First Impressions – Spring 2008
And so begins another semester. This one is a bit different because I am actually doing a co-op work term while taking classes.
Yay co-op and making monies!
As far as I know, I am only allowed to take one course while doing co-op. Since I am working at SFU, I can get to my class without much trouble; I just need to make up the time for it (two hours a week that go into my work time).
What course am I taking in addition to CMPT 427? Why JAPN 200 of course!
To be honest, after my first class in JAPN 200, I feel like I am going to get my ass kicked unless I study hard and review all the stuff from JAPN 100/101. At the present time, since there was a semester-long break between JAPN 101 and this class and I did not exactly find time to review content for this class despite having the resources (I have the textbooks and the CDs already), I feel under-prepared and everyone else seems like they are coasting.
Theoretically, I should have enough time, but there are lots of commitments outside of work, like more work (in unpaid forms).
One very interesting thing so far was when people were sharing study tips, one student said that he recently started blogging in Japanese. Maybe I should start doing something similar..
As well, I heard over the holidays from quite a few people that I know that they are taking CMPT 475. It’s an evening class (starting at 5:30 on Tuesdays going for three hours) and from what I hear, the instructor is a person in the industry and will be quite interesting. I am thinking of checking the lecture out next week, since there was no lecture during the first week. Although if I do end up finding the course interesting enough, I will be stuck in a pretty tough spot, unless I somehow manage to squeeze in two classes, along with a full-time co-op job and volunteer work (Scouts).
I’m pretty sure some form of intervention is going to take place should I ever make that decision, so I best find out what I want to do for this semester soon. Of course, I will need to wait untl Tuesday before I get sufficient information to make this decision.
