As you may have noticed, I haven’t posted anything in over a week. To those knowledgeable in the subject of public schools in my area, it may be apparent that I also started school over a week ago. Coincidence? I think not. Yes folks, the rumors are true. The life of Matt Nichols is once again almost entirely consumed by school. As I enter my Junior year, I feel a few words are merited on this most momentous subject.
So, a brief review of my classes.
- AP Calculus BC - Bound to be my favorite subject, as I am a self-defined “math guy”. I have several friends in the class, which is also a plus, and the teacher appears to be skilled and nice. Bonus.
- Latin III - Tedious and useful, learning Latin is a continuing, moderately difficult project. ‘Nuf said.
- AP US History - The next AP history course on the line, which looks like it will be not as difficult as the last one (AP European History; hard to beat on the difficulty scale). The teacher is cheerful and probably competent, so if I can get over the amazing workload of the class, it should be fun. Here’s hoping.
- Physics - At last! The subject that has interested me for years, the school finally allows me to take. I have an excellent teacher, but the curriculum moves rather slowly (perhaps to do with my classmates, who are on the low end of the interested/motivated spectrum, it seems). I find that having a good understanding of calculus concepts, I can master basic physics with little to no difficulty of thought. But the curriculum is impressive, and contains stuff I don’t know, so I will wait. And wait…
- Literature & Philosophy - Taught by an absent teacher (no one knows where he is, but the sub is nice), this class has yet to go very far very quickly. But it looks like we will get into some interesting stuff, and we are reading Socrates/Plato already. It seems this class will go into more ethical philosophy than logical or metaphysical (the two fields of philosophy that interest me most), but I think I will still get something out of it. Something other than more homework, that is.
- Piano I - Despite the fact that I have been playing piano for five years, I am still taking this class. It was an accident, actually, as I really wanted a different elective. But oh well, it is self-paced, so I can do things at my level and learn scales, which I haven’t ever before, believe it or not. A nice, mellow class at the end of the day.
Finally, I will note that my potential productivity in things that do not pertain to high school academics has plummeted, and will stay this way for quite some time. My school workload appears to be immense this year, so I doubt I will get much done outside of this. Expect one post weekly here, tops. Alas, this is something I can no longer control. So that’s that.
Now I am off to adhere to my self administered curfew of 9:00, which gets me to sleep around 10:00, giving me 8.2 to 8.4 hours of sleep, exactly what I need to achieve full brain function. ‘Night.
