What Classes Do You Have This Semester? - Page 2

amber · #16 01-11-2005, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I've got an African-American history course, a general late American history course, a Louisiana history course, a Women's literature course, and an advanced French course.

I wish.
I have another Commercial Law class, and Intellectual Property.

GateandGarden · #17 01-11-2005, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

I'm not too sure of the exact makeup (period-wise) of my schedule, but I'm in all the same classes.

Psychology I AP/IB
English Comp/Lit 11 AP/IB
Photography II
Theory Of Knowledge <3<3<3
AP US History (subject to change, I'm going to drop this for normal US History)
Algebra II
Chemistry I
Required Study Hall (aka pass time for Greg)

For next year, I'm signed up for the following:
Science & Ethics
Physics I
Psychology II AP/IB
World Lit
20th Century Lit
English Comp/Lit 12 AP/IB
Government
Economics
Required Study Hall (aka Student Assistant! woot)
....and I think that's it.

Damn! At my high school, we could only take seven classes a year. (Don't you have eight for your last year?) How long are the class periods? And we didn't have anything called "Science & Ethics." I'm sure that if we did, they would've said, "Teaching human evolution is unethical." Ugh, the South.

We didn't have an economics class, either. I know I would've been bored to tears in it.

GateandGarden · #18 01-11-2005, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

I wish.
I have another Commercial Law class, and Intellectual Property.

You should be an English major/History minor like me who has years and years of post-graduate work ahead of her.

DeadliestPoison · #19 01-11-2005, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

My word. I started college while I was still in high school and even I didn't take so many classes.

Hee. Well, a lot of mine are 1-semester, like Economics, Government, World Lit, 20th Century Lit, etc. Science & Ethics takes up two periods. Physics, English, Psych and the required study hall are all year-long. I had it all figured out somewhere, but I turned it in to my counselor a few weeks ago.

ontheEdgeof17 · #20 01-11-2005, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Damn! At my high school, we could only take seven classes a year.

My high school was on block. We had 4 classes each semester for 90 minutes a piece. It was a cake walk. Homework was minimal and the 90 minutes gave up plenty of time to finish things properly in order to make better grades.

GateandGarden · #21 01-11-2005, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

Hee. Well, a lot of mine are 1-semester, like Economics, Government, World Lit, 20th Century Lit, etc. Science & Ethics takes up two periods. Physics, English, Psych and the required study hall are all year-long. I had it all figured out somewhere, but I turned it in to my counselor a few weeks ago.

Oh! Some are 1-semester. I guess that explains why you can take so many classes.

GateandGarden · #22 01-11-2005, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

My high school was on block. We had 4 classes each semester for 90 minutes a piece. It was a cake walk. Homework was minimal and the 90 minutes gave up plenty of time to finish things properly in order to make better grades.

90 minutes, though! I get antsy in college when I take those hour and fifteen minute classes. (Well, only if it's a subject I can't stand). An hour and thirty minutes!

Oh, what am I saying? I'm taking a night class that's three hours long next semester.

Crazy me.

ontheEdgeof17 · #23 01-11-2005, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

90 minutes, though! I get antsy in college when I take those hour and fifteen minute classes. (Well, only if it's a subject I can't stand). An hour and thirty minutes!

Oh, what am I saying? I'm taking a night class that's three hours long next semester.

Crazy me.

I've had 8 hour lectures. Those are hell. In fact, I have one on eating disorders this Thursday.

It is my last one ever!

amber · #24 01-11-2005, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

You should be an English major/History minor like me who has years and years of post-graduate work ahead of her.

Actually, I should, those are the two subjects i'm most interested in...

*stupid law stuff*

GateandGarden · #25 01-11-2005, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I've had 8 hour lectures. Those are hell. In fact, I have one on eating disorders this Thursday.

It is my last one ever!

Oh. My. God. I didn't even know there were eight hour lectures! (At least not all in one sitting).

GateandGarden · #26 01-11-2005, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Actually, I should, those are the two subjects i'm most interested in...

*stupid law stuff*

Well, I suppose it's never too late to change your major! Still, everyone was annoyed with me when I changed mine. And then I was annoyed with myself for having to go an extra semester of undergrad school because of it.

ontheEdgeof17 · #27 01-11-2005, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Oh. My. God. I didn't even know there were eight hour lectures! (At least not all in one sitting).

Oh, we get a 1/2 hour for lunch.

It takes that just to order around here.

DeadliestPoison · #28 01-11-2005, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Damn! At my high school, we could only take seven classes a year. (Don't you have eight for your last year?) How long are the class periods? And we didn't have anything called "Science & Ethics." I'm sure that if we did, they would've said, "Teaching human evolution is unethical." Ugh, the South.

We didn't have an economics class, either. I know I would've been bored to tears in it.

Hee. We're on block scheduling, so we have 4 classes per day and each period is 90 minutes.

*busts out Paint and makes a diagram* OwWwWwW, the compression!)!(@)!*#!)(@

So as you can see, it all works out nicely.

My basic strategy is to pick the classes that interest me. Hence, Science & Ethics (which sounds like Theory of Knowledge 2.0, and I'm in love with that class), World Lit, 20th Century Lit, Psych, etc.

At my school, we're required to have a certain amount of credits in each field in order to graduate, and all I really need is another Lab Science (hence, Physics) and Government & Econ, which are required anyway. I'd take them in summer school, but I'd apparently have no time to get them overwith. And then I'd have to make out a new schedule, and my school? Doesn't offer much in the way of interesting courses. So yeah.