8 posts tagged “college”
The final semester of my free education is well underway. It's starting to get to the point that I really just want to get out of this damn Valley. I've been stuck in the Valley for all of my life, and now it's my time to climb out and experience life. Even though I can't wait for that fateful day to come, I'm also scared to death of it. It's going to be weird; not getting the chance to see my parents every day, to have to actually live my own life. I may be sounding stupid right about now, but it's really a weird feeling. It's kind of a good feeling, though.
I might be getting a new part-time job this week. I interviewed for it two weeks ago and the boss-man finally called me back last Friday. I called him back and had to leave a message, so I'm not sure if it was a "you can start tomorrow" call or a "Dear Zach" call. If it's the latter, I guess I could always work at Staples.
Classes at the good 'ol NCTC have started back again. I'm taking Macroeconomics and Composition II this time around. You probably guess where I am if you read this blog somewhat frequently. I haven't been to the Jupiter House in a while, but now that I'm back I've forgotten how cool it was. I can't even write the simplest paper with one iota of creativity when I'm at home. I have to go somewhere that's open, fresh, and new. Somewhere that I don't have to keep up appearances. Somewhere I can let my brain go on any tirade I see fit. I really hope there's a place like this in Wichita Falls. Oh, I didn't tell you about that?
I've pretty much boiled my final college choices down to the University of North Texas or Midwestern State University. The front-runner at the moment is Midwestern, since they're cheaper and are pretty much equal with UNT in the Mass Communication field. I would love to be a news anchorman, a simple reporter, or maybe even a screenwriter. I've already written a pilot for a show I've came up with, but like all first drafts, it's shit. I'll fiddle with it some more.
Until next time, I'll be writing a literary analysis essay about some shitty story in my Lit book. Wish me luck.
Sitting at the Jupiter House again, but I'm not so stressed today, since I've already turned in my assignments and everything. Government test is up, though, but I think I'll wait until tomorrow to get that done.
Nothing much of note has happened this week. The student council still doesn't want to do a damn thing, and it's really pissing me off. Our Veteran's Day assembly is coming up next week, and we still have nothing planned, and no one who wants to plan. Except me. I'm not doing this just to put it on my transcript. I ran for president so I could make a change, not to stand up in front of a bunch of people who don't give a rat's ass and just talk amongst themselves. If it gets any worse, I'll be on my way out real quick. I don't have to put up with it.
I never thought I'd come down with senioritis, but I have. I just want to get the hell out of this shitty hillbilly town and my shitty podunk school. As soon as I walk across that stage, I'm outta there.
Now that I've vented, I can enjoy my coffee with a clear mind...
About to head into my class for the last time today. I feel pretty confident about the final. I studied hard and finally got most of the world's countries engraved into my skull. Why we had to study them for Sociology I'll never know.
This will probably be the last week of work for me. I would like to have a couple of weeks of doing nothing before headed back to actual school. Man, it feels like I never left.
Well, I had what was probably the worst vacation trip of my 16 years of life yesterday. We (the parents and I) decided we'd go to good 'ol Commerce, Texas to take a look at Texas A&M Commerce, a place where I was considering to go. We arrived in Commerce, only to find out that it was the most boring, run down town you can imagine. The college? It was alright. It was just your average, old, rural university that has went through about 7,843 name changes in it's history. After we finished walking the campus, and recovering from our shock, we decided we weren't going to stay in a hotel in Commerce. due to the utter lack of things to do there. Then we started driving, and driving...and driving, with no objective whatsoever. We stopped at a convenience store in Greenville to regroup and to decide what in the hell we were actually going to do. We decided to head towards Dallas. We eventually found ourselves in the West End at the Sixth Floor museum. I had told my parents about it and how great it was, and they found it very informative, along with stirring up memories long buried in their minds.
We ended up having a pretty good time. We ate in Denton and then stopped at a hotel we frequent quite often. Ours.
Moving away from yesterday, I started a checking account for the first time last week, and should be getting my first debit card sometime in the next couple of days. I just hope I can keep money in it.
I have another week off this coming week, but I'll probably run off crying back to work in desperation and sheer boredom. Wish me luck...
I finally made it to the college today, after driving through some hellish rain along the way. I'm sitting in the lobby now, wiping my laptop bag dry and staring at the constant torrent that has been pounding everyone from Abilene to Ardmore for the past friggin' two weeks. I've heard all of these rumors about this thing called a "sun" on the message boards and on Facebook...is this "sun" for reals?
Gainesville floated away last week. The day after I drove down California Street, it was only navigable by boat. I stopped by this morning, and it looks like nothing ever happened. Good job, Gangs-ville!
I've been playing with the new Windows version of Safari for a while, but have slowly reverted back to Firefox. Safari is just too bare-bones for my tastes. And extensions are my lifeline, and Safari wasn't providing.
I'm wondering where I'm going to eat after class this evening. Maybe just stop by Mickey D's for a chicken sandwich, since I'm sick of eating hamburgers every damn Tuesday and Thursday.
NISD has given us a vacation this week, and I'm most likely taking off two days next week, since it will only be a two day work week. It always seems that when my family's vacation comes around, it's also monsoon season. Go figure. This is why we don't go camping anymore.
Well, my first week of work hasn't been that bad. The new network engineer is starting this Monday, and I can't wait to meet him. Sure, the work I'm doing isn't really the most glamorous, and I really don't do much of anything on the technical side, but I'm learning a lot and having a pretty decent time doing it. I guess it's better when your dad is your boss, too.
My college class has been, to say the least, incredible. My professor is a short, balding, eccentric New Zealander who has a great sense of humor and makes very engaging conversation. I'm surprised I could get this great of an experience from a junior college. We always have great conversations that are never boring, and never condescending.
Anyhoo...I leave you all today with an amusing comic. Chuckle or die.
Tomorrow is the day. My schedule has been edited to perfection and my new college algebra program
installed on my calculator. School is here.
It's been a pretty good summer. With my first real job, my drivers license, family vacation, and
getting my new iPod.
I'm really not as nervous as I was this time last year. I guess because all of the wrinkles in my schedule have
been worked out. Last years schedules were crazy. The seniors are in a pickle, since the scheduling program
gave them classes in all eight periods. Some classes they've already taken. My friend was expecting to have
just six periods, but ended up with several classes he took two years ago. Same thing with the others.
This is going to be the first time I will drive, by myself, to school in my entire life. It's cool, but kind of awkward, too.
That morning routine with my mom hurrying me to get in the car and go to school are gone now. It's all solo, now.
A new era. Maybe I'm thinking too much about this...
What's one thing that you hope to do or accomplish before the end of this year?
Do well in my first semester of dual credit college classes. They're going to save me a lot of money and time if I get my basic over with before I graduate high school.
