I am so smart.
Hooray! I managed to say my first insightful thing in Linguistics class! It was epic. The whole class was stuck saying the same point over and over again in different words and I managed to say the clever thing the professor was aiming for. I even said it funny.
I rule. Hopefully this will be the first of many successful clever classes, and I won't go back to my usual practise of sitting in class like a lemon saying nothing. Seriously though, I feel like I'm getting more of a handle on my work this week. I'm not so stressed the whole time and I think I have a better balance with my reading, which means I have a better idea what they're talking about in class.
Also, lately I have been going to more social functions involving free food, which seems to be a Reed speciality. Such as the Moonlight Breakfast the other night at Foster (free pancakes and marshmallow-themed cereal) and the International Student Ice-Cream Social (free ice cream). I am not likely to turn down free food, but sometimes I long for a free social occasion involving a couple of cold ones down the pub rather than complementary dessert. That's right, I am feeling nostalgia for my old drink-fueled life. There's always the occasional drinky thing happening on campus, but I kind of miss the convenience of being able to go to the student union pub after class for a chat, a chilled pint and a packet of crisps. Standing around on the quad drinking a 40 with a bunch of Freshers is not the same thing.
On the other hand, I am on Meal Plan C, which means all this free food helps to keep the cost of my eatins' down.
I rule. Hopefully this will be the first of many successful clever classes, and I won't go back to my usual practise of sitting in class like a lemon saying nothing. Seriously though, I feel like I'm getting more of a handle on my work this week. I'm not so stressed the whole time and I think I have a better balance with my reading, which means I have a better idea what they're talking about in class.
Also, lately I have been going to more social functions involving free food, which seems to be a Reed speciality. Such as the Moonlight Breakfast the other night at Foster (free pancakes and marshmallow-themed cereal) and the International Student Ice-Cream Social (free ice cream). I am not likely to turn down free food, but sometimes I long for a free social occasion involving a couple of cold ones down the pub rather than complementary dessert. That's right, I am feeling nostalgia for my old drink-fueled life. There's always the occasional drinky thing happening on campus, but I kind of miss the convenience of being able to go to the student union pub after class for a chat, a chilled pint and a packet of crisps. Standing around on the quad drinking a 40 with a bunch of Freshers is not the same thing.
On the other hand, I am on Meal Plan C, which means all this free food helps to keep the cost of my eatins' down.
posted by susie r at 11:22 AM
3 Comments:
Hey, you gotta come over tonight! We're having a beer tasting shindig.
Why am I commenting this? I'm gonna call you.
Yay for free food! (I too am on C)
~Swati.
Actually, me too. So convenient. No worries about a cab home or catching the last bus. And surprisingly hopping for the after-class crowd.
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