Weekend Update Revisited
NOTE: Thanks, Ian, for posting the comment. Enjoy your last semester at the Honor Academy!!
Okay, now that I have a full week of residence life under my belt, I’m feeling very collegiate-y, to borrow a term from my mom. I’m getting into the swing of things – or, at least, it seems that I am. Things are still a little bit laid-back, since it’s a holiday weekend, but I’ve been to at least one session of every class, and I’m pretty sure I’ll survive.
I went to church this morning with Andy, my LIFE Group leader. (I don’t think “LIFE Group” contains an acronym, I just have yet to see that phrase use lowercase letters for the first word.) The service was good, though the pastor was a clock-watcher (I suppose, though, that he had to be, since they had to prepare for a Spanish-language service an hour after he finished). Besides that, it’s been a nice quiet day to finish up laundry and math homework, call home, read a newspaper, and drop in on the endings of movies in the Commons.
The classes I hadn’t attended as of the last posting seem to be going well. I have a fun professor for speech class, in particular. A good part of history will be ground I covered in high school, but we have a really interesting text on “Makers of the Western Tradition,” and I just love history, so I should be good there. Algebra may not be a lot of fun, but the professor is a nice guy, and, so long as I have a little time to do the work, I should be able to do it.
The first LIFE Group meeting was fun, involving a lot of “getting to know you” activities. We’ve planned something else for tomorrow, though our leaders won’t tell us what it is.
In the meeting, Andy actually considered telling us. The conversation was highly frustrating for those of us with no idea what was being discussed…
Andy: “Well, now that we’ve brought it up, we should probably tell them what it is. We can’t just bring it up and then not tell them about it.”
Bethany: “Yeah, I guess so.”
Andy: “Do you want to tell them what it is, B?”
Bethany: “It’s… a surprise.”
We have been told miniscule details, such as that we’re meeting between the residence complexes at noon, and we’re supposed to wear swimsuits. There’s a rumor going around that some of the LIFE Groups are going canoeing, which would be fun, but I have no idea exactly what our leaders might have in mind.
I got my first article turned in to the Cardinal and Cream, on the job market for Union students in Jackson. I talked to Student Employment for a quick bit of advice for students looking for on-campus jobs, as well Career Services for information of the general job market in Jackson and the resources they provide for students looking for jobs. I also talked to a junior who’s held a job in the nearby mall for over a year, getting her perspective on finding and keeping a good job. I think it turned out really well; my section editor has it right now.
Okay, so that’s about it from the realm of general updates. I’ll post again soon.
Okay, now that I have a full week of residence life under my belt, I’m feeling very collegiate-y, to borrow a term from my mom. I’m getting into the swing of things – or, at least, it seems that I am. Things are still a little bit laid-back, since it’s a holiday weekend, but I’ve been to at least one session of every class, and I’m pretty sure I’ll survive.
I went to church this morning with Andy, my LIFE Group leader. (I don’t think “LIFE Group” contains an acronym, I just have yet to see that phrase use lowercase letters for the first word.) The service was good, though the pastor was a clock-watcher (I suppose, though, that he had to be, since they had to prepare for a Spanish-language service an hour after he finished). Besides that, it’s been a nice quiet day to finish up laundry and math homework, call home, read a newspaper, and drop in on the endings of movies in the Commons.
The classes I hadn’t attended as of the last posting seem to be going well. I have a fun professor for speech class, in particular. A good part of history will be ground I covered in high school, but we have a really interesting text on “Makers of the Western Tradition,” and I just love history, so I should be good there. Algebra may not be a lot of fun, but the professor is a nice guy, and, so long as I have a little time to do the work, I should be able to do it.
The first LIFE Group meeting was fun, involving a lot of “getting to know you” activities. We’ve planned something else for tomorrow, though our leaders won’t tell us what it is.
In the meeting, Andy actually considered telling us. The conversation was highly frustrating for those of us with no idea what was being discussed…
Andy: “Well, now that we’ve brought it up, we should probably tell them what it is. We can’t just bring it up and then not tell them about it.”
Bethany: “Yeah, I guess so.”
Andy: “Do you want to tell them what it is, B?”
Bethany: “It’s… a surprise.”
We have been told miniscule details, such as that we’re meeting between the residence complexes at noon, and we’re supposed to wear swimsuits. There’s a rumor going around that some of the LIFE Groups are going canoeing, which would be fun, but I have no idea exactly what our leaders might have in mind.
I got my first article turned in to the Cardinal and Cream, on the job market for Union students in Jackson. I talked to Student Employment for a quick bit of advice for students looking for on-campus jobs, as well Career Services for information of the general job market in Jackson and the resources they provide for students looking for jobs. I also talked to a junior who’s held a job in the nearby mall for over a year, getting her perspective on finding and keeping a good job. I think it turned out really well; my section editor has it right now.
Okay, so that’s about it from the realm of general updates. I’ll post again soon.
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