One week down, a bunch of other ones to go. I am officially finished with my first week of my fourth semester here at SVC. I believe at this point it was the best so far. I am in a number of English classes this semester, as well as a religion class about the Jewish Holocaust, or as it is known in Hebrew, the Shoah. At this juncture I believe that all of my classes will be interesting. “Interesting” does not mean, however, that they will not be challenging. I think that they will challenging in a good way that I will appreciate, as in “The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived as they are known,” which was written by Victor Shklovsky. This does not mean challenging as in (insert crazy math/physics problem here), which kind of makes me want to throw up. (Yes, the actual problem is not here, but it still kind of makes me want to parbreak.)

    Two of my classes which are specifically worth mentioning are my Young Adult Fiction class, and Literary Criticism: part deux. (Has anyone ever seen the Hot Shots movies?) Anyhow, the Young Adult Fiction class seems to have been clearly designed with me in mind. I love YA fiction. Yes, I even use the acronym. We get to read at least 13 YA books, several of which I read when I was younger, and enjoyed when I was younger. This class will be stupendous because to pass the class, I have to read novels. What a great idea.

    The other class that I believe will be most interesting is my Literary Criticism II class. I believe the subject matter will be comparable to Lit Crit I, but the class will be especially interesting for another reason entirely. During my first semester at SVC every English major in my year took the same genre studies course with Dr. McDaniel, who is the head of the English department. The class was awesome. Admittedly, some of the readings were difficult, but the class discussions were phenomenal. If someone asked a question, Dr. McD would answer it, and then allow others in the class to give their viewpoints on the subject. There was always a great deal of class participation, and by the end of the semester, everyone in the class really knew each other well. Well, Lit Crit II has the makings of another amazing class. Not only is Dr. McD the professor, but when I walked in the door the first day, it was as if I was walking back into that genre studies course first semester. A large percentage of the people in Lit Crit II were in the genre studies class. On the second day of class we already got into some intense, yet relevant, class discussions, and it seemed as if we were already rediscovering our old camaraderie.

    I am looking forward to challenging semester full of classes that will (hopefully) interest me, but still allow me enough time to go to the movies, at least occasionally.