Classes are starting today. Here’s
what Alex is taking this semester:
French: He took Latin in high school and did not learn a single thing in the two years he took it. He was enjoying it and starting to learn some at the beginning, then the teacher left to join the Peace Corp about 2 months into the year. The replacement teacher had a hugely different teaching style and he struggled through it. Then even that teacher did not return for the second year, so he had to take the class online to finish the language requirement for graduation. It was that, or start over again with Spanish; as he had to have 2 years of the same language, and he didn’t want to start over again with another language he did not really care about learning, he plodded through. He just didn’t learn anything.
Since we have family living in France,
including his cousin who was born there, there is a chance he might actually be
able to use a knowledge of French. Although it is not a required class, he
opted to take it anyway. The class meets four days, plus he has
both a scheduled lab and an open go-when-you-like lab outside the lecture
times. This is a 50-minute M/T/W/R class, plus labs.
Intermediate C++: He did so
well in the intro class this summer, he’s taking the next level of it. This is
a 75-minute M/W class.
Intro to Java: This is
another computer language class that also builds on what he learned in the C++
class. This is a 75-minute T/R class.
CG Characters Production: Doesn’t this sound fun? “Using computer 3D graphics programs as a
medium, emphasis will be placed on 3D design, creative expression and
communication of ideas.” I believe this class was picked partly from a desire
to learn it and partly because he has had the teacher before. This is a
105-minute T/R class. (It’s still only 3 credits, so I do not understand why it
is an extra 30-minutes longer than typical twice a week class length.)
