Soooooo, it's the 5th week already. And then some

For posterity:

My classes are currently Psychology 101, History of Modern Philosophy, Critical Thinking and Writing (also a philosophy class), Life Fitness, Philosophy Internship and Topics in Literature,Honors.

A month has gone by since I've started Fall semester and I'm pretty much down with the first three. Psych, I wanna love you, I really do. But I never expected to experience subtle hostility that may be enhanced because I have to wake up at 6 am for this. Modern Philosophy and Critical Thinking, it's not you; it's my classmates. Why do they sometimes ask irrelevant questions that slow down the lecture; granted some of them were insightful but then they thwart their own efforts in learning by then saying something completely not-on-topic.

And I really should get down on those internship duties. I really, really should.

Perhaps I've been having negative thoughts because of my own shortcomings. Perhaps I judged too quickly on people without looking at myself in comparison. After all, I really wanted to be on top of this semester and do well. In fact, better than well: I want some goddamn A's. I want to my GPA to be 3.0. I want to transfer the hell out of Santa Barbara.

But good news! It's been recently declared that Santa Barbara City College is in the Top Ten Community Colleges of the country for the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and is eligible to compete for the $1 million in prize fund from the White House. The winner is determined by how well the students learned, the programs they've completed on time, and the how well they did in the job market after graduating.

Details are listed here