I’m sitting here in my PSY 345 class about 30min. early and found out that the class was cancelled and my next class isn’t for 4hrs. So I decided to open up my laptop and blog…
I really don’t know why I felt like blogging, just did.
So far PSU couldn’t be going better for me. This term appeared to be a little heavy in workload (16 credits) but not having a job helped me work through that. Pretty soon however, I’ll have to figure work into the equation of life so my mood may change.
So far here are how my classes are going:
PSY 345 Human Motivation:
The main project of this class is a “motivational binder” that we have written out at least one goal we would like to accomplish by the end of the year. Also included in the binder is a bunch of insights on motivation, what motivates others, lecture notes and so forth. By the end of the term we should have a complete binder filled with information on what motivates ourselves as well as components of motivation. There are 3 components of motivation: Biological, Learned, and Cognitive. I really like psychology and learning about people…So far so good…
STAT 243 Intro. to Probability and Statistics:
I was very leary of this class when I signed up for it. I wouldn’t take it at all if it wasn’t for the fact that I need this and STAT 244 for my Business Major. It’s been 6 years since I have had any math class and even then math was an issue for me. Oddly enough this class hasn’t posed any real threat to my GPA yet. I hear that’ll change as we get closer to the end of the term. I don’t doubt it! My first exam I scored 20/20…a perfect 100%!!! So far so good…
BA 205 Business Communication Using Technology:
This is another one of those classes I “missed” while I attended RCC. The whole basis of this class is one team project broken up into small sections. I’m always a little concerned when it comes to team projects. Either I get people who don’t hold up their share and I have to pick up the slack -or- their personalities clash with mine and we don’t get the quality of work done that is up to our individual potentials. BUT…My group that I’m working with is awesome! We all get along…We can have fun…We’re for the most part like minded…We agree easily…and so far everyone is eager to get work done and show up to meetings twice a week on time. So far so good…
PSY 300 Personal Decision Making:
Another psychology class that forces you to take your own life situation and apply it to class. I’m starting to see a theme here. They say you’ll take more away from the class if you apply your own problems to the class. Again like with PSY 345 the majority of this class focuses on solving one problem by breaking it up into a few small assignments. The instructor is also the author of the book, so it’s interesting to see how he teaches his own book.
All in all, I’m loving life at PSU. The food varies, so I’ll never have to be board eating the same thing every day. There is almost a plugged at every workstation in the library and is most class rooms so I can easily plug in my laptop and not drain my crappy battery. The majority of the campus is WiFi enabled so I can pretty much open up my laptop anywhere, even in the park, and start surfing the net either researching or messing around on random websites…The campus bookstore sells Playboy. There’s a coffee stand within walking distance of most places. Which is helping me break my energy drink addiction while staying wired to caffeine. At times I’m on a break conveniently are the same times that the PSU Viking football team is practicing, and I can witness how that works from the window of the library. There’s a bowling alley, pool room, and home console arcade on a huge 100in screen in the basement of the Student Union. There’s a place I can get my computer fixed for free. I get free health insurance for being a PSU student. I can also get free legal advice through the Student Legal Mediations. I’m sure there’s so much more that I haven’t even seen yet, and the next 2 years here should be filled with new adventures and fun. So like I said…So far, so good…!!!