H.B.O.

As the midpoint of the semester is quickly approaching, I am pleased to be able to say that most of my classes are going well so far. I think of all the grades I've gotten, I've been disappointed with only two, and those were somewhat expected. I am on track to meet my goal of an 'A' in Arabic (at least, I think I am), and I am doing well in all of the rest of my classes.

It is hard for me to pick a favorite class because I like things about all of them. Maybe I will just list what I like about each class...

Arabic: I really like my classmates and the fact that our teacher is a native Arabic speaker (despite having the most convincing American accent in the history of American accents). Also, I love learning languages, and this one is definitely a challenge. We get a lot of homework, but, for the most part, I enjoy doing it.

Philosophy: ... I actually don't like much about this class. The teacher/professor (I can't remember if he is technically a 'professor') is nice.

U101: Hate it. ;-) I enjoy my classmates and our instructors, but I must admit our class seems to do more work than the other U101 sections. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing.

German: The professor is my advisor, so that is really nice. Plus she is awesome. I love German, and, like I said before, languages, so I will always love any language class. Also, for a German Lit. course, this class is really easy. I enjoy the reading selections and the light homework load.

English: Steve (the instructor) is hilarious. If someone else were teaching the class, I doubt it would be nearly as fun. For being a class about travel literature, the readings have been surprising monotonous and something I don't enjoy... This shocks me because of how much I love to travel. Maybe the other books will be better.

I have yet to get to know any of my professors really well (excluding the advising session during my orientation with Frau Ivory), but I emailed her about to OTL Reflection Paper assignment, so I will be doing this within the next two weeks.

Also... on a side note, 2 things:

1. Today's presentation: Sergeant Adams was hilarious, and it was definitely informative. I don't plan to have an issues with the police, and I hope I won't have to use them, but it is nice to know that they are there and are so approachable.

2. Mentoring: I admit I was annoyed about being called to go into Hand today without warning (especially since we walk and it was raining), but I am pleased to say that my mentee is very talkative and friendly, and I think we have a good amount of things in common. I look forward to getting to know her better and to help her with her struggles (Math seems to be her big problem).

That is all. =]]

Ciao!

Holland