First Day of School

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 3, 2006). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Well, okay, so there wasn’t any big yellow school bus for me today.

And no, there wasn’t a short bus either, smartasses. ;)

Still and all, it was my first day in school in fifteen years, so I figured I had to mark the occasion in some form.

While this was the first day, so everything was just introductions, syllabi, and getting things started, it was a decent enough start. First up was ENG101, taught by JC Clapp, who Prairie had recommended to me. We spent the first half of the hour going over the syllabus, then had the second half to write a brief “who are you and why are you in this class” bit (not really an essay, more of a short scrawled letter).

Next was MAT097, with Jennifer DeSoto. While I’d chosen that particular class because it fit well schedule-wise, it will be interesting to see how I fare. Rather than being a traditional lecture/assignment style course, it’s very self-driven and done nearly entirely online — the teachers are closer to being tutors, and the class hours are there for us to use the school’s computers to connect to the online course. Technically, it’s possible to do all the online work from home…if you have a Windows based PC. “ Ah, well…looks like I won’t have an excuse for skipping out of the classroom sessions. ;) On the bright side, if the numbers make a bit more sense to me this time around, it was mentioned that there have been students who’ve completed two or three courses in the space of one quarter. I don’t expect I’ll be one of those, but….

So, we’re off to a good start. And on we go from here!

3 thoughts on “First Day of School”

  2. Let me know if you want an old pc to drop in your closet. You can use rdesktop or another RDP tool to connect to it from your OS X box, and only use it to connect to the school. I have one I could shake loose for a couple of months if you’d like it.

    Personally, I’m using the CodeWeavers Crossover Office plugin to replace my linux box’s need for a windows device. I can run IE and Visio on my linux box just fine with it. I don’t know if wine will run on OS X, but if it does, that will certainly work for running IE….

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