Change of pace

I made the decission last week that I need to refocus more of my energy on my classes. My grades weren't what I expected when i got my first round of midterm tests back.... so i'm trying to revamp.

I guess my classes decided to revamp as well. I went to classes on monday, and found 2 of my 4 TAs (spanish and geography) had changed. Geography I was okay with, but the unforseen amount of work he gave us I was not okay with, but i'll deal.

Spanish on the other had threw me for a loop.

First 9 weeks of class:

Monday- review a story (5 pages) that we read over the weekend, and discuss outloud...knowing that it would never be covered on any exam
Wed- Go over our grammer assignment out loud and never have to turn it in.
Friday- Write an inclass essay

New TA? hm, well she greeted us with a spread sheet for the rest of the semester detailing every detail of hw, all of which will be turned in and corrected for grammer.....oh great. Then today she introduced us to a group assignemet presentation project where we have have to pick out a spanish movie, get it approved, and give a 20-25 min powerpoint presentation to the class.
Last night I read 10 pages in a text book about globalization and proceeded to answer 18 long answer essay type questions. I would have had a hard time with it in english.

All in all as weird as it sounds, try to find it through my bitching, I'm glad and excited for the rest of the semsester (spanish at least...) I think I was dumbed down for 9 weeks, and now i finally will get the kick in the ass i need to take this seriously and learn this frick'n language that i've been "speaking" for seven years.

That's all.