FALL 2011 Argument & Research

• (English for the smart kids. I wrote a half-assed [well, what I thought was half-assed] essay the day before the deadline basically just to get it done...and ta da! I'm better than I give myself credit.)
• WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE: Shoot me in the face. Awesome teacher, but it's just annoying.
• FINAL GRADE: A-

College Mathematics

• (aka: one-step-up-from-remedial math. somehow I'm supposed to get to Applied Calculus?)
• WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE: PSSA prep from 11th grade. I make pictures on my graphics calculator.
• FINAL GRADE: A

First Year Studies Seminar

• (blow-off. Basically you're gonna tell me how to study and manage my time. Newsflash: I didn't get through four years of high school not knowing how to study and having zero time management skills. But whatevs.)
• WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE: My mentor rocks. He's hilarious. Other than that, it's a waste of time.
• FINAL GRADE: A

General Psychology

• (now we're getting somewhere. Yay Gen Eds. I think it'll be interesting.)
• WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE: I have to fight to stay awake. My prof is slightly crazy. He called the class the psych ward once.
• FINAL GRADE: B+

Intro Decision Support Systems

• (huh? I think this is one of my core business classes.)
• WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE: It's actually one of my gen eds. The prof looks like Drew Carey and is overly excited about technology. I don't do much in there. No one does.
• FINAL GRADE: B+

United States History I

• (you mean there's more than one of these? My first history class without Mr B. in four years. Oh boy.)
• WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE: Actually not bad at all. I just got a B on my first test for it - six chapters!! Probably my favorite class. Disturbing? I'd say so. Caldwell loved me.
• FINAL GRADE: A

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SPRING 2012 Finite Math & Applied Calculus

• Prof says "um" ALL. THE. TIME.
• Also dislikes when students ask questions.
  • No, I'm not kidding. Yes, I wish I was.
• Tendency to belittle / make fun of students.
• Math at 8:45am is perhaps too early. Especially calculus.
• However he doesn't seem to totally hate me, so we're gonna try to keep that going.
• FINAL GRADE: A

Humanities

• I HATE THIS CLASS.
• When prof asks what I see in a Jackson Pollack painting (Autumn Rhythm, for anyone who wants to know), I answer with what I see - scribbles and random paint blotches.
• Bottom line, I'm not good at analyzing paintings. I like what I like...I don't think too much into it.
• Prof works at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pgh and is perhaps too excited about this stuff.
• And a six page term paper? In Humanities?? Really?
• Skip count: 3?
• Let's be honest, I only went to this class because QB was in the class right before mine and I always saw him on the way there.
• FINAL GRADE: A

Macroeconomics

• Chinese professor + 50 people + notes online = I do nothing.
• Neither does anyone else.
• I do have some of my faves from IDSS last semester :)
• Bringing the iPod to class is encouraged, if only to keep me from falling asleep.
  • leaning against the wall = suuper uncomfortable.
• FINAL GRADE: a miraculous B-

Legal Environment of Business

• Prof is a legit lawyer and has a practice in Pittsburgh.
• Wants us to think analytically, talked for 50 minutes and made us take notes on his grading process on the first day, and will give a total of three tests - all essay.
• Teaches by the Socratic Method. AKA: we all have to know what we're talking about.
• US History should be a prerequisite for this class.
  • I'm slightly worried when people don't know the difference between the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution, or don't know what the Bill of Rights is.
• Sounds horrible, but there's a deaf student in the class and his signer is extremely distracting.
  • So is Dumb Puppy.
    • Yeah, he's in there :D
• I rock this class like a boss. So far anyway. Thanks random fact retainment and common sense!
• FINAL GRADE: B, somehow.

Public Speaking & Persuasion

• I thought my prof was a manly looking woman when he came in.
• Lots of reading, lots of speeches.
• End of discussion.
• One class where I'm not that quiet girl.
  • I blame my group. We are such bs-ers.
• DROPPED
  • a three hour block of class was killing me, and by the time I got to accounting (which is actually applicable to my major) I was dragging and couldn't concentrate.

Intro to Financial Accounting

• Dr. Fratto is amazing. I love her already.
• She promised to make accounting semi-entertaining.
• Obnoxiously expensive book though...
• Thank gawd I'm not an accounting major.
• Bottom line: Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder's Equity.
  • Don't worry, as long as your accountant knows what that means, you're good :)
• FINAL GRADE: B