First day of challenges.

Wow what can I say Tuesday was the longest and most intimidating day of 2010.

Thats right as I arrived to school an hour early, I stood in a line to get into the bookstore to buy my books. I probably should have done that the week before but I didn't. Therefore I waited 30 mins to get in and another 30 mins to check out. Ridiculous I tell you.

Then I went to my first class, which I couldn't believe how much the professor talked about herself and her accomplishments. The funny part was how shes an instructor of child development and before she would tell us that she did not have children, she managed to tell us that she had 20 nieces and nephews, therefore she had tons of experiences with children because she discussed behavior with the parents?!?!?! Seriously what the heck right. But well see what happens.

Next off to my Anatomy and Physiology class. Boy oh boy was this very intimidating. The professor Bob was awesome, so enthusiastic, he made Bio sound like so much fun. However he warned us, that about 8 students of the 30 would drop the class because of how difficult it was. He said if we didn't have the time to not even bother. I was very mistaken when I thought it would be easier than taking this class at UIC. We then quickly realized that all the students were females, most going in to nursing. We apparently need to buy a medical dictionary and cannot spell anything wrong. Because in the real world you cannot spell incorrectly. The time commitment seems insane as I learned today from spending 5 hours going through the first chapter and lab and taking notes. But nonetheless I really enjoyed learning the proper terms of anatomy and learning a lot of the body and all the parts, organs, etc.

Lastly was my Chemistry class. Oh was this one making me sweat. Let me just say I LOVE school, I really do. I know that sounds weird. However after all these classes I was stressing out a bit. In chemistry we had an algebra quiz when we walked in. I love math, but I haven't done algebra in years so I managed to get the 2 out 3 problems one with the decimal in the wrong place and I couldn't even anwser number one. I don't know if I mentioned that I hate when professors at a college level think students should go around introducing themselves in class.
 Which is exacly what Professor OOSTA made us do. But I liked his method a bit more, he made us find a partner get to them and then introduce them. I found out the 18 year old girl I was interviewing had an 18 month old baby. WOW. We had to mention an unsual fact about ourselves and that was hers. I found out that a guy named Javier could walk on his knees. I also felt like all these students were so much younger than me, but the good thing is none of them suspected I was older. Ha random I know

However I managed to strike up a conversation with 2 people in my Chem class I am hoping to refresh my math skills with them, or I will force them to do my homework...just kidding.

Oh some fun things, I have to buy chemisty goggles for 2 classes. I also must get my own pair of vinal gloves, an anatomy coloring book, I might have to get one of those dolls with all th ebody parts.

Anyhow I am looking forward to all the knowlegde I will gain on this crazy adventure I have thrown myself upon. My time commitment to these classes seem ridiculous.