Astronomy Lab Class

Astronomy, learning about stars and galaxies can be very interesting to me most of the time. Every Wednesday this class meets for about 2 hours even though it says on the syllabus that it meets from 2.45 until 5.30 or so. I swear the professor does not know how to teach a lab class although I'm sure he knows his stuff. Most of the time he just stares off into space when he's talking, and the best part is he doesn't look at the class when he talks which makes everything he says in class hard to catch. Every time I go in, sit down, and ready to learn, there he goes again starring off into space when he talks. I mean c'mon, at least look at the class when you talk, not saying it out loud, but in my head of course. So, there I am sitting and just ranting in my head saying "dude please look at the class when you talk so at least some of us can try to catch what your teaching," God I want to say it out loud so bad, but I didn't want to be rude like this 30 year old immature guy who just talks about nonsense stuff all the time. At least he actually says what I want to say but in a low voice where the professor cant hear; which I already explained. Most of the time the other people aren't even listening as well, because of how the professor is teaching in his own little world during lab class. Looking around, some classmates are just on their laptop and on facebook chatting, some texting on their phones, and one guy at the edge of one table across the room is knitting?.. HAHAHAHA!! I just have to laugh watching that guy knit, of course I have nothing against it. Seeing stuff like that that doesn't have to do with class is entertaining to me. Anyways back to the point here, the professor is clearing not teaching the class to an extent where everyone should be scared that they will be needing this information for in-class quizzes or mid-term. And the in class stuff he gives us to do are somewhat pretty difficult despite the fact that he just hands it to us and expects us to come with an answer without teaching it. As soon as everyone receives the assignment, I pretty much heard everyone go "uhhhh!" "Sow how are we coming up with the answers without him saying anything about the assignment?" Including me. I have enjoyed lab class since my high school years until this particular one I am currently in. It is no good at all. Time just flies by and I'm missing so much of everything this professor is trying to teach which is usually not a good thing. My last resort to is to sit up in the front of the room and use the recorder on my phone to record a 2 hour class session so that i can waste another 2 hours of studying listening to it I guess. But then again, its only a 1 credit class. How hard can it be right?

My Weekend

Well, there ain't much to it. I usually wake up around 9 a.m. almost on every weekend knowing I want to sleep in more, but the fact that I am a very light sleeper keeps me from staying in bed any longer than that time range. I just cant, unless forcing myself to, but even then an hour at most past 9 a.m. So I then run into the bathroom and do what any normal person would; brush my teeth, floss, and shower in nice warm water for about 15 to 20 minutes fogging up the windows and mirror. After that scene every morning I like to open up the curtains in the living room and let light shine in casting shadows upon the windows. Doing that every morning gives me a good feeling I just cant explain. Its just part of my morning weekend routine I guess. Then I turn to my Playstation gaming console. I like to play video games every now and then on the weekends to kill time since there isn't much to do. After one and half hour of gaming I can get bored of it very easily. I just can not be playing any longer than that because its just basically the same thing over and over, and plus its just there for when i really don't have anything else better to do. Aside from video games and t.v. I like to cook up a good meal during the weekends, and the only time when I have time to do so. The weekdays that i have school just makes me constantly have to get fast food that comes with grease and oil with the order which I don't mind, I just get sick it easily like gaming. So when my weekends come around I like to take every moment of it to cook up a good meal for my mom, sister, brother and I. Whatever lies in the fridge whether it is all meat or just vegetables, I always find a way to cook it. Having a big apatite for food just makes me want to always cook cook cook. Aside from having school all the time, I always like to enjoy every moment of my weekends with an awesome meal.

Mathematics!

First of all i want to say i hate MATH! The fact that it has so many formulas, variables, letters, decimals, and fractions to remember it is such a pain! I find it so difficult to memorize the formulas that are needed to solve different equations or certain equations. I get that math is one of the main generalized subject for school, but why does it have to be so painful? It gets me so frustrated at times when i cant figure out how to even solve an equation and that's just the first step! If i cant solve the equation i cant get to the answer, which makes me even more frustrated. One thing i do hate about my math course at the moment is that its all lab work done on a computer generated from a program called "Hawkes Learning." My thoughts about it is, I am not learning much from the course due to the fact that it is all done on a computer with the process of self teaching of how to do the stuff. I mean seriously, what is the point of having a learning program for math when there is a professor? Professors' are paid to teach us this stuff in class so that we can teach ourselves out of class right? At least that's how i feel about. The only thing the professor is in class for is to supervise on when we take exams and such to give us a grade. Thus, this is more of an online class to me than an in class session. If i wanted to take an online course i would have done so and not taken a on campus course. If i wanted to teach myself how to do math i woulndt have signed up for school either. Although this Hawkes program may work for some, but it isnt working for me, i can garuntee that. Therefore, I feel like i might just completely fail this course! And yes, $80 for an access code just to enroll in "Hawkes".... Down the drain! BOOOOOO!

Why go to school

For me honestly i never took school so seriously. I have always felt it was just there to educate the mind so that people have a sense of how to do things in the real world on their own; like build skyscrapers, or put a computer together from scratch or just using the mind to create something etc. I have nothing against getting an education, for i myself am continuing my education at the moment as a college student. Still there's a message sitting in the back my mind feeling that I'm just going to school for the hell of it. To take up some time and get it over with. For others it may be what they want for themselves. As a college student i often asked myself do i really want to go to school, pay thousands of dollars and just wait if i pass all my classes to get a job? No and yes. Why i say that is because school isnt the only option to landing a great job. I feel that there are many opportunities out there to discover that could lead me to a great job as long as i know my stuff and the requirement of the job. I shouldnt have to waste so many years in school paying thousands of dollars to the colleges to receive a great education. I just believe paying that much for an education is too overrated, and coming from a family who cant afford much of the schooling cost it puts us in debt. What if i cant afford school anymore in the end, where do i come up with the bundle of money to pay the schools back? or the loans i will eventually take even though i dont how much just yet? But i know it will be a an amount i cant come up with easily. What if i do happen to graduate with a degree in whatever profession, and get a job? Will that job be paying me a similar amount of salary compared to what i was paying for for my own education yearly?! These are all the thoughts that goes through my mind constantly as a current college student. On the other hand i do feel school is a good place to be. As an experienced student there are all kinds of government money help out there its just a willing to find it to get it. At the moment i dont know what career path i want to take anymore. School can be a very rewarding place to receive a high level education, but comes with a lot of stress trying to keep a good academic profile. I can take the challenges, its just a matter of if i want to stay in school for as long as whatever career keeps me. My motivation scale at the moment for school is around 70% to achieving my studies, the left overs... We'll see, hopefully it doesnt rise too much