University of North Texas

Some first thoughts on starting school yesterday. I've now been to all of my classes all I've got to say is why didn't I do this earlier. No offense to UNT, but my first thought of your classes is that they are going to be CAKE.

I'm taking four classes: Quantitative Methods, Experimental Methods, History of Psychology, and Human Sexuality.

Each of these classes have 3 exams and they are all multiple choice or true/false except for Quantitative methods which does require hand written answers. In my Human Sexuality class I can drop my lowest test score or skip the final if I already have an A. Not one of my classes require a research paper or project, although I can earn up to one extra credit point per page of research paper I submit for History of Psychology (max 10 points).

I know what you are all thinking though, "well sure the assignment load is light so they must be pounding you with reading assignments." NOT AT ALL. Most of my reading assignments are 15-40 pages a week per class. Back at BYU my Political Science classes tried to average 100 pages per week, and never did I have a class that didn't require a 12-15 page research paper. On top of that, they'd usually require either 1-2 short papers (5-6 pages), a short one page essay due about every week, or daily quizzes on the reading assignment or last lecture.

For any of you who may know a UNT Professor, please don't pass my assessment on to them. I've had enough bad history with education systems, and I honestly think I've earned this kind of a break.

Woo Hoo! 4.0 here I come. knock on wood.