so college: 2

my first semester
i didn't tell you
i took
cultural anthropology
intro to theater (like appreciation, it didn't count for theater majors)
and ethics

i tried to remember what order i took everything
but i couldn't

i might be able to remember everything i took, maybe, maybe
but definitely not the order in which i took them

i took freshman english part two the research paper
which was so so fun
i learned how to use that library
and we were supposed to do our paper on
what critics had said about a film that came out in 1982
so, i mean, fuck, i did blade runner
it was really supposed to be like generally they liked it or not
but
i
couldn't
i dug up every sight and sound article
and i wrote this
although the director took liberties with the book
do androids dream of electric sheep
he created a world which was recognizable as phillip k. dick
we had been specifically admonished not to analyze the film
so "i" did not
but there was a fuck ton of analysis going on
fun fun times

i was in mass media and society
the semester the space shuttle blew up
i think i told you that
and german classes when the wall came down
i'm sure i told you that

i took american women's history
and chicano history to 1910 for my U.S. history requirements

i took geology and oceanography for my science

but the ones that got away
the classes that i always wanted to take
they were each only offered every few years
and always at a time when something i really needed was offered

history of religion in america
and
atmospheric science
i pine for atmospheric science, still

ANTH:  cultural anthropology & anthropology of women

PHIL:  intro to ethics;  metaphysics;  political philosophy; philosophy of science;  images of madness in art and philosophy;  logic 1&2; history of modern philosophy;  history of 19th century philosophy;  history of 20th century philosophy;  philosophy of women

PSYCH:  intro to psych;  social psych, human sexuality;  cognitive psych; research methods in psych; emotion and motivation;  child development;  personality psych;  psych of women;  the individual in society (team taught with POLS/knowledge integration thingy)

German Film Classes:  images of fascism in german cinema;  contemporary images of fascism in german cinema;  silent german cinema;  avant guarde german cinema;  women in german cinema;  fassbinder;  i feel like there was one more but i can't remember

GERM:  1501/1502 intro to german language (with language lab);  intermediate german 2 semesters;
german literature 2 semesters? not positive might only have been 1;  1 4000 level german with peter pfeiffer it was kinda literature reading and writing but i don't remember what it was called

i took golf and bowling for my p.e. credits

i also took sociology, drugs and urban policing, i took geography but i may have dropped it before completion that was the semester i had my wisdom teeth removed and he was kind of a half of you will fail guy (bad attitude) but super interesting i don't remember taking a final

i took college algebra, was failing, had to drop
i was kinda pissed because testing had placed me there
so i took remedial math and got 100s on all the tests
which made me madder because clearly this was not what i needed
but maybe it was
because then i retook college algebra and i was making a solid B-
but then, when it was time for the final
he had to i.d. everyone and there were 300 people in the class
and that cut 40 minutes off my time
and freaked me out
so i didn't do that well on the final
ended up with a C+
the lowest grade i got in college

i still, only every once in a while, admonish myself
if only you had been smart enough to take college algebra at HCC and transfer it in
then you coulda been suma instead of magna
but
what difference does it really make
i can;t do math

i also took music appreciation
and i really think i took some Poli Sci but i can't remember
yeah i was in something for the 88 election
and i'm sure i'm forgetting some other stuff

oh yeah

painting 1&2 and jewelry making


but see
it's not working towards a job
it's just education for learning sake
just exploring
and
i don't know if i could do it anymore
or if i'd like it now
but i miss it
kinda

and i feel sorry for the people who started at "good" schools
and couldn't learn enough at UH to make themselves happy

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