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All classes aren't lectures and labs!
I know I mention a lot about the core classes that I take for my GIS major or my Environmental Information Systems minor, but there are classes that I take that don't pertain to either of my fields. These classes I call my electives, and are most of the time some of my more relaxed, more recreational classes I take. This year my elective is Basic Golf. The class is a block class which means it meets for only the first 8 weeks of the semester. Every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 we meet at the local public golf course only 2 miles from campus. Every class we learn a new facet about the game. So far in our 8 or so lessons we have gone over how to hit with our irons and woods, how to chip from the rough and fringe around the green, and we have learned about course ettiquete when we actually get to play 18 holes. The class is so much fun - it is not very brain intensive, but I think what I learn from this class I will retain more than I will with a lot of the classes I have already taken here at JMU. It helps that the subject matter is so much fun, and I don't mind doing my homework (Just kidding Mom, I love doing all my work for all my classes all the time). Later on in the class we're going to learn about putting, pitching, bunkers and eventually we'll get to play a round with the class.
All my other classes are coming along really well too. For my Sustainable Housing class, the group which I am working in is doing a presentation on Water quality in a month. Dr. Tacy got us in contact with a gentlemen who works with water distillation systems, so we're going to set one up here in ISAT and test it out to see how efficient it will be. Should be very interesting to see the feasibility of setting up a distiller on our own, because it's one thing to say we're going to build one, but a totally different story to actually build it. The experience is something I'm looking forward to. With the practice of this set up one hopefully I'll be able to help build one on the island of La Gonave, if I get the chance to go down there.
Well that's all for now, have a great day!
Posted by Simeon on September 20, 2005 01:24 PM | Link | Email Simeon
