The Human

So, college is off to a pretty good start. I'm about a month and a half into it, and the semester is already halfway over. When I started taking midterms a few weeks ago I was a little freaked out. However, my distress was soon replaced by wonderful feeling of pride as I got an A+ on a political science exam. My classes are hard, but not so hard that I don't see a chance of making them harder for myself next semester. And I've found myself doing work at odd hours of the day. This is quite unusual for me who all through high school was accustomed to finishing projects and assignments the night before. I'm not sure if I've been swept up by the spirit of college level academia, but I do know that I'm learning things now that I really enjoy instead of learning things with a sort of resentment.

And my learning hasn't been restricted to the classroom. I've joined a number of clubs and activities. I was in the library the other day, putting the finishing touches on a project for one club when I stumbled upon a really old Anatomy textbook. It had been sitting on the table that I was working at and during periods of writer's block (roughyl every two minutes or so), I would flip open the book and learn something about some odd part of the body. I found it absolutely fascinating, to the point where I checked out the book on my way out. Due to some strange alignment of the planets I have gotten into the honors program here at my university. One of the strange advantages of being in this program is the ability to check out books for extended periods of time. So now I have an anatomy book until April.