The first week of September is often dedicated to new beginnings. New school year, new friends, new courses, new classes, new profs/teachers, new schoolbag, new notebooks, new pencils.....I'll let that list run on. As it is the first week of school for most universities, ours doesn't fail at being a regular university.
The best part is all the free stuff being offered, along with all the clubs and student groups opening up spots along Gould Street promoting their own group. That is what really gets a year going, along with, a whole slew of other things, including losing your way to class.
I suppose a new term is always great as it usually starts on a Tuesday for Ryerson. Last year, it started at 10 o'clock with a peculiar professor, who's three hours of lectures are barely bearable, despite being sometimes informative. This year, most of the people have opted to take part in a course that starts at 8 am every Tuesday morning. Past experience has gotten most of the class to expect a particular professor, known for relative ease in course material, and even greater ease with multiple choice tests and exams, followed by simple labs and even a fun final project. Perhaps, that dream has made this particular course too much to look forward to, because this class did not happen in the end. Our class went by with no prof at all, and thus began the new school year.
Perhaps when people say that a new school year should always be marked with something to look forward to, I am pretty certain that they did not mean this at all. Although, to be honest, it's not worth looking forward to, considering there really is no gain to it. After all, having waken up at such an early hour just to know that we were down there for no reason is not entirely ideal.
What DID confuse me quite a bit though...was how accessibility has become so important, that while there were people performing on stage, singing/rapping songs...there was a person..signing the songs out. That is a job that I won't want. Doing sign language to rap songs....such a difficult thing to do. What if there was explicit content?
However your first week went, let's hope it was a good week all in all. Cause when the prof who missed our class finally DID show up to teach us, he completely messed up the course outline. New profs....always fun to have...always confusing to go through as well.
