Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane....bali bali let the whole world know my name.: December 2012

Semester at my new school went like this:

First class: This class was pretty chill. This was the same course which had the dancing guy, which I had previously posted videos of. It also had another character. There was a guy who strategically sat to a new girl every class and started talking to them. Good for him, even though he came to class looking very unkempt, and the girls he spoke to barely made eye contact with him. I saw him in another building after class and thought I would say hello. Guess what? He ignored me. I realized this was because I did not have a vagina. The professor for this class is in grad school. He came to class more tired than I was and lazily went through PowerPoint presentations. As a matter of fact, I just got my final grade for this class after waiting 8 days for it. That shit stressed me out. The only thing that kept me awake was feverishly taking notes.

Second class: This was a theology course. I made a decision on the first day of class that I would not let my personal views on religion or how life should be lived get in the way of learning the material. I was going to learn what I needed to get the best grade possible. Did others feel this way in the class? Well most did, except for one woman. She made it a point to get "answers" when it came to her faith. No problem, but please don't go on and on to the point where I'm sitting in class for an extra five minutes or quizzes are delayed because you felt like you've been lied to all your life by your family and community. There was a girl I got along with pretty well. We would chat outside of class and smoke cigarettes before heading in. We had similar regional and academic backgrounds. It was her first semester at the school as well. As the semester went on I obviously got to know more and more of my classmates.
One day as I was going to class, a bunch of students were huddled around a cell phone. They were watching a music video on Youtube. I went to see what the fuss was all about. Apparently the video they were watching had illuminati references and talked about the coming apocalypse. I kept my mouth shut, but they weren't done there. They went on to talk about that the acceptance of homosexuality in America was the biggest sign of the second coming of Christ. Hmmm. Ok. I walked away. I knew if I threw in my two cents I would be asking for trouble. Sometimes it's better to keep your opinion to yourself. That's when I fully realized how conservative my school was. The professor for this class was great. Not only did he teach the material well, but he was a sincere human being.

Third class: This was my class of the day which made it the most boring. My biggest motivation for going to this class was the fact that I was surrounded by pretty girls. Don't judge me. This was another theology course. I always came to class prepared but the PowerPoint presentations and boring lectures wanted me to take a nap. Having the clock in the direct line of my vision did not help at all. Not looking at it for what seemed like an eternity and then looking back up to only see five minutes go by was very disheartening.
The professor was really nice to me. He would say hello if I saw him around campus and took a genuine interest in my academic progress. For some reason he thought I was a great student. Boy, was he wrong. This had the most Desis out of all my classes and I got along with pretty much all of them. There was a student who sat in front of the class. I gave him the nickname of "Professor" because he would always ask stupid questions. The type of questions that made me want to burst out in laughter. He would say random things like "vampires" and "well I was watching the thing on TV one time..." We've all known somebody like this. He provided great entertainment.

Fourth class: This was my longest but only class of the day. This is where the guy who did nothing but complain about school and eat homemade turkey sandwiches was. You might remember me mentioning him in my Facebook statuses. This class was very chill. There was an assignment due every class but nothing major and all of the tests were take home. Here is where I would take out my iPod touch and play games. Please, do not do this. This is very irresponsible behavior. Do as I say, not as I do. Being distracted really made the time go by. I wasn't the only one slacking. Pretty much everybody in the class had a laptop and would use it for reasons that were not academic. I felt less guilty now.