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Obviously, I had absolutely no time to post yesterday. I am probably going to start updating my blog once a week now that classes have started, but I have the time to discuss my first impressions of college academics.

As you can see from the visual aid, my first class was Introductory Greek with Professor Perry. He is from New Zealand and has a very interesting accent. (I'm so excited to take LING 1 in the spring, by the way!) Yesterday, we learned the letters of the Greek alphabet and the pronunciations, and today we moved on to vowel diphthongs, consonant rules, and aspiration. I really love the class so far, and I think it will be fairly easy to stay ahead. My first quiz is on Monday.

Next was Sparta: Birth and Death of an Empire. Aside from showing us Youtube clips from 300, Professor Christesen mostly just talked about the syllabus and goals of the course. I have a lot of reading to do already!

Today I will be attending my first Writing 5 class, on Medical Ethics with Professor Kremer. My adviser told me that she's really great, so I can't wait to meet her. For now, I'll be studying in the library.

Last but not least, I MADE IT INTO GLEE CLUB!!! I felt so dejected after not being invited back to the Decibelles, but I really think this is a better fit for my classically-trained voice, so it all worked out. First practice tonight at 6!

Bye.