Yesturday, I went through my new classes. I think it will be a cool quarter because I am taking a lot more technical courses vs. Liberal Arts courses.
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I suppose my schedule is okay, although I have to keep going back and forth from my dorm room to the academic side. Hopefully, there is something to eat and do on the academic side so I do not have to do this for the entire quarter.
Technical Programming II - Nothing really much to talk about. Professor Trippe did focus on the new students (two in my section, including me) to make sure we knew what was going on. I think the only major thing I have to worry about is coping with Visual Studios .NET and the standard way of declaring variables (no thanks to AP).
DC Circuits - The class where everybody fails. Ok, so Professor Ciccerilli did not fail us the first day. With some luck, the course will not be as hard as everybody is making it out to be.
Observations: All the good classes, aka techinical courses, are 1 hour long while the boring classes, aka Liberal Arts and Calc courses, are two hours long. I suppose the Lab, which is 3 hours, makes it up, but still.....
Calculus 3 - I was pretty surprised that Calc 3 here is basically a continuation of Calc 2 @ Sandburg. In reality, I should have known that they wouldn't simply not teach Series. I now wonder why RIT wants you to take Calc I first even if you have taken it in high school (or in my case, MVCC). Well, I suppose it will be a nice refresher and it would not hurt. My professor does not seem to be bad, but I think he may over explaining things that I had a hard time following the major points.
Writing and Lit II - surprise - is another experimental class. Why am I stuck with all the experimental classes? Jeezzzz. Anyways, this class is focusing on Croatia. Yes, it is one of those countries that you hear about but you do not really know much. My professor spent the day showing slideshow of pictures she took during her tenure there while teaching at the RIT's subsidary college there. Cultural Anthropology is hunting me once again when she introduced some neat cultural differences. For example, Croatian students always work together in tests, while American students are expected to work by themselves. Surprisingly, Croatia is such a beautiful place. If I ever travel, I really need to put that on the "places-to-visit" checklist.
While I checked my e-mail today, I was surprised to find DC Circuits and Simulation was cancelled for tomorrow. That is pretty interesting considering there are only 10 sessions and it is the very first one. On the other hand, I only have one class today which is Calc 3.
RIT ITS finally let us try out Exchange. Unfortunately, I do not know if it is my computer or ITS' fault, but I am unable to reach the server through Outlook 2003. I guess I have to stick with OWA (which was recently highlighted due to a 'serious' flaw) in the meantime.
And Heaney, it is sure nice to be talking with you again! Welcome back home :-D