Just Another Day In Paradise

Well here we are again only five days into our classes and I’m starting to feel the pressure of all my class requirements. Last Friday I felt like an atomic bomb went off and I was caught in the blast radius. That day we went to a three hour meeting about what we have to get done this semester. We got a free diner for coming which was good especially the chips; I’m sure that was everyone’s favorite. We then proceeded to go through all the requirements for this semester and next. There was form after form to be filled out and sent in and the multiple tests that I will have to cough up five hundred dollars for, give or take. Not to mention the blogs, like this one, the essays, tests, quizzes, study guides, teaching a class, and so on. I felt like I was about to lose my mind about how much I had on my plate. So what does a guy do to get all this off his mind? He watches violent action movies with giant explosions while drinking sweet tea and eating Slim Jims of course.

This week we were given an assignment to make an infomercial about the teaching philosophy we were assigned. I got the Realist philosophy. It was founded by Aristotle, so I’m gonna have to read and research his writings. In order to understand him you have to understand his teacher Plato. This is great though since I’m covering Aristotle and Plato in my history class. My roommate loves philosophy, especially Plato, so if I ever get confused I know I have someone who can help me make sense of it. I’m actually looking forward to this project but I’m gonna need to work on my tech skills since this project revolves around my teammates and I being able to use some new tech we’re never used before. Besides the tech challenge I’m feeling optimistic about this assignment.