Let's talk School

I'll clue you in quickly: I hate school.

High school was an especially awful time, college wasn't much better for the first two years. Then I began talking to people and made some friends, which allowed me to finish out on a positive note.

But being a student is not my favorite thing.

One might question this, knowing that I am now enrolled in graduate school - but I assure you, it is no different.

What I hate about it is the separate reality that college campuses impose on you, which is nowhere near real life situations.

I have finished my first week of classes and I'm excited, which seems to contradict my previous statements about hating school. What I have learned this week is that I hated school before.

Now, however, I'm taking classes that apply to my life - to my vocation - and this makes everything more relevant, more purposeful. There is no more Fit For Life crap classes or public speaking courses. It's full blown library and information courses.

I'd like to introduce you to the two courses that will change my life forever:
L505 The Organization and Representation of Knowledge and Information. It caters to OCD persons such as myself. Final project: figure out a way to classify and index a journal of class commentaries, article abstracts and summaries that we're keeping this semester. That I can do.
L524 Information Sources and Services. This caters to my love of reference sources by introducing us to nearly all the reference materials that we will interact with on a frequent basis as professionals. Final project: create a Pathfinder, which acts as a preliminary guide to outside users to help them understand any topic that I choose. Senior paper? I'll choose you. Feminism and Carol Gilligan. Piece of Cake!

And, while I don't love school - the schooly part of it - these classes rock my boat. So does my house, my roommates, and public transportation in the U.S.