The night before class...

I stayed up a bit later then I intended to - I meant to be in bed by now, but some of the guys started a game of The Settlers of Catan and I couldn't pass it up.

Another semester about to start... the possibility of a decent education, the passing of time, insert generic deep sounding statement here. All I need to do is average an A- and make enough money to break even this semester.

Two of the three class I'm taking tomorrow are econ classes. Now, call me cynical, but I am of the opinion that it is possible to learn more about economics by going into the retail business (or another enterprise based on a free market) and learning from experience. Or, by paying attention to someone else who has already amassed experience in that area.

Alas, I am almost positive that my classes will deal with the theoretical side of economics, and involve the memorization of equations and formulas. I glanced at my books - looks like just another sort of math, which is good for my grades - but somewhat disappointing.

My second semester, I took a business communication class one evening a week that happened to be taught by a local businessman. I consider that class the most useful one I have taken so far - he followed the curriculum prescribed by the College of Journalism, but managed to teach useful and practical things on written business communication.

Looking back at the 14 classes I've taken to date, I can count 3 classes - one per semester - that I enjoyed/felt like I benefited from. I suppose I should be glad that the scholarship money wasn't completely wasted each semester. With any luck, I might learn something this semester too.