This is my annual post regarding the first days of school. 

College is very different from high school.  People leave classes for cigarette breaks, the classes are either absolutely huge or incredibly tiny, the teachers assiign mountains of homework but never check it, and you can walk off the campus for a sandwich in the middle of the day if you feel like it.  One thing, however, has not changed, and that is the fact that there are teachers.  Teachers who need analyzing.  So, here we go. 

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I have math class at eight 'o' clock in the morning with Ms. Melissa Kelly.  She reminds me of Ms. Beville (from Barbe).  She's really quite pretty, with a very young face and dark hair, but it's in a slightly toned-down 80's hairstyle (almost mullet-esque).  She has very white teeth and a voice like a CNN reporter.  I feel like she's going to be a very good teacher despite my eternal hatred for anythiing to do with numbers.  We have to use graphing calculators, which I'm completely unfamiliar with.  I will be taking four math tests (total) during the first semester.

Theatre is very interesting.  I'm not actually sure who will be teaching Intro to Theatre because there are several teachers who have been announcing things.  Dr. Held is my favorite person to listen to.  He has a very kind voice, and he makes tons of hilarious jokes that no one ever laughs at (don't ask me why).  He has a white beard and very good skin, and I can tell he is a powerful actor.  Ms. Parrish is another teacher--she has blond hair and she wears flowy skirts and treats everyone like an elementary school student, but in a good way.  I'll tell you about everyone else later, the list must go on.

Sociology is probably my favorite class.  It is taught by Dr. Granger, formerly associated with Scholar's College and Theatre (according to Synth).  He has a booming voice and thin graying hair down to his shoulders, and waves his hands around when he talks.  He laughs at his own jokes (with good reason--they're funny) and seems to be really interested in his subject.  Sometimes I think he's a little bit crazy, like he just got finished poisoning his boss's coffee or something, but he's still really cool.  It's probably the biggest class I'm in, and I find myself wanting a front row seat every day.  

I can't tell you much about Choir yet because we haven't had class yet.  Dr. Allan is the director.  He is tall and has those moderately creepy, rarely-blinking eyes that all good music teachers have.  He seems cynical, and I must admit, I can't see myself getting along with him very well.
 
My Journalism classes, like Choir, are quite a mystery.  We haven't really done anything in the classes except read over syllabuses (syllabi?) together, but the teacher of my first Mass Comm. class is Ms. Jennifer Anderson.  She's very young, and speaks with a slight lisp, but she's been very helpful with all of the freshmen so far--including me. 

Basically, my first few days were a jumble of new names and faces that I will probably forget, and dates that I definitely should have written down.  I'm sorry this wasn't funny.