First week of school

Well the first week is almost over, 4 days into it and today was one killer of a workload. Yep one class at 3pm, luckily the prof had us out of the class in time for me to catch the 4pm bus....I think I spent more time on the bus or waiting for one today than I did parked in a classroom.

I'll try to recap how the week has gone down, nothing too crazy really but some interesting observations.

Monday - Orientation at 11am for new students, well I'm not really a new student because I managed to wangle some advanced standing due to my previous college career, but I went just to see if there was anything interesting I should know. Well I sat through 20 minutes of it and everything I heard was available on the college's website, and I had already read most of it. So I left to grab a coffee and wait for my first class. 2 hour class on Transportation, I thought this would be my easiest class because of my previous experiences working in trucking and logistics... boy was I wrong, this prof knows his stuff inside and out, very impressive.

Tuesday - busy day, have to be at the school for 10am.... whoops made a mistake on my schedule, make that 11am, had to sit through 5 minutes of a Law Enforcement or Police Foundations lecture to realize that while I was in the proper room, I was an hour early.... nice one buddy! had to endure the walk of shame to the door, haha! And then I ran into a guy from the golf course, ended up being 5 minutes late for the class... watdaheck? Business Stats, teacher was very professional, went over the course outline, laid out her expectations, game on! wait? what? need a calculator? dammit! another trip to the bookstore or Staples. My next class was a lecture seminar on Negotiating Skills, small class of 90 or so, thankfully they break down into smaller groups for the lab portion. Finally after a 3 hour break I had my last class of the day, Quality Management, this class should be interesting as my teacher is also the Program Coordinator. Finished up at 740pm, nice bus ride home, freezing cold walk from said bus stop to the house.... brrrrr was I cold? better believe it, felt like an hour before I felt like I was thawed.

Wednesday - Fairly busy day, 3 classes, Advanced Computers, then Negotiating Skills lab with a little 3 hour break before Stats at 3pm. Not sure how I lucked out with all of the breaks but I'm sure as a whole the College is at capacity for students and teacher utility, so the breaks are built in to maximize effectiveness. see that? that's Quality Management talking there... just one class the night before and I'm already smarter than I was a week ago..... hehe! Another funny thing about Wednesday is that while I was walking to the bus stop.... as I was approximately 100 feet from the stop, my bus drove past, didn't stop as no one was there but just kept going west on Lansdowne St.... guess who needs to read his bus schedule more closely? yep you got it the first time, so when I got to the school I was 25 minutes late for my first class (what a great start!)... I grabbed a coffee and a seat in the hallway after I lurked around and found where my second class was (made that one on time, look at me go!)

And then today (Thursday).... yep pretty exciting times, but I am enjoying it. I know in the end after I'm finished that I'll be ready for a challenging position in the workplace. School is great, but unless I win the lottery someday, I'll be working for quite a while.

One thing I noticed during this week was the dress code for most of the students. Yes I know they're younger but they all dress the same for the most part. Ok the girls seem to like black tights with Ugghs? and of course the required hoodie and a jacket with furred collar. The boys are wearing jeans, skater shoes, hoodie or long sleeve Hollister shirts and ball caps..... I know I'm older but why? If this place is supposed to be getting you ready for the workplace, shouldn't you act like you're already at the workplace? I wore jeans twice this week and khakis the rest, but none of this hat bs or sweatpants I keep seeing. The faculty should be doing something about this, these young people are not helping themselves by dressing like this. If the education is getting their brains ready, they need the mental focus for the workplace to also be instilled. Wearing the proper work "uniform" will help with this but since I'm in their peer group as a fellow student, it's not my place to bring it up. Maybe an anonymous letter to the Dean would work... what do you think?