1) School:
- (Honors) Actuarial Modeling II
- Things are going well so far. It's taking me a while to get back to where I was in terms of remembering formulas and such, since I didn't do much technical work over the summer and I didn't take any math or actuarial science classes in Ireland (see study abroad blog here). I was disappointed with the grade I received on my first homework assignment, so I'm going to do my best to get a better grade on the next one that's due on Wednesday, as well as try to ace our first test. I'm basically taking this class as a graduate student, and I'm not really looking forward to extra exam questions or the 14-page paper on actuarial ethics that I'll have to write eventually. With any luck, Dr. Krupa will give us the prompt for the paper soon so I can begin researching and outlining.
- Business Communications
- Possibly my least favorite class this semester. We basically have a writing assignment due every other week, combined with several oral presentations. I'm an actuary. The only presenting I will ever have to do is about numbers (things I know about) to maybe 5 to 10 people tops. So this will just be one of those classes I have to fight my way through and hope I pass. Oh, and I may or may not have pissed off my professor by calling her out on a spelling mistake she made on the board while she was talking about the importance of correct spelling in our papers.
- Honors Information Systems in Organizations
- I LOVE this class. First, we each get an iPad to use for the semester. Second, the projects and (I'm assuming) tests are all super easy. Yeah being a tech nerd ^_^
- Honors Business Society and Ethics
- I like the structure. Monday afternoons we either watch a movie or listen to a guest speaker; Tuesday afternoons we discuss the week's topic in our smaller sections. What I don't like is how one-sided the information in the class tends to be. I guess I'll have to wait and see if anything changes as the semester goes on.
- Honors Introduction to Risk Management
- I don't know why I waited so long to take this class, but it does make it easier. I'll generally hold off on answering a question to give my classmates some time to figure things out for themselves, but if I know no one else will know the answer, I'll raise my hand right away. My professor kind of giggles at me when she asks a "difficult" question and my hand shoots right up.
- Honors Macroeconomic Principles
- Again, another easy class. I'm pretty sure my professor likes me. He even joked around one class that he's going to have me teach the class on time value of money. I really hope he's not serious...
- Collegiate Band
- We just got and sight-read through our music last week. Concert is April 29th. Should be fun.
- BHSA
- I was welcomed back like I had never left. As much drama as there is sometimes, I really do love these guys. Played pictionary on Tuesday night and the team I was on won :)
- Gamma Iota Sigma
- Gamma is still gamma. We've had some really great speakers already this semester. I got a new t-shirt. And for some reason I agreed to give a presentation on my internship with XL tomorrow for the workshop. Let's hope it goes well.
- Basketball Band
- Amazing, as always. We haven't lost a game since I've been back *knocks on wood*.
2) Personal/Social:
Honestly, I don't even know. That silly Hallmark holiday is coming up on Tuesday, but I'm going out with Moira for her birthday, so that shouldn't matter. Although, Regina was acting kind of weird at dinner last night... I dunno. Whatever happens, happens. Other than that, hanging out with the gang is going relatively well. Drama has been kept to a minimum. I haven't gotten completely pissed off at anyone yet.
3) Work:
Still haven't heard back from Tighe about what I'm doing this summer. Hopefully everything gets straightened out soon. I'm not too worried though, since I still have almost the whole semester left.
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