Friday, September 26, 2008

Student Appreciation & Mid-term exams



















Last week we had a student appreciation activity. Several of our instructors were sporting aprons and serving Arby-Q sandwiches, chips and drinks. When I saw this coming up on the calendar I asked my adviser what I needed to do to for this activity and she said "it is student appreciation, just show up and be appreciated," so that's what I did. It's kinda cool having your statistics teacher hand you a sandwich instead of an exam right? Plus, my favorite food is anything I didn't have to cook, so they definitely served my favorite.




This week I had my first two midterm exams, I can't believe how fast they snuck (is that a real word?) up on me. My first one was in my geology class, I haven't got my grade yet, but I felt like I did pretty well. My second was in my marriage and family relations class which is my favorite class that I have this semester. We graded the exams in class which was great because I walked out knowing how I did; no waiting and wondering. There are only 8 students in this class, I'm sure that wouldn't be possible with a huge class, but anyway, I'm happy with my grade. Now the next exam will be on Friday Oct 3 in my perception and psychophysics class, I'm a little bit more worried about that exam. I love the class and I'm learning a lot of cool stuff. The instructor is Heather Chapman who is great, you can tell she knows her stuff, and she's a good teacher, so the class is fun and interesting, but there is just sooo much new stuff to learn in so little time, I'm having a hard time getting it all to stay in my head.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Peach Days


This is me and Jeremy (our VP)


Here are a couple of pictures from USU BC's entry in the annual Peach Days Parade!
Hansen Motors here in Brigham loaned us this really nice truck which we filled with
salt water taffy and cute little pip-squeaks from the Little Aggie day care program. Jeremy and I, along with some other students and some of their older children walked along each side of the truck and handed out candy.
















We all dressed appropriately in our USU BC shirts and decorated the truck to match. The weather cooperated perfectly and I had a lot of fun.




The best part was seeing how many people watching the parade were wearing USU shirts or hats, and hearing people yell "go Aggies!" as we walked by. I must admit that I was definitely influenced in my candy distribution by anyone who who did this.