It's the final countdown....

Hey everyone. I'm not sure why it is that I always post on this thing at extremely odd hours. I like to think that it is because I think and write better at odd hours when there isn't much noise or any distractions. Hard to believe that at the end of the week I will be a college graduate. Luckily, I only have one real final this semester. I'm not really looking forward to the commencement ceremony this upcoming weekend, I hate long and boring ceremonies that are made even longer by people making pointless speeches about how big of an accomplishment something is. To be honest the only reason I am walking is for my folks, which seems rather senseless since my mom and I are on awful terms and will be for a long time/forever and my dad would understand if I chose not to walk. Then again I do quite a few things in my life that don't make sense and I am sure I will continue to do so. Anywayz, here is the run down from last semester:


Political Science Senior Seminar Prof Paula

Ok this class sucked enormous elephant cock there is really no better way to put it. I have ranted about this class numerous times so I'm not going to reiterate it again. I give this class af F.


Intro to East Asian History Prof Patrick Shorb

My relationship with Professor Shorb started out in a rather interesting way. I tried arguing some extra pts out of him that he docked me for mispelling a name and then proceeded to lecture me on the importance on naming places and people correctly. Several days later he sent me an email calling me Eric Anderson, I couldn't pass up the opportunity of calling him on it so I sent him an email back making the same point to him. A rather ballzy move on my part since he was my prof for 2 classes at the time but there was no way I was gonna let that slide after the previous incident. Fast forward to this semester when I ta for the guy and he has nothing but good things to say about me. I learned a lot from this class actually. My background in east asian history was very limited until I took this class. I had a good discussion section which I made a ton of jokes in because I got a lot of laughs, by laughing you only encourage me. The lectures were kinda of boring once in awhile and the reading load may have been a bit hefty at times for a 1xxx lvl course. Overall a good class I give it a B.

Modern Japan Prof Patrick Shorb

So do you remember earlier when I said that I was never gonna take another 8 am class since it was too big a pain to get up in the morning. Well, unfortunately this class looked interesting and I needed one more history course to finish out my minor. The class turned out to be really enjoyable though. The readings were really really interesting and the lectures were pretty good too. The discussion section for this class was by far the best one I have had at umm. We had some very inciteful people who made interesting comments. Also, everyone including Shorb laughed at my jokes about the material. I learned quite a bit about Japan from this class and I really really enjoyed it despite it being at 8 am. I give this class an A.

Rural Housing Policy Prof Greg Thorson

I have taken quite a few Greg classes as you can plainly see. This class was something of an experimental class. The class only has 7 people, 4 of which barely ever showed up :::cough:::evan, brad, chris,::::. The readings for this class were rather short and we spent quite a bit of time interviewing a wide variety of "experts" on various aspects of homelessness in small towns and communities. I think certain interviewees yielded much more and better information then others. Administering our actual survey at homeless shelters was an interesting experince, definitely not what I had expected. Greg made this class fun and the subject matter was fairly interesting. I give this class an A.

Only one semester left folks. Stay tuned for the next post where I give the rantings, ravings, and ramblings of this semester's classes. Also, watch for the post after that for my shoutouts,thank yous, and goodbyes to people. Remember I love all of ya. Peace and much love.

-Jake