First day of school..

First day of schoooool! I'm pleased to announce that I am actually excited about it. I haven't gone to Japanese 3 yet, buuuut I think I have decided to tough it out because its upper divisional credit, and I need thaaaat.

But, here is my schedule (so far):

Calc 2, at the crack of dawn(7:30a),
Ochem 2, at slightly past the crack of dawn(8:25a),
Then Bio Chem at a lovely 10:45a.

I have to admit having class that early doesn't thrill me and I expected that I would probably end up skipping class and sleeping instead, but as a preventive measure I promise to carpool with Parker to ensure that I do actually get to wake up, since I would have someone depending on me.

I was really really really not excited to take Calc 2 because I already have credit for it! I passed my calc ab ap test in high school, freshman year took calc 2, passed and full heartedly expected that I would never have to do math again. Well, if I was just doing Pharmacy that would be the case but since I decided to get my BS in Chem, I have to take Calc 3..... and I don't remember ANYTHING about calc 2. Today in class I could barely remember calc 1 stuff.. but after awhile I decided that I remember liking calc 1. My teacher when I was a freshman was terrible, and I didn't do so hot, so maybe this time I can get a high grade and replace my old one as well as remember it all for calc 3. My current teacher seems like he will be tough, but unlike my first calc 2 teacher he seems to actually care about the students and don't demand a whole load of homework due everyday at the start of class. Whew!

Ochem 2 to my everlasting shame, I didn't pass. I blame this whole heartedly on the teacher. Mrs. Janis Louie was probably the worse teacher I have ever had. I even tried taking it again, and when we got the results back for the first exam and the average was 39/100 (and the class isn't graded on a curve) I got the hell out of there. So, this time around I decided that I will take from the other ochem teacher no matter what, if I have to drive to effing Bountiful to take it, so be it. Well, apparently luck favors me (and enough people complained about her) the department got a new O Chem teacher. She seems tough, but she seems entirely approachable and first day of class, I understood way more than with Mrs. Janis Louie. Double whew!

Bio Chem, I was debating on whether I wanted to take it or not. It is a pre req for Pharmacy, but seeing as how I'm not entirely sure I want to do that anymore it was up in the air on whether or not I wanted to take the class, and I have decided that I would want to. I was always super super excited for bio chem because that is as interesting as chemistry really can be. To know that when they say "the receptors alter so that the chemical can't attach" I will be able to study the chemical composition of the receptor and actually understand, and KNOW why the chemical can't attach. SO EXCITED. Plus the class seems super awesome. The teacher seems to think the same way as me, and I like that a lot-- always makes learning that much more fun. My professor was pretty funny, he was expecting an important text during class and when he got it he was like "oh sorry, I was expecting an important text from Obama... ope ope, he says he's eating a garden salad with a caesar dressing with an iced tea to drink" then later in the class he got a call from whoever making sure he got it and he was like "Yeah I got it, thanks Obama. No, I don't like sweet tea". It was pretty funny. Oh and then he talked about the textbook since it is extremely expensive book (plus this year is a new edition), and he was talking about the author of the book saying something like "Lehninger was a very famous and popular bio chemist and this book has been a big hit since the second edition, in 1977. Unfortunately Lehninger has since then died but that doesn't stop him from releasing new editions!" It was quite hilarious.

I will see how Japanese goes tomorrow, and if I really seem completely lost then I will unfortunately give up my days of studying Japanese. :( But that would leave my Tuesdays and Thursdays wide open!