Fall Break began last Saturday and continues until today, forming some of the most relaxed (and fun) days at Mudd yet.
To begin with, on Saturday I went to Six Flags with a bunch of friends and we had a blast (which only cost 15$ apiece thanks to the CAP subsidy). I personally recommend Goliath but any of those coasters could rock the socks off of nuns. Disneyland pales in comparison - Six Flags crushed it easily. And the rest of the weekend has mainly been reaction. Which is definitely for the best, as most Mudd weekends are homework and panic filled, albeit just as fun usually.
One thing that Fall Break signals is the end of the half semester, meaning that I change humanity and math classes, and change subjects in physics and chemistry to quantum mechanics and structure, respectively. And now that I have taken classes at Mudd for about a month and a half, I think that I can make some evaluations. The main observation is that classes here are good. I am really impressed by the number of teachers here who are really enthusiastic about their subjects. And before you go "so what," you really need to know that it's difficult to not learn from a teacher who is excited for class every day and willing to put a lot of time into preparing for their classes. Even those teachers who I consider worse than other I would not call "bad." It's good enough that I'm really excited for my new humanities course (which is being taught by my awesome computer science teacher and a physics teacher who is reputed to be good as well). But, must go to bed now. I need enough sleep to do a good math final tomorrow (yay for take home tests).
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
The Most Mathemagical Place on Earth
As I write that title I realize it applies more to Mudd than its intended referent.
But before I explain that, some back story. I was occupied for the majority of this weekend with some crazy fun events. The first of which was Gay Days at Disneyland. Although I don't plan on discussing my sexuality much on this blog, I am compelled to inform you all that Disneyland is actually quite fun still, despite (or because of?) extremely awkward questions from certain Australians. The second event was my first college level quiz bowl tournament ever! Which was crazy difficult and crazy fun simultaneously. The questions here are much more difficult than those at the high school level, but that also makes the successes much sweeter. However, I think that difficulty increase puts off quite a few people, as the quiz bowl here is much smaller than I would have expected (last year there were only two people from the entire 5 Claremont Colleges for the majority of the tournaments). But we frosh are determined to revive the club, so those prospective students should look out for a rejuvenated quiz bowl ready to rock!
As for the rest of the week, it was mostly entangled in homework. But fear not! I am beginning to see how the "communal working" bit of Mudd's pamphlets functions. There is more a less of a system where a homework party develops in my suite's lounge (Atwood's lounges are becoming increasingly useful) and we actually do work at a decent pace, all while distracting one another with hilarities. Who knew that it was actually possible. I believe it requires some diabolical witchcraft (AKA mathemagic?). Until next time, then!
Edit: Three minutes after I posted this, we "showered" one of my suitemates, providing an opportunity to explain a delightful tradition here at Mudd.On your birthday you are forced to receive a shower at the hands of your friends - after removal of electronics and homework. This does a good deal to relax all parties involved.
Also, I would love questions regarding Mudd! Please send me questions at: akohn(at)hmc.edu
But before I explain that, some back story. I was occupied for the majority of this weekend with some crazy fun events. The first of which was Gay Days at Disneyland. Although I don't plan on discussing my sexuality much on this blog, I am compelled to inform you all that Disneyland is actually quite fun still, despite (or because of?) extremely awkward questions from certain Australians. The second event was my first college level quiz bowl tournament ever! Which was crazy difficult and crazy fun simultaneously. The questions here are much more difficult than those at the high school level, but that also makes the successes much sweeter. However, I think that difficulty increase puts off quite a few people, as the quiz bowl here is much smaller than I would have expected (last year there were only two people from the entire 5 Claremont Colleges for the majority of the tournaments). But we frosh are determined to revive the club, so those prospective students should look out for a rejuvenated quiz bowl ready to rock!
As for the rest of the week, it was mostly entangled in homework. But fear not! I am beginning to see how the "communal working" bit of Mudd's pamphlets functions. There is more a less of a system where a homework party develops in my suite's lounge (Atwood's lounges are becoming increasingly useful) and we actually do work at a decent pace, all while distracting one another with hilarities. Who knew that it was actually possible. I believe it requires some diabolical witchcraft (AKA mathemagic?). Until next time, then!
Edit: Three minutes after I posted this, we "showered" one of my suitemates, providing an opportunity to explain a delightful tradition here at Mudd.On your birthday you are forced to receive a shower at the hands of your friends - after removal of electronics and homework. This does a good deal to relax all parties involved.
Also, I would love questions regarding Mudd! Please send me questions at: akohn(at)hmc.edu
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