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Here We Go Again Well my month off of school wasn’t as fantastic as I thought. It just meant a month of working extra hours at my job. Consequently I didn’t start this semester refreshed and energized like I usually do. My hours at work have dropped off dramatically as they always do in January so I should be able to focus on my studies and put at least a little effort into finding some leisure time now. I’m taking my first lab course this semester, Biology 112. I haven’t had a lab since my freshman year of high school, which was 10 years ago. I’m very nervous. I know how hard I can expect a math to be for me. The same is true of an English class. I have absolutely no idea what my basic aptitude for a lab is. Besides Bio, I’m taking Math 102 with a teacher that I’ve heard mixed messages about. I can see why people have mixed feelings about him but I love him. His mind works the way mind does so I understand him when he explains why that rule works. He always explains the underlying logic. Other students often feel, “I don’t need to know that; just teach me how to do it.” I want to know why it works that way and he teaches me that. The other course I’m taking this semester is Speech 205, the dreaded Public Speaking Course. I didn’t expect this to be a problem. Now, all of a sudden, I’m nervous about it. I shouldn’t be. One thing I have never been called is shy. And lord knows I’m a natural talker. I don’t have problems with crowds either. So why is this freaking me out so bad. I’ve spoken in front of groups before without any nerves at all. But a class that’s designed to help me get over those nerves is making me nervous!! |
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