1st day of classes, part 2, 9/7/10

Tuesday was my first day of my other 2 classes. I had History of Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe at 12:00 to 1:20 and Inequalities: Social Stratification in a Changing World from 1:30 to 2:50.

I've never taken a history class in college, only a political science class (that didn't impress me that much), and I wasn't a huge fan of the read and memorize tactics of high school history. So, I had never given history serious consideration for college classes. I think this particular class just worked well with my schedule, and I figured I'd give it a shot. The topic seems interesting enough, and is after all very appropriate given our physical location. In all honesty however, I'm already a little bored in this class. Hopefully my opinion changes, but as of now, I don't have huge expectations. I'm really just not a 'history' person. But, the professor seems very knowledgeable so that is one good thing.

I already know I'm going to really enjoy my sociology class. I find sociology (and anthropology) in general very interesting. I have previously taken a law related sociology course at Bucknell, which I enjoyed, and this class seemed like a good choice for a different taste of the same sphere.

Pretty much all of my classes (except Czech) are graded mainly on papers and midterms/finals. We'll see how all of that goes. I have a long track record of extreme procrastination so here's to that changing in Prague! On that note... I really need to buy a planner...

One thing I can say about all of my classes is that I didn't have to buy even one single book. All books are "readers" (instead of textbooks) and I rent them for the semester from the library. For free!