Skipping.

I used to be someone who though skipping was irresponsible and not only a waste of money, but a waste of colleging altogether.

And then I reached the Spring 2009 semester.

I started the semester taking 6 classes... one of which was an online course. The online course's final exam was last Friday. So now I'm down to 5.

1) Textiles for Apparel - I learn about fiber manufacturing, fiber cultivation, fabric production, etc.
2) Apparel Evaluation - Last lecture, we literally learned about buttons, zippers, and shoulderpads.
3) Orientation to the hospitality industry - one day, we watched a TGIFriday's training vid from '94
4) Computer Applications - we don't get lectured. we are just assigned tasks that have to be completed and submitted online by using programs we already are familiar with. we meet every Tues/Thurs... but in the last 4 class periods... 3 have been cancelled. Including today's... which I was unaware of until I walked through the cold rain and arrived at a locked classroom door. I would have known it was canceled if I'd a)gone to class Tuesday... or b)checked my school email last night after 9pm.
5) Infant and Toddler Development - we learn about things I've already learned about in Human Development and Child Development.

That being said...

I skip my textiles class at least once a week, now. She has powerpoints available online to print out and bring to class... that she reads through during each lecture. There are blank spaces left on each slide that she helps us gradually fill in as the lecture goes on. However - By reading the book - I could just as easily find the answers. Furthermore, My 1st 2 test grades are a 92, and an 88. My lab grades are all decent and passing. I've done an extra credit assignment. I got a perfect score on my swatchbook check + 3 extra credit points. SO - I don't go to that class. As a matter of fact I won't be going tomorrow.

I skip my Apparel Eval. class like... once every 2 weeks. The only thing that sucks about that is that skipping the lecture class takes 3 points off my total score every time I do it. And skipping the lab takes 20 points off. Luckily Ive managed to maneuver my way around the system so that I only skip labs that our "groups" meet - so my name is always turned in on a piece of paper... and I get credit. Oh... and I got a 94 on our first test... and have perfect scores on all of my labs. ....and I know what buttons, zippers, and shoulderpads are.

I skip my orientation to the hospitality industry class pretty much every day that we don't have a test or quiz. Probably not a good idea. But on our last test... Our teacher announced to the class (on a day that I wasn't there) that the highest score on the test was a 92. I got a 92 on that test. I have recieved a 100, and a 110 on our two quizzes we've taken thus far... And our quizzes are over specified chapters in our book. So as long as I read those chapters ... I'm set.

My computer applications class is turning into a joke. My teacher cancels the class religiously. But I'm only ever aware of if it I happen to check myunt email... which I never - ever do. He doesn't lecture. At all. I sit in the class and update my fantasy basketball and hockey team rosters whenever I DO go to class. My partner is an idiot and can't do anything for himself so I end up doing every task (which... btw... we get about 3 weeks to perform each one) on my own. At my house. And we get fine grades. The midterm was available for a week - we could take it, online, as many times as we wanted until we were satisfied with our score. I didn't study at all - I took it once, blind, and got an 84. So - I kept that grade. ((I'm not much of a studier.)). I'm really hoping I learn something interesting in there soon - otherwise I'll be a religious online student. I mean - he doesn't even take attendance for Yaweh's sake.

and FINALLY my Infant and Toddler Development class could not be more boring. My teacher is a 30 year old guy from California who has tattoo sleeves up and down each of his arms. He teaches at 4 different college campuses in the area, he's a personal trainer, he's the COO of a rehabilitation center for professional atheletes in Dallas... and he's flighty as hell. Not to mention he's gorgeous - our class consists of about 35 women. Ranging in age from 18 to 62. And they ALL just talk to/with him in the middle of class to get him off topic. They all giggle. They all swoon. And I'm like "Get me out of here I'd rather be eating lunch.". So I don't go. OH - other reason I don't go... I got an 85 on our 1st and only test/grade so far this semester... plus 10 pts extra credit for an outline we were able to do - PLUS 6 more pts that he gave us because of questions on the test who's material was not covered in class. So I ended up with a 101 on my test. Would YOU go to that class? No.



Overall I guess I'm just taking this time to justify why I have given up on going to class every day. I think I needed to see it all written out to reassure myself that I'm not going to totally kick myself in the ass at the end of this semester. At this point - I'm still thinking/hoping It's possible to pull of a 4.0. We'll have to see about that, though.

I only wrote this because my computer class was canceled today. I'm in the computer lab in Matthews wasting time til Sabrina's class gets out. And - well - my spring break technically starts tomorrow after my 9am class... however, since I won't be attending it nor my development class today at 11 - ITS SPRING BREAK. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

This was super random and I apologize to anyone who actually reads it all.
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