Third day of class and we already have a snow day, woo! I'm glad to be back on campus, home was just...boring. Especially in the last week when everyone else is back at school but me. So far my classes are alright except for my nutrition class. It sounds like it's going to be really boring. The professor went around asking us why we took the class. Because it takes care of one of my requirements, that's why! Honestly, if it's not my major (linguistics, which has nothing to do with nutrition) why else would I take it? "Oh you know, I just think I'm leading an unhealthy lifestyle and bullshit bullshit bullshit" Maybe that's what he wanted to hear. I'm trying to switch out but no luck so far. My history class is kind of intimidating. It's an honors class of about 15 people who seem to know a whole lot more about Voltaire than I do and we have to do all these readings and discuss them in class. Class participation is 40% percent of the grade. Ugh. We also have to do a group presentation on a cultural event (uh-oh, speaking in front of a group
). I figure I'll just push myself, take the class, and get over it. My linguistics classes sound like they're going to be good, especially Intro to Language Acquisition. Yay, language experimenting on my friends and children! Sounds like it's going to be a good semester. If only I could switch out of nutrition.
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I told you to take Physics with me.
@awokenfatality - And I told you I'm not going to take it, 'member?
Hello. Sorry to detract from your post and whatnot, but I'm curious:
What exactly is it like to study linguistics? I don't know how far you're into it, but what is it like?
What do you learn, what are the applications.
I'm interested in linguistics, but it seems like such an overwhelming subject. I follow the Language Log blog, and while the topics interest me, I get lost in the details. Is it fun?
You don't have to answer, and you can totally disregard my comment, but I'd like to hear from someone "in the know."
I've considered studying linguistics when I head off to college, so I'd like to know more about it.
-- Soledad
P.S. To your pulse about your nutrition teacher being fat: that's the same way our PE teachers in high school are. I know you can have some pudge and still be healthy, but... seriously, couldn't they do a bit better?
@treelights - I pretty much just started, but from the classes I'm taking I can see that it's not for everyone. It can get tedious sometimes especially if you're not into it. The courses I've taken were on syntax and a bit of phonology. I'm taking another class this semester on phonology and an introductory course on early language acquisition. I guess you know by now that you're not going to be learning a thousand languages, you're going to get data and analyze them. I like it though, even if I'm interested in certain areas of it more than others. I think the best way for you to find out if this is something you want to study is to take a course when you get to college. Honestly, I wasn't even really aware of this field until I took a course to take care of one of the university requirements. I took another class after that and then I decided that this is what I wanted to study. As to it's applications, there's always going to grad school, doing research, teaching but from what I've heard it seems that there are a lot of other things you can go into. You can go to law school, get a job in marketing or advertising things like that where your major isn't as important as the fact that you hold a college degree. I hope that was helpful.
@UnVolume - While I think all that was great info, I've got one more question.
What exactly do you plan on doing with a linguistics degree?
-- Soledad
@UnVolume -
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