After a not-very-exciting-summer compared to the spring, I am back at BYU! I helped out with New Student Orientation, which was fun. It's cool to be one of those upperclassmen who is always running into people they know and knows the ins and outs of campus. It feels so good to be back! I'm pretty excited about all of my classes so far. Here is the rundown:
- D&C-first half (with a really cool teacher who's been doing it for 40 years!) He spent the first class period correcting our pronunciation and spelling of church words. I know that sounds boring but it was actually hilarious.
- Anthropology 206-contemporary theory. I'm actually super excited about this. We get to read theorists from the 20th and 21st centuries and it's fascinating! And there is no tests, only one paper. My kind of class.
- our first reading was about the paradox between how man creates society but has to follow it's rules as if it was a separate being. It was awesome.
- Anthropology 309-Language, Culture and Society.
- I'm excited about this one too! We are going to be talking a lot about linguisitics.
- French 361
- Super excited about this one. Half the class (and the professor) was on my study abroad so it's like a mini reunion! Plus I love French. And History. I was so happy to hear french again.
- Anthropology 430-Moral and Ritual Institutions, a.k.a Religion
- this should be interesting, studying how religion is impacted by culture and vice versa.
- Dance 185-Samba and Rhumba
- I love dance. This one's up next.
- Honors Lecture Class
- This is only once a week and we have a guest lecturer each time. It starts Thursday, so I'm looking forward to it.
In other news, I am once again TA-ing for Anthropology 101, I meet my students on Friday and I'm really excited for it. I actually have a computer this semester, and I'm getting paid. Woo hoo!
I'm going to be a volunteer at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures too, and hopefully working in Collections or Education, which means I get to handle priceless artifacts or teach the public about how cool they are. It's going to be awesome.
As of this last week, I have no internet in my apartment which is super annoying. I never realized how dependent I really am on it, for everything. Talking to people, t.v., news, homework, work, you name it, and I probably need the internet for it. Hopefully we'll get that sorted out today, we need to call a phone company...bleh.
I think this year is going to be a lot different. I only have one roommate and she's pretty busy and the other one is graduated but hasn't moved in yet. So I'm going to really have to make an effort to be social...it'll be interesting. Plus everyone I know is getting married/just got married and it's super weird. Well anyways, we'll see what happens!
Here's some pictures from the summer:
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| Harry Potter 7! (the last one) |
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| Beautiful Oregon |
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| Snow |
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| Snowball fight during our hike. Felt sooo good |
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| My birthday hike |
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| love the wildflowers |
