• Anthropology, Peoples and Cultures of the World--My first ever college class ( awwww ), badass professor, learned about--you know--peoples and cultures of the world.
• English, American Literature Civil War to Present--Changed my life. The prof, Bendixen, was a genius. A crazy, crazy genius. We read over 40 pieces (6 novels (The Awakening, The Great Gatsby, My Antonia, The Adventures of Huck Finn, In Our Time, and The Absolutely True Diaries of a Part-Time Indian), and a bunch of poems and short stories (some of the most notable being The Wasteland and The Yellow Wallpaper?)) SO MUCH READING and I loved all of it (and I read all of it, thank you very much!). Bendixen did the most in-depth analysis you've ever heard, as if every word of every piece was written very intentionally. The class completely changed the way I look at literature, and life, for that matter... Not to mention: his tests were BY FAR the easiest of my college career thus far (got an A on every one of 'em!). I think he really just wanted us to hear him talk, and I'm okay with that. I don't think I ever missed more than one class...I wish all of my classes could be like that UGH! I credit this class for my newfound love of literature.
• Philosophy, Intro to Logic--The prof was a fantastic old man who told us to read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (which I did.) and subtly made fun of people who asked silly questions. I see him around campus too much, but he always smiles real big and waves at me :) I made a B suckaaa
• Psychology/Women's Studies, Psychology of Women--Also changed my life. I'm a feminist now? And so are you. Mostly we looked at how society portrays women in the media (commercials, ads, Disney movies, television shows, etc) and even in daily life and conversation (taking the patriarchal last name; HIStory??) and interpreted it for more than its surface value. I can't look at an advertisement without thinking of how it [most likely] offends and objectifies women anymore...and I like it.
• History, 1865 to present--I previously wasn't very interested in history, but this prof didn't just give us facts, he talked about the sentiments that went along with the times and how the past relates to the present and all that good stuff. It made it a lot more interesting...really fascinating. Plus he was super nice and started class most days with a clip from The Daily Show and he assigned reading for which you could choose your books. yessssss
• Psychology, Social Psychology--One thing the prof said on the first day of class really stuck with me for the rest of the semester: "I like to rock." Not to mention the material was super relevant to personal lives.
• English, 20th Century Literature Pre WWII (Modern Literature, really)--I feel like I learned a lot about literature in this class. I did a ton of research, read a ton of literary critiques, became part of the "slow reading movement"...a lot was asked of us. Really awesome professor. All of that being said, I would never, ever take this class again.
• English, Children's Literature (& Empire)--I didn't like the class so much as I liked the books...don't make fun! I especially liked The Secret Garden and Chains. However, I was disappointed that we didn't read any Roald Dahl!!
• Psychology, Psychology of Language--This class was tiny; I think there were ten people in it in all. We basically sat around and discussed the way people think and talk. I do that for fun, so naturally I enjoyed it.
• Women's and Gender Studies, Intro--Yet another brilliant professor! This was a summer class, so it was Monday through Friday for five weeks. My mind was blown in every lecture, probably. The prof spoke quickly and profoundly (with a New Jersey accent, too), and as I had come from my 8 am soccer class, it could be hard to keep up for the whole hour and 35 minutes, but I made it through. I also had a great presentation/study group (which is rare, as we all know). We shamelessly bought our prof a perfect gift, which he loved immensely. Winners. annnd I got an A.
• Psychology, Psychology of Adjustment--I had heard this class was an easy Psych class, so duh I took it. It was basically a twice a week group counseling session. I was in a group with 4 other girls, who were all awesome. We sat around and talked about our feelings :) yay feelings! We are all very different girls with very different experiences, and we talked about immensely sensitive subjects and got to hear each other's different perspectives and such. This class was HUGE on self-reflection, which was fun to do in my last semester of college. We also had to learn exactly how to talk to, evoke deeper thought from, and show respect to our group members, which I feel like I've started doing in real life. The conflict resolution stuff was cheesy, but useful I guess. I think this was a class that led me to decide to get into a grad program in counseling.
• English, 19th Century Women Writers--This was my fave class of the semester. I didn't realize this was a "19th century" literature class when I signed up for it. If I had known, I probably wouldn't have taken it, but I'm so glad I did. I love a class that opens your eyes to something you didn't even know you would've liked. The prof was really fun and quirky. I loved her lectures! I wrote a couple massive essays on Frankenstein...and liked it. AND GOT A's. I'm going to miss English classes :( reading a book is so different when you have someone lecturing about it while you're reading it. Fanks A&M for teaching me that I like to read.

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