College Classes

So, one of my readers asked me to write about what I have really learned in my college classes, so here goes! :) (I might add things that I have learned at college, but not in the class room)
1) English one isn't necessarily about learning a thing about writing. It is more of a feel good class that is ALMOST impossible to fail, though some still have....
2) When there is a former Nazi youth speaking about WWII don't say anything!!!!!! even if they beg for your input! (you will get yelled at in German... SCARY!)
3) Lockers spin Right twice, left twice, right once
4) For psychology just make sure you know about Pavlov and his drooling dogs... also about the fake jail.. Also, don't be surprised if your teacher runs into you at church.
5) Sociology...... ya... it is an easy class, but very weird.... I don't know that I really learned much of anything about sociology...
6) History is amazing, but peoples views can greatly differ.... I am continually amazed how 5 people can see one simple event so differently. If it is a more complex historical event... just don't
7) make sure you have paper clips and staples with you at all times!
8) if you have a foreign teacher biology can take on new meaning...
9) Class mates will lock you out of the classroom so beware and try not to make enemies
10) In some cases it is much quicker to walk up 4 flight of stairs instead of waiting for the elevator
11) (kind of goes along with 10) You can fit 10 people in a normal sized elevator... awkward....
12) Jihad doesn't necessarily mean war, it is a type of worship.....
13) NEVER touch underneath any desks or tables for any reason!
14) Wear tennis shoes most of the time.... your feet could be murdered!
15) beware of large backpacks they will get dropped on someone.
16) Botswana is a REALLy dry place in Africa
17) Cleopatra wasn't killed by a house snake
18) Alexander the great supposedly killed his father
19) If your minor is in social studies and you really love history you will have a billion history facts stuck in your head
20) If teachers yell at you then try and find a reason to laugh about it... It makes life much more pleasant
21) All CNM staff like cupcakes, especially the computer guys
22) Become friends with the janitors!
23) If the teacher says something funny then laugh even if it isn't funny
24) If you stare at a teacher without blinking for awhile the teachers eyes start twitching whenever they look at you
25) If you're going to throw something at someone in the room triple check that the teacher isn't looking... face palm
26) Some teachers really like guns....
27) Cater to what your teacher likes, but only if it doesn't compromise your own beliefs.
28) Carry chalk with you. If the teacher forgets sometimes they can end up very upset!
29) Don't read your textbooks in class. It doesn't make you look studious, the teachers just think you didn't do your work.
30) If the teacher isn't too creepy become friends with them :) It can really help at times!
31) The heater/ cooling systems in school never work right... Also, sometimes they squeek
32) The chacoan Indians are now the native Pueblo Indians
33) Some teachers LOVE youtube
34) Math is a most interesting class. You find out if the teacher really is nice or not pretty quickly, and it is one of the classes with the most drops...
35) make sure you have voice commands turned off on your phone.. in fact, make sure all noises, including vibrate, are off before you go in the classroom
36) Some people can't figure out that even though Berlin is in Germany it is a part of it... they aren't two separate places....
37)The wall did indeed fall!
38) democracy has many meanings and there are four confirmed views on it
39) I am smart because I counted all the way to 39!! :D
40) Colleges have some of the weirdest clubs
41) Be very careful when you walk were the skateboarders are... it could result in multiple injuries
42) Don't sit in wet grass
43) When you have a water bottle make sure you don't accidently get it replaced with a bottle of soapy water that contains glitter.... not good...
44) don't knit in class. I haven't, but people keep doing it and it makes all teachers nervous for some reason
45)The older your teachers are the more fantasies they will have..........
46) Look at your chair before you sit in it and make sure you don't lean forward so far as to fall off..
47) English teachers like scary movies
48) Art history is pretty boring
49) Music appreciation can be interesting... Specially when the teacher hands out feathers from her bird that her dog swallowed.. Also, we saw a movie were these evil kids blew up a frog...
50) Stalkers are everywhere, just look out your window
51) Triple check your class schedule with the number on the class door....
52) Have a supply of snacks handy at all times... Especially chocolate
53) CAFFEINE IS ESSENTIAL FOR FINALS!
54) In general it is a good idea to wait for the crossing light to turn green. Just in general though...

There are sooooo many things to say, but the gist of it all is that college is supposed to prepare you for life, and even though you might not learn a lot from your actual classes you will learn a lot about how to survive daily life without dieing :)

So, one last note 55) When someone has a mischievous look on their face and they have goat heads in their hand, it is likely that they will toss them over a banister and when you look down to see if it landed on anyone someone will look up at you with an angry look and your friend (the one who dropped the goat heads) will be laughing hysterically at you...

I end this note with the satisfaction that this will save someones life :D

BIG

So, I just realized that I haven't posted on here in ages!!!! I'm sorry about that! These last few months seem to have just flown by! Things have been crazy busy, but so good! I am at a new school and I am involved in new and fun things :) God has so richly blessed my life! I am so excited to see what He is going to do with me this next year! This next semester is going to be pretty busy, though not bad, but God has put me right where I need to be. He has given me some of the desires of my heart and He shows me more and more each day just how awesome He is! One of my friends told me awhile back that the word awesome should only be used in context with God because He is the only thing that is truly awesome. I have to concur! :) I am filled with awe for the God I serve.
On Sundays I work with seventh grade girls after the main service. It is such a blessing to get to see them grow in Christ! Today was the first Sunday of the year that we have met as a small group and the excitement that everyone had was incredible! You can't deny that God is going to do something! I can't really express what all went on today, but it was truly awe inspiring to see that God is going to do something! I mean, I know that God is constantly at work, but you could just see that He has something really big planned and to think that I get to be a part of that is exciting, but also downright scary, but in a good way! :)
So, even though I have basically just rambled my way through this post I would like to end it with something of importance :) I just want to encourage all of you who are of Christ. He has got such big plans for all of us! I didn't even know what to title this post,  but all I can think of is how Big and great our God is! :)


Also, if any of you have anything you would like me to write about I thought I would open it up! :D So, please let me know if you have any suggestions! :)

GOD BLESS!!! :)

I look up

I look up as if waiting for an answer, but the clouds don't reply.
I don't expect them to, but I do expect another voice.
A voice that hears not only my voice, but hears my heart.
This voice knows me inside and out and before my heart cries He knows.

I look around me and I feel empty.
What fills my life?
Who fills my mind?
Again I look up to find my answer.
When I look around I am empty.
I find longing in looking around me.
I long for things that I can't fully describe, but they are not mine.
I look up.

I look down.
My head is hung.
My eyes are filled.
My heart cries out.
Those around me do not hear.
I look up.

When I look up I am filled.
I am made whole.
I am loved.
No one can hold me like I am held when I look up.

My life has been crazy lately..... but even in the midst of everything I know that He loves me. :)

More quotes :) with commentary :)

I personally LOVE quotes.... Not sure about the rest of you, but yes I am quote crazy.. :) So here is yet another post about quotes :) Also, please forgive me if I already used some of these.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
~ Bruce Feirstein


Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. ~ Virginia Woolf 
Psychological....


The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
~ William Arthur Ward

 Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
~ Frederick E. Crane

Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. ~ Samuel Smiles

A good home must be made, not bought. ~ Joyce Maynard

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~ Henry Ford

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. ~ Tommy Lasorda


The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. ~ Somerset Maugham

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ~ Helen Keller

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

 Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. ~ Bill Cosby

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
~ Dale Carnegie

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
~ Anonymous

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold

There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion ~ Thomas Browne

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. ~ Chester W. Nimitz
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm
~ Swedish Proverb... not sure about this one, but I thought it was amusing :)


When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. ~ Jonathan Swift ...rofl :D


If you are afraid of your future, you don't have a present ~ James Petersen

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~ Kahlil Gibran .. if it is a real friendship!


Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line. and adding to one's liberty.
~ Henri Frédéric Amiel

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. ~ William Arthur Ward.. sooooo true! :)


Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~ William Arthur Ward

Hold me!

One of my top songs (as of right now :) ) is Hold Me by Jamie Grace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISgr8SgCYbY (heres a link to the song). It is an amazing song and it talks about how God holds those who are His. At times I confess that I have a hard time. I question God. Where are You in this?? Why did this have to happen?? Last week on the 6th my mom dropped some cans of chicken on my foot COMPLETE ACCIDENT! and it broke the lower bone in my toe in half and left a gash that had to have stitches. I had to go to the ER and I didn't get home till around 2 am, then I still had to go to school the next morning. I had to be on full crutches for the last week and a half and now I am in a boot that is a bit irritating.  Some of my friends are going through tough stuff, and there are other issues in my life that have been going on for awhile that I just can't wait to be resolved. Worst of all I sometimes grow discontent... :/ BUT this song is amazing and is explains how I feel. I just LOVE the way God holds me! He loves me soooo much! I am His, and He is mine and nothing can ever change that. It is hard to comprehend why He would love someone like me, but that just adds to the wonder of Him. I am amazed. I am in love with Him and even when no one else is there to hold me I know that He is. Even with how much I love Him my love is sooooo finite. He loved me enough to die for me! yet, when I get a busted toe I complain?? :/ Rather lame of me... Thank goodness for His grace! The song says that "He takes each and everyday and makes it special in some way" how true! There is ALWAYS something I can rejoice in Him. What an AWESOME God I serve (though I am not the best at serving Him). I LOVE THE WAY HE HOLDS ME! ^_^ <3 <3 <3

Oy vey! :)

Well, finished another semester of college!!! HALLELUJAH! And even better I am DONE taking math classes!! :) It isn't that I am not good at math. I am pretty good at it, I just have never really liked it... :P :) Anyway, I am done with that and soon enough I will be done with my current University and transferring to a new one! Assuming I get my acceptance that is. It is amazing how fast everything has gone by! Just under a year ago I was starting my first term as a college student, and now I will soon be in a classroom (I am studying to get my B.S. Ed. or Bachelors of Science in Education.. or more simply a major in Elementary Education). There is so much to do, so much yet so little time. Time is such a precious thing, and God has made me more aware of it. I often times seem to be looking to much into the future to see what I have now. There are things I long for for my future, but my future is happening right now! It is a weird thought if you have hours to pour into thinking about it, but really your future is going to be made up of the decisions and plans that you make now. I know that that has been said before, but until you start thinking about it, and living it it is just a saying and nothing more. Time is of the essence, but at the say time don't be so overwhelmed with the future and what it hold that you don't hold on to what you have right now. I know that i struggle with this, and thank goodness I serve a loving God who, even though He knows how stupid I am/can be He still loves me and teaches  me. Also though, I have so many friends whom I have talked to recently who just can't wait to be done with things in their lives and I am not talking about being done with math class, things that are much more important. They can't wait to not be single any longer, they can't wait to move away from their parents, they can't wait for.... etc. Fill in your own blank. I love what Corrie-Ten-Boom said when she said "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." No one knows for sure what their future holds, life can change in the blink of an eye, and I know this fact all to well. Don't miss the present for the future.

Quotiness 3!

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but we wish we didn't
~Erica Jong

Never fear shadows... that always means there is a light shining somewhere
~Jonathan Santos


A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
~Walter Winchell


When the game is over, the King and the pawn go into the same box.
~Italian Proverb


There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved.
~A bookmark I found at Barnes and Noble :D


Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm
~Winston Churchill


Life is not measured by the number of breathes we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
~,,,


Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way
~Booker T. Washington


May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone to far.
~Irish blessing


Mistakes are painful when they happen,but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
~Denis Waitley


The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
~Homer


Love is not blind-it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less
~Rabbi Julius Gordon


A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
~Leo Buscaglia


A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of a sense and a reason, and indeed, all the sweets of life.
~Joseph Addison


Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.
~...


In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
~Hans Nouwens


The cruelest lies are often told in silence
~Adlai Stevenson


The future is purchased by the present
~Samuel Johnson


Don't grumble that roses have thorns, be thankful that thorns have roses
~...


We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less
~Diogenes


To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
~Marilyn vos Savant


Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
~Bertrand Russell


The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.
~Brian Koslow


All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.
~Francios Fenelon


A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love.
~Mother Teresa 


Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


The first duty of love is to listen
~Paul Tillich


The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of ones day and every night to examine the results obtained.
~Alexis Carrel


The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
~Seneca


Be clear about your goal, but be flexible about the process of achieving it.
~Brian Tracy


Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.
~Charles Caleb Colton


It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach.
~Benjamin E. Mays


The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
~Elisabeth Foley


Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.
~Harriet Nelson


The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream;and how you handle disappointment along the way.
~Robert Kiyosaki


Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
~Napoleon Hill


That is all for now :)