Looking Forward

The past two semesters have been hard... like, really hard. 

It isn't that my classes have been too difficult - the opposite, actually. Changing my major to geography was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I absolutely love GIS, more than I ever loved any of my education classes, and I know that the career for which I am preparing is a much better fit for me. 

The "problem" has been that other parts of life, things more important than school, have taken precedent. I wish some of those things hadn't happened, but I have no regrets about how I responded. 

Anyway, today I selected my fall classes, and I am so excited. 

The process of selecting classes and coming up with a class schedule is one of my favorite things. I love thinking about the things I'm going to learn and planning out how my weeks are going to go. As early as 8th grade, deciding what classes to take the next year was a great feeling for me. 

Next semester, I'm going to be taking my senior capstone course, which is funny because I'll be taking the orientation to my major the next semester. 

I'll also be taking a class called "Geographical Data Analysis," and even though I don't really know what that means right now, I'm looking forward to it because it includes data and analysis and is taught by one of my favorite professors. 

I'm taking Introduction to Remote Sensing, which is taught by the professor who inspired me to become a geography major. He's been on sabbatical for a year and a half and I'm excited to take a class with him again. (Side note: The lab for this class overlaps with institute council, so today I told "Prez" that I can't continue as the president... he told me to move institute council to a different day.) 

I'll probably be taking a computer science class, which I can't claim to be terribly excited about, but if it helps me in some way to learn things that will help me be better at the technical aspects of GIS, I can live with that. 

Finally, I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Living." This is one of the classes that I'm most excited for, even though it doesn't directly tie in to my major. Sustainability is important for everyone to learn, and I have a feeling it's going to be significant in my life - probably even in my career. 

There are things more important than school... but I'm a nerd, and school is pretty darn important.