The Life and Times of Mikhael

Well its been a while...I thought I'd update my journal, this time with an actual entry. Last time I wrote anything of substance was this summer, just before we left on our vacation, so theres much to update though I wont go that far.

I am taking a class at MATC on Java programing every tuesday. I was a bit sceptical about taking a class at MATC again. I have found that at MATC you have to really explore the class before you sign-up for it, cause you might end up taking a very boring basic class and not learn anything till the middle of the semester (virtually throwing away 300 dollars of your money down the drain.) I have also found that the strenght that MATC classes rely on to draw students--mainly lab classes where theres a lot of useful information crammed into 4 hours a week with lots and lots of hands on--tends to have a drawback which is that: classes start with such a bang in the beguinning, that some students are left confused for no reason. The material itself is not hard at all, theres just so much of it even in the beguining that they dont have time to aclimate and set themselves right for better and bigger things. Also BECAUSE the classes are geared towards the proffesional already in the field, classes are only as good as the slowest person in the class because teachers seem to be told to slow everything down for them once the students have been thoroughly confused. This makes no sense 'cause the classes are taught by working proffessionals, you'd think they'd know that the industry needs fast learners with a solid foundation. Think of it as a poor stick shift driver, just going and stoping abruptly, going and stoping...this leaves students with a genuine THIRST for learning VERY frustrated. This class is actually just what I needed, its challenging but not difficult, which is making my self-steem all happy (I like being one of the star pupils of the class.) I find that the teacher is good but the book we are using is better. Object Oriented programing is explained so fucking well. I thought I'd never understand it, but here I am and I have already read through 9 of the 10 chapters that are part of this class's curriculum (a rather short curriculum if I may say so.) This is a great class for anyone with a basic knowledge in another language, wanting to learn some java.

Another thing I should update people in is the Theater that I'm doing...Me as well as Kelly and Kristy are in Walmartopia... mearsette  will find it interesting to know that Kristy is playing Daphne and that she is missed by "da crew" as well as others in the show...though I am no longer playing Alan, John  dampha from BatBoy is, which means he gets to kiss Kristy (I am jealous)...Kelly is playing the same character as before, Rachel, and I am now playing Zeb (get to mac on Marquand, yessss)  and hope to do as great a job at it as  baronvonreed  did...as well as playing the token spanish guy Miguel in act 1 (whoda thunk they'd pick me for that one!!)

Thats it for now...will write later

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