Today was the start of the second week of the July session for my summer classes. All I can say is that I'm sitting on a pile of homework every single day :( I'm doing so-so in both my classes, but I wish I was doing a lot better.
Almost everyone in my Spanish class did poorly on the first quiz, so he's going to be nice enough to give an easier quiz tomorrow to help boost our grades. I'm hoping that I do well on it. He did say that he's proud I've opened up a bit and have started speaking more in Spanish during class, so I guess that's positive. Our midterm is next Monday. I just keep telling myself that in 11 class days and 17 whole days it will all be finished and I can enjoy taking my next semester off and focusing on other aspects of my life while saving up some money before I transfer.
As far as accounting I passed my first test barely and failed one quiz...but my homework grades are great. I just hope to do better on the next test.
Also, don't forget to drop by Wicked Awesome Infinite Comment Game Page on facebook tonight at 8 EST, I'm going to be a sponsor during round 2 of bingo and there are going to be some other great sponsors too!
Showing posts with label spanish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spanish. Show all posts
Monday, July 11, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
A Bit Discouraged...
Today was the first day of my July session classes. I'm taking SPAN 1002 and ACCT 2102, both second halves of classes I've already taken. Each class lasts until July 28th, which is roughly 14 class days. I've only been in my SPAN 1002 class for a 3 hour period and already feel discouraged :/ People who say it's hard to learn Spanish in one session weren't kidding. Let me explain why it seems this will be true...
First off, my teacher is a lot different from my SPAN 1001 teacher. He's a bit disorganized and hops all over the place making it hard to follow along. Plus he gets off subject here and there and he's going to be speaking 85% Spanish during class. I'm not used to this style of teaching. With some teachers I get accustomed to their quirks, so I hope this won't be any different. He seems encouraging and has done a few things with the schedule that I like, but I just don't know...none of the stuff he taught today really stuck in my head and I had to come home and read the tutorials on our website portion of the class and check things in the book.
Secondly, I didn't get much knowledge on the preterite tense because we lost a few class hours back in spring due to snow days and had to cut out a week's worth of material. And of course preterite is the back bone of some of the stuff we are discussing right away. He gave a very brief introduction on the tense to help us remember but of course if you haven't already learned it, a brief introduction isn't going to trigger what isn't there to begin with. He claims that the things we learn in the beginning of this class are going to be hard but once we are past it, it will be easier. I sure hope so! We already had 1 person leave during the break he gave us lol.
I'm just hoping for a passing grade. I'm not even going to strive for an A, a C will be good enough this time around. As long as I survive with that, I'll be happy :)
& as far as my ACCT 2101 class goes, I got a B in there even though I didn't do so hot on the in person assessment, which was hard and confusing :/ So far my ACCT 2102 isn't as bad as I'd thought it would be. I started on it early since it's online and got most of the first days work out of the way on Thursday and Friday of last week. I guess time will tell whether or not it will stay easy for me.
First off, my teacher is a lot different from my SPAN 1001 teacher. He's a bit disorganized and hops all over the place making it hard to follow along. Plus he gets off subject here and there and he's going to be speaking 85% Spanish during class. I'm not used to this style of teaching. With some teachers I get accustomed to their quirks, so I hope this won't be any different. He seems encouraging and has done a few things with the schedule that I like, but I just don't know...none of the stuff he taught today really stuck in my head and I had to come home and read the tutorials on our website portion of the class and check things in the book.
Secondly, I didn't get much knowledge on the preterite tense because we lost a few class hours back in spring due to snow days and had to cut out a week's worth of material. And of course preterite is the back bone of some of the stuff we are discussing right away. He gave a very brief introduction on the tense to help us remember but of course if you haven't already learned it, a brief introduction isn't going to trigger what isn't there to begin with. He claims that the things we learn in the beginning of this class are going to be hard but once we are past it, it will be easier. I sure hope so! We already had 1 person leave during the break he gave us lol.
I'm just hoping for a passing grade. I'm not even going to strive for an A, a C will be good enough this time around. As long as I survive with that, I'll be happy :)
& as far as my ACCT 2101 class goes, I got a B in there even though I didn't do so hot on the in person assessment, which was hard and confusing :/ So far my ACCT 2102 isn't as bad as I'd thought it would be. I started on it early since it's online and got most of the first days work out of the way on Thursday and Friday of last week. I guess time will tell whether or not it will stay easy for me.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
First Day of Spring Semester
Today was my first day of spring semester. My schedule is:
SPAN 1001 Spanish I
HIST 1111 Survey of World Civilizations I
ECON 1206 Micro Economics
I take SPAN 1001 and HIST 1111 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 until 3:15 and the Economics class is fully online.
I've already had my HIST 1111 teacher for HIST 1112 last semester, so I know what to expect as far as assignments and tests. I actually like my SPAN 1001 teacher this semester. I signed up for it last summer with a different teacher that totally overwhelmed me to the point of dropping the class. I feel more confident this time around and hope everything goes according to plan because I need to stick with it if I plan to transfer by next fall.
Overall, I'm happy with my schedule and hope to do well this semester :)
SPAN 1001 Spanish I
HIST 1111 Survey of World Civilizations I
ECON 1206 Micro Economics
I take SPAN 1001 and HIST 1111 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 until 3:15 and the Economics class is fully online.
I've already had my HIST 1111 teacher for HIST 1112 last semester, so I know what to expect as far as assignments and tests. I actually like my SPAN 1001 teacher this semester. I signed up for it last summer with a different teacher that totally overwhelmed me to the point of dropping the class. I feel more confident this time around and hope everything goes according to plan because I need to stick with it if I plan to transfer by next fall.
Overall, I'm happy with my schedule and hope to do well this semester :)
Labels:
economics,
history,
spanish,
spring semester
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