First Day of School Monday, October 02, 2006

Today was my first day of class and I was somewhat nervous. I did not know what to expect; and thought I should have done some preparation for the first day, but I did not know what. My first class, at 11am, is Research Methods. Our teacher is interesting to say the least and somewhat scatterbrained. It was a relaxed atmosphere and I got a few good laughs out of it. At times I was bored out of my mind, but thankfully the class is only and hour long. I have a feeling that one hour is about 45min to long for most and don’t expect everyone to show up for that class every Monday. I almost forgot the best part…the professor loves cats and he used a picture of his cat as the background of a graph! Scary!

I thought we had a class from 12-1pm but found out that it is only a help secession for those who have questions or need help with the course work. This was really good news, because I have a class that starts at 1pm and was therefore not going to have a break from 11-4pm which would make Mondays even more horrible than present. My last class of the day is Forensic Genetics 2 Lab Practical. You would think that since we haven’t had a lecture we could not have a lab, but that is far from the truth. Today we went over machinery and not only did we stay 10mins extra, our teacher did not show up until 1:40pm !!! If I was still at Baylor I would have left 15 min after the hour. After we went over the very basics of the machine, our teacher informed us that we should look over the user manual and be VERY familiar with certain sections of the guide. F.Y.I. the user manual is 258 pages. At least now I have something to look forward to for the weekend???

Speaking of the weekend, I might go to the Lake District this weekend. Last week I joined the International Student Association; and they are hosting this trip. It only cost 8 pounds and I am really interested in going so hopefully I will be able. This will greatly depend on the amount of work I receive for the rest of my classes.