On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I have History, Textiles (my fashion class) and a Textiles Lab.  So needless to say, I'm pretty busy. 

My day starts off with US History III: 1945-Present.  The majority of my books this term are for my history class; I hear you do a LOT of reading for this class!  The class consists of a few mini papers scattered throughout, a midterm (1/3 take home, yipee!), a term paper of our choice, and a final (which is the rest of the 5 weeks).  This is a class fulfills the Mercyhurst "Common Core," so a variety of people from all different majors might choose to take this class.

I then have an hour and a half break before Textiles for my Fashion Merchandising requirement.  In this class, we'll learn about over 100 different types of fabrics and what each type is made of, how it's made, and where it's used.  And after the class, we have a lab.  In yesterday's lab, we looked at different fibers under a microscope and compared the differences between them.  It'll definitely be an interesting, but difficult class... I'm sure this isn't the last time you'll be hearing about it!

That brings me to today, which is my "dance day."  The class I'm taking, Dance Appreciation, also fulfills Mercyhurst's "Common Core," so a variety of students take this class.  Now, there are other classes you can take to fulfill your "art's appreciation" requirement of the school, but I thought a dance class, since I danced all my life, would be fun!  We were told that on Tuesday's, there's the lecture/history part of the class and on Thursday's we dance in the studio.  Don't get me wrong though, I'll definitely be busy with work for this class too, but I'm looking forward to dancing once a week!

That's it for now because I'm off to a meeting for the student government committee that I'm in...

Toodles =)

Sarah