College Life

So, I have come to the conclusion that I hate college. More importantly, I hate the U of A. Yes, you heard me right, I HATE IT!

It's not just one thing that I hate; it's everything. From the minute I step on campus, I have that 'anywhere but here' feeling. I hate driving allllllll the way to campus. Don't get me wrong, most of the time it's great still living at home. Everything is free: food, laundry, a roof over my head; all of these perks. But the fact that it takes me around 45 minutes to actually drive from my house to campus and then another 10 to 15 minutes to ride the bus and walk to class is a bit ridiculous. No, these are not the main reasons I hate school...it gets better.

My first class of the day, Finite at 8:30. Yes a.m. I know, I'm not a morning person. That's not really the bad part though. My teacher is a grad student, that is soooo incapable of teaching this class, it's unbelievable. Most of the time the class is correcting her while she is teaching. Sometimes she teaches us the wrong way to do things. And my personal favorite, we get to class and she decides 'oh, I don't really have anything for you today. You all can go' My internal response: "I got up at 6:30 and drove all this way for this? Now what the hell am I going to do for an hour?"

Next, we have the fact that I have classes with 300 other people. Yes, that's about 265 more people than what was in my high school classes. That's pretty much the size of my entire graduating class. I don't feel like I can learn effectively with that many people in the room. I can't help but think, If I ask a question, is the professor even going to know if I belong here, much less know what my name is? More than likely not. I would be more inclined to ask questions about the lecture if there were less people in there. I would also be less likely to fall asleep in class, which I do quite often.

And finally we have the fact that I have talked to numerous people at the u of a, or associated with the u of a, before actually attending classes and no one has bothered to tell me that what I want to do is not in the major I am currently in. I mean seriously, how hard is it to say, 'oh, publication design is not in journalism. That's a graphic design major.' Which according to their website, they don't offer a degree in that yet. So, basically I am screwed.