The semester is coming to a close and will be finished next week just in time for finals week the week after. I have 2 papers and 3 tests to study for for next week and then i have to focus my attention to studying for finals. Luckily though I’m half way done with one of the papers and should have it completed, typed up and printed by tomorrow night when I get home from work. I’m ready for the semester to be over with only to start my summer class a few weeks later but one class is easier to manage than 5. Wish me luck.
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Three test in one week.
Mar 4
I’ve been busy since last weekend with studying because I have three test this week, well now two: Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology and Statistics in Psychological Research. I feel like my head is going to explode. I took my social psych exam yesterday and feel that I did fairly well on it. There were a few multiple choice questions I wasn’t too sure about but overall I feel confident that I at least passed. Tonight, I’ll be spending most of my time studying for abnormal psych with an occasional break to do an instance in WoW.
In other news, I got cable internet! After my internet wouldn’t connect at all on Monday night, the one night I need it to connect so I can get online and do some practice test on the book publisher website, I decided I was going to finally call and get cable internet through my cable company. The other reason I had been putting it off is because it’s expensive…and I wasn’t sure if I’d be making enough money at work to afford it along with my other bills. I went with the middle internet plan and told the rep that if I decided it was still too slow or I come close to going over my bandwidth cap that I’d upgrade to the fastest speed later. But to save money, I went with the middle plan and overall, decided I could afford it considering I have two huge paychecks coming for this month (maybe I can finally save for the nice watch I want to get Alan instead of looking at replica watches) and because of that I’ll be able to save out of them. And let me tell you, it’s so NICE to be able to load multiple websites at once without getting disconnected or having to wait 5+ minutes for something to load.
I have some other news about the S (the friend that’s in my classes) that I’ll blog about later, but right now I need to dry my hair and get ready for work.
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Spring semester.
Oct 31
Enrollment opened at 12:30pm today for the spring semester and I jumped right on my computer at that time to enroll in my classes. I lucked out and was able to get every class at the times I wanted except for one, Psychology of Adolescence. I’m hoping that between now and when enrollment closes that someone will change their mind and drop the course so that I can pick it up, but in case they don’t there is another section of it being held as an independent study or online course. The professor that teaches the online course is my current child psychology professor so I sent him an email asking him about it since I have yet to take an online course at KU. I’ve taken online courses in the past and they worked out well, so I wouldn’t mind signing up for this one if need be.
My class schedule for next semester which starts on January 15th is as follows:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- PSYC 300: Statistics in Psychological Research, 11am – 11:50am
- HWC 205: Western Civilization II, 12:00pm – 12:50pmTuesday, Thursday
- PSYC 350: Abnormal Psychology, 11am – 12:15pm
- REL 350: Islam, 1pm – 2:15pmIndependent Study (Online Course)
- PSYC 626: Psychology of Adolescence
If the regular lecture of PSYC 626 opens up, I will have that class on Tuesday, Thursday from 4pm – 5:15pm otherwise, it’ll stay as is above.
Midterms!
Oct 13
I can’t believe that it is the middle of the semester already; my, my how time files. I have two mid-terms tomorrow which I should be studying for but I’m here on the Internet instead because I can’t focus on studying at the moment. Both of my mid-terms are back to back too with my first being at 11am for Research Methods in Psychology and the second being at 1pm in Western Civilization. I’m more worried about my Western Civ. exam than I am the Research Methods despite my professor telling our class multiple times on multiple occasions that the Research mid-term is EXTREMELY HARD and that if you’re a student use to making A/B’s, you’ll most likely FAIL! Gee thanks, like that is really going to help people pass the exam if they already have it in their head that it’s too difficult to make a passing grade.
The only reason I’m worried about my Western Civ. exam is because the majority of it is short answers and an essay, and we don’t know the questions before hand. Let it be remembered too that this is a mid-term thus it’s an exam on all topics, information, stories, etc. covered up to this point in the class and that’s A LOT of stories that we’ve covered. Ugh…I hope I do okay, I’m just having a hard time figuring out how to study for it – I don’t have enough time to go back and read all the stories but I’m not sure what to study either!
I don’t have “mid-terms” in any of my other classes although I do have tests coming up in all of them; my second Child Psychology test is on the 23rd and my second Corrections test is on 22nd which are both are my fall break this week. I already had my second math test last Wednesday and I feel I did much better this time around than the first test. Things will be alright, I just need to get focused!
What a busy week.
Sep 17
It’s only Wednesday and my week has already been really hectic. To start off with the kitchen sink backed up for the second time in a week; the maintenance guy came and unclogged it last week after I used the disposal ONCE and shit decided to fly up out of the drain and fly every where – it was so gross. Can you guess what happened when I used the dispoal the other night? You guessed right, it decided to clog up to the point where water was backing up into both sides of the sink, so I couldn’t use it for the rest of the night; I actually had to use my bathroom sink to wash out one of the bowls I had used to make dinner so I could put it in the dishwasher. I don’t put anything down the disposal that shouldn’t go down, and have only used it after scrapping my plate into the trash and rinsing what is left over. Hopefully, this time around it’s fixed for good and I won’t have any other problems with the sinks in the house, otherwise I’m going to be very upset and someone will be replacing that stuff!
On top of dealing with that (it only stressed me out since it took more than a day to get it fixed thus I couldn’t use my sink at all!), I have my first test in most of my classes this week and next week so I’ve been pretty busy with studying. I had my first math (college algebra) test today and don’t feel like I did to well on it except in certain parts – not enough to make a passing grade though. Luckily for me, I get to retake 2 of my tests so if I ended up doing very poorly I can retake it later, and have my highest grade count instead of the lowest. I’ve never been good at math, and I try really hard but never seem to “get it.” Tomorrow, I have my first in-class essay for my Western Civilization class which is stressing me out a lot. She wouldn’t give us the actual question for our essay but I do know it’s going to based off Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics, two stories that I do not care for nor do I really understand. We get to use our notes and books for it but that won’t really help if I don’t understand what the hell is going on!
All weekend will be spent studying for my first Corrections exam on Monday, which I’m not too worried about. I just have to make sure I recognize the definitions and I’m able to write the vocabulary word that goes with said definition (IE: completion problems); the only thing I hate about that is the fact that there’s I think 5 chapters worth of definitions I have to study, along with the information that goes with it. And then finally, my week will conclude with my first test in Child Psychology which I’m not worried about at all since it’s all multiple choice scan tron and it’s over stuff that I’ve pretty much already learned in my psychology 101 class. As you can see though, I have a lot on my plate…hopefully, things will go well and I won’t stress out too much.
I’m alive and well.
Aug 23
It’s been a week since I left South Carolina to drive to Kansas, and I’m here to update you that I am alive and well but very tiring. I’ve been busy since the minute I arrived in Lawrence with orientation and getting setup for classes, then moving into my apartment on Tuesday, to starting classes on Thursday. I feel like I haven’t really had the chance to rest since I’ve arrived and I plan to take it easy over the weekend; I can feel it in my body…I’m tired.
My first two day of classes went very well and I’m excited about the rest of the semester even if the “newness” wears off within the next couple of weeks. The University of Kansas (KU) campus is absolutely amazing and beautiful and even though I lived in Lawrence for five years prior to coming back, I never really saw much of the campus itself. The only thing I have to get use too is walking all over the place, but I know in time my body will get use to it and not ache so much afterwards!
My classes this semester are as follows (remember, I’m a Psychology major, Sociology minor):
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- SOC 662 Corrections 11am – 11:50am
- MAT 101 College Algebra 3pm – 3:50pmTuesday, Thursday
- PSYC 310 Research Methods in Psychology 11am – 12:15pm
- HWC 204Â Western Civilization IÂ 1pm – 2:15pm
- PSYC 333 Child Psychology 2:30pm – 3:45pm
As you can see I have a pretty packed week, however, my Corrections (as in the prison system) course I’m not required to be there the majority of the time since the professor has setup his class to be more of a self taught/lead course which is REALLY nice; independent study. I originally was taking Sociology of the Economy instead of Western Civilization but when I went to the class yesterday I could barely understand the teacher (gogo, Korean teacher with horrible accent!); I got lucky when I found the Western Civ. section open up so I could drop the the sociology class.
Anyways, everything is going well at the moment and I’m very content with where I’m at in my life. I haven’t felt sad for one moment since I’ve been here and that isn’t what I expected at all. This post is pretty much a jumble of things but I wanted everyone to know that I’m okay and I’ll be updating much more after I finish getting settled in. Right now, I’m going to head to bed and hope that I won’t feel so yuck in the morning – my body is getting use to the climate change and I’ve come down with an attack on my allergies and haven’t been able to stop sneezing! GOODNIGHT 
