School update

I had to really work for it, but I passed Calculus II with a B-. I had an A on the final and B+’s on the other two exams that really brought my score up.

I am registered for next semester to take Microprocessor Assembly Language (with lab), and Linear Algebra. This morning, however, I received an intriguing e-mail from the professor of the Ethics course I took in the fall `06 semester.

—– Forwarded message from [Ethics Professor’s e-mail address] —–
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:40:59 -0500
From: [Ethics Professor]
Subject: By invitation only
To: [my e-mail address]

By invitation only: PHL 201 – Reading Plato’s Republic

Consider taking a brand new philosophy course! This is a seminar-discussion course, no lectures, no in-class examinations, but peer evaluation over one’s writings and presentations.

[Ethics Professor]

I thought it was spam at first because I have never heard of by-invitation-only courses before, but the one coworker I asked said they’re more common at bigger schools where politics and whether a professor likes you matters more.

It sounds cool, but one of the comments that professor made about me was that he wished I would speak up more, so an invitation to a course like this seems weird coming from him. Although, I do remember that he was rather forgetful.

Since it’s not a typical lecture course, it’s really tempting to see if I can work it out. I don’t think it will be that much more work, and I am already planning on taking a day off every week for school work anyway. I know I couldn’t get the company to pay for this, but it might be worth finding other funding if I could get my boss to let me go Monday and Wednesday mornings. It’s too bad my invitation isn’t also a free pass.

It’s not related to my degree program, but it is an area of interest. This professor does have connections to other schools too, and he’s helped students from our little community college get into some of the ivy league schools before too.

Well, I can dream anyway.

*update*

I couldn’t get permission to leave work the two mornings that the class is held, so I had to send my e-mail declining the invitation this morning.

Dr. [Professor],

Thank you very much for inviting me to take this course. I would really like to take it, but I am unable to get permission to leave work at times the class will be held. It is a subject of great interest to me, so I hope that you will think of me again in the future.

Thank you again,

-[Me]

He actually has two doctorates, but “Dr. Dr.” just makes me want to break into song.

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