Busyness and Michael Crichton

The hardest part so far about adjusting to college has been trying to figure out when I'm going to do everything. Majoring in music has already proven to be an intensive major, and I have only had three days of classes. I am worried I won't have enough time to attend class, study for class, practice three hours a day (2 for piano, one for trumpet), attend band rehearsal, teach piano lessons three times a week, learn accompaniment music and attend vocal lessons for it, have trumpet and piano lessons, and still find time to have a life (and sleep!). It makes me wonder if other majors are this intensive too. It seems like for something like English you would only have class, regular studying, and a couple of extra curriculars that you could just enjoy. I am worried I won't be able to maintain a good grade point and still get enough out of my musical classes/ensembles.

Other than the worry about the academic part of college, it hasn't been as hard adjusting as I originally thought it would. It helps that I have five people here that I knew before hand. But I have also met new people as well, through band or our IS class. It is helpful that there are these kind of organizations, like band, that instantly allow you to meet people. I am glad I have the opportunity to be a part of them because it makes the transition that much easier.

I am looking forward to getting into the Michael Crichton parts of this class. I haven't read many of his books, just Timeline, Prey, Jurassic Park, and The Lost World. I have liked all of these though, especially Timeline. I am excited to get into talking about his works. I am definitely more of an English person than a science person though. I am a little worried about making scientific connections, but since you said it wasn't that big of deal if we weren't so knowledgable in that area I'm not too worried about it. I do enjoy analyzing literature though, such as finding themes and studying different elements of fiction. I don't know how much of this class involves that, if any part at all, but I have thoroughly enjoyed Michael Crichton and look forward to working with his novels.

I'm sure I'll get into a swing of things that makes me more comfortable, and hope that things will seem more manageable once I have a routine. I'm looking forward to continuing Jurassic Park Monday!

--Sarah