Classes

So i have had all my classes. The way the classes are structred here is really cool and based in common sense, most colleges/universities should do it this way. When you take a class there are 2 parts to it; the lecture and then a smaller tutorial. In the lecture you are in a huge room, there is usually a powerpoint and you take notes, normally thats where it ends. Later,however, either that day or that week you have a tutorial for the same class where you are assigned one tutor to about 18-20 people from your class and you go over the Lecture that you all just had, its brilliant really. SO monday I began my day with my Novels since 1900 lecture where i found out that i will have to read a book every 3rd lecture, thats about a week and a half, and 6 short papers on these books and one large essay on one book of our choice; already thats more work than Emerson has ever given me. I was a little worried so i went home and read half of the book due next monday. A little neurotic i know, but now im ahead, so whatever. Then later on monday I had my Art Histoy class entitled Ways of Seeing, its a basic intro to the history of Art, but again in a huge class, maybe 300 people (keep in mind the largest lecture at Emerson is about 70 people), but the lecturer was great, she began by clicking off the lights and hissing into the microphone that "Art Historians always do it in the dark". It was very funny, then we looked at some slides. That class does not have a lot of work but its going to be a lot of imformation to take in throughout one semester. Today I had my first writing class; How to write a short story, that class i can tell is going to be my favorite, the lecture part is directly before the tutorial, there is only 35 people in the whole class then it gets split after an hour. Everyone was much more personable and happy to be there. I have 3 teachers in that class, the guy who is the official lecturer is really nice and funny, then there are the 2 others who are the tutors, but will occasionally lead a lecture, they are both very friendly. The woman who runs my tutorial is a bit breathy and clearly a poet, but she means well. Really, this class lends endless resources. So those are my classes, I was signed up for another Art history class but i didnt want to take it, and i wouldnt have done well in it so i dropped it, luckily i didnt buy any of the books. SO thats it for classes, i am really happy, but Damn you Emerson for learning me in the ways of the slacker, its a new and wierd feeling...having academic drive.