So, I have successfully made it through my first week of classes!!! I was on time, I kept up with homework and took my first quiz. Woo! So I'm thinking English is going to be one of my favorite classes because the teacher is different. Think about this: what is the difference between a high class college and any other one? The courses are the same, biology is biology, calculus is calculus, it can't be any harder than it already is. So if the course work isn't different why is it such a renowned school? Tuition and one on one attention. If you go to these renowned schools, such as Harvard, there is no such thing as skipping class. If you skip the professor will call. If you skip twice they will be at your door. Normally colleges don't do that. Students must be self-sufficient and self-motivated. So students who go to normal colleges and succeed are more prepared for later life! That was my English discussion on Thursday.
Last night I hung out with Chelcea, Larry, Trevor, Mike, Nick and lots of other people who's names have escaped me. We played a game called "Curses" which is actually really funny because you get curses like you were playing with super glue and now your wrists are glued to your head. So you sit there with your wrists attached to your head for the rest of the game. It was pretty hysterical. We then went and saw the new Star Trek movie (for free) and it was awesome. I don't know much about Star Trek but I enjoyed that movie.
Today I went to Indianapolis with the harp majors. We bought tickets to a symphony concert that has a ton of harp parts in it. We then went and ate at an Indian restaurant which was very very yummy. Downtown Indianapolis has some very very neat architecture. When I got back Heather and I went and did laundry for the first time. It went pretty well actually. Took forever though cause people weren't watching their laundry so it was just sitting in these machines and they were all full and we didn't want to take it out cause it wasn't ours but we finally got it done. I then went to The Price is Right (like the TV show) unfortunately I didn't win anything. I wanted to win the 22" HD flat screen TV but no such luck. Better luck next time! So now I'm just chilling in my room with Heather. Have a great day!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Starting classes
College has officially started. I have now gone through my whole schedule with the exception of one class which is only on Wednesdays. I am proud to announce that I made it to all of my classes without getting lost or being late! I do have 8 and 8:30 morning classes so I'm very proud of that.
Yesterday my first class was history at 8 a.m. and can I say my teacher is very intense. He is a historian so he's very hardcore history...like Andrea. We started taking notes already and he told us that if we miss class we'll fail cause most of any test is based off his lectures, so miss a lecture fail the class. Exciting I know. Math was so easy after that, then i had a break before going to my first theory class, which gave me homework.
Then on to recital hour which is every Monday and I can't miss any of them because I'm a music major. Fun. Then I had harp ensemble which was much better. We didn't play yesterday because we had to work out private lesson schedules and then Peter Wiley (i don't know how to spell his last name) taught us how to change our base wires, which is really great cause I don't really ever change my own strings. I generally pay John to change them all every couple years, so it was completely new for me. He also taught me that to hear the very low base wire strings for tuning and things to pluck it up by the disks because you hear the actually pitch better up there. (For you non-harpists its ok if you don't care, it was just really exciting for me).
Today I had piano group at 8:30 in the morning. My professor is from Japan and has a really thick accent, but I needed my piano text book by thursday but lo and behold it was the one book on backorder. So, I had to go to the book store in the village to get a hold of the book and I then went back later today to get my english books. Moral of the story, I hate textbooks. Period.
I also had english today. That professor is really really informal, he swore a couple times in class but other than that I think I'm really going to enjoy his class. OH! The best news of the day was I didn't have to go to orchestra rehearsal!!!!! That saved me three hours today in which to begin homework, do this blog, practice more, (I've practiced twice today. Yes, be proud) and get more in control. So now I am much more relaxed. I hope high school is going well for those still in it, and that life is great for those who have graduated.
Love you all!
Valerie
Yesterday my first class was history at 8 a.m. and can I say my teacher is very intense. He is a historian so he's very hardcore history...like Andrea. We started taking notes already and he told us that if we miss class we'll fail cause most of any test is based off his lectures, so miss a lecture fail the class. Exciting I know. Math was so easy after that, then i had a break before going to my first theory class, which gave me homework.
Then on to recital hour which is every Monday and I can't miss any of them because I'm a music major. Fun. Then I had harp ensemble which was much better. We didn't play yesterday because we had to work out private lesson schedules and then Peter Wiley (i don't know how to spell his last name) taught us how to change our base wires, which is really great cause I don't really ever change my own strings. I generally pay John to change them all every couple years, so it was completely new for me. He also taught me that to hear the very low base wire strings for tuning and things to pluck it up by the disks because you hear the actually pitch better up there. (For you non-harpists its ok if you don't care, it was just really exciting for me).
Today I had piano group at 8:30 in the morning. My professor is from Japan and has a really thick accent, but I needed my piano text book by thursday but lo and behold it was the one book on backorder. So, I had to go to the book store in the village to get a hold of the book and I then went back later today to get my english books. Moral of the story, I hate textbooks. Period.
I also had english today. That professor is really really informal, he swore a couple times in class but other than that I think I'm really going to enjoy his class. OH! The best news of the day was I didn't have to go to orchestra rehearsal!!!!! That saved me three hours today in which to begin homework, do this blog, practice more, (I've practiced twice today. Yes, be proud) and get more in control. So now I am much more relaxed. I hope high school is going well for those still in it, and that life is great for those who have graduated.
Love you all!
Valerie
Friday, August 21, 2009
Moving into College Life
Hey guys!
Ok I'm gonna give this blogging thing a shot, the idea sprang from school (Mrs. Lauver), and Candace's amazing blog that Grandma love's so very very much so I'm copying her. :) Just know ahead of time there are no guarantees on how often I update but I will try to make it semi-regularly.
I made it to Indiana in one piece! It took two days of driving and the Harry Potter books on CD to get here but we managed it. On the way up we went through Arkansas, Tennesse, Kentucky and Indiana. The only place we stayed to sight see was Memphis. We stopped at the visitor center first which had a really cool model of the Mississippi River!
It was about a mile long and it showed how the river flowed, where other river's merged into it. The dams along it and it was filled with running water as well. As we traversed the Mississippi, where I was taking great pleasures in leaping over it in a single bound, we came upon a pair of wild foxes.
They were very pretty and not very shy. Well one was more skittish than the other but the two stayed within humans and that was very neat. We then went to Graceland home of Elvis Presley. We took an hour tour of the house and grounds. It was really really cool. It was an audio tour but what made it so awesome was it was filled with things Elvis and his daughter had said but it was also filled with Elvis' songs which made it even cooler. 
This is the famous jungle room. After leaving Memphis we finally made it to Muncie at 1:30 A.M. in the rain. Oh did I mention that we drove the WHOLE way in Indiana in the rain? The only time it didn't rain was while we were in Memphis, Hurray! We then woke up at 8:30 and proceeded to move me into my room. It took my mom and I at least half an hour to an hour of destroying the set up in my room before we were happy with what it looked like.
My roommate Heather is extremely sweet and and we're going to get along just fine. My floor is coed, so there are boys living next door to me. Don't worry. I'm not stupid. Luckily I have a semi-private bathroom which means I share it with my roommate and the two girls across the hall. How nice is that? So I think I'm really going to like it here, oh and before my parents left we went to Kokomo to tour a glass factory for a DOLLAR! It was sooo cool watching how glass was made, rolled, and blown. Very fun and so worth the money. Until next time!
Love,
Valerie!!
Ok I'm gonna give this blogging thing a shot, the idea sprang from school (Mrs. Lauver), and Candace's amazing blog that Grandma love's so very very much so I'm copying her. :) Just know ahead of time there are no guarantees on how often I update but I will try to make it semi-regularly.
I made it to Indiana in one piece! It took two days of driving and the Harry Potter books on CD to get here but we managed it. On the way up we went through Arkansas, Tennesse, Kentucky and Indiana. The only place we stayed to sight see was Memphis. We stopped at the visitor center first which had a really cool model of the Mississippi River!
It was about a mile long and it showed how the river flowed, where other river's merged into it. The dams along it and it was filled with running water as well. As we traversed the Mississippi, where I was taking great pleasures in leaping over it in a single bound, we came upon a pair of wild foxes.
They were very pretty and not very shy. Well one was more skittish than the other but the two stayed within humans and that was very neat. We then went to Graceland home of Elvis Presley. We took an hour tour of the house and grounds. It was really really cool. It was an audio tour but what made it so awesome was it was filled with things Elvis and his daughter had said but it was also filled with Elvis' songs which made it even cooler. 
This is the famous jungle room. After leaving Memphis we finally made it to Muncie at 1:30 A.M. in the rain. Oh did I mention that we drove the WHOLE way in Indiana in the rain? The only time it didn't rain was while we were in Memphis, Hurray! We then woke up at 8:30 and proceeded to move me into my room. It took my mom and I at least half an hour to an hour of destroying the set up in my room before we were happy with what it looked like.
My roommate Heather is extremely sweet and and we're going to get along just fine. My floor is coed, so there are boys living next door to me. Don't worry. I'm not stupid. Luckily I have a semi-private bathroom which means I share it with my roommate and the two girls across the hall. How nice is that? So I think I'm really going to like it here, oh and before my parents left we went to Kokomo to tour a glass factory for a DOLLAR! It was sooo cool watching how glass was made, rolled, and blown. Very fun and so worth the money. Until next time!Love,
Valerie!!
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