Swamped At The Start By The Smarts

So yesterday was the first day back at university for many a student, including myself. All throughout the holidays I was looking forward to going back to uni. Some might even say that I was excited for the prospect of returning back to the intellectual stimulation. However, what I did not expect was for that excited feeling to almost instantly vanish after attending my first lecture, INFS1300.

"The Web from the Inside Out" did seem like a computer-y subject when I enrolled, but it was listed in my planner as being an essential course for those doing communication. I'm doing a dual degree of B. of Journalism and B. of Communication and I assumed therefore, that what I would be learning would be more about how computer-mediated communication is changing the way we look at communication. But no. This was not to be and my poor, holiday relaxed brain had to immediately fire up and pay attention to what I am expecting will be my hardest subject this semester. A lot of the content was about the schematics and technical elements of the web. Indeed, reference was made to several acronyms that I have never heard of before. For that reason, I felt as though I was a thousand years behind everybody else in the course. They all seemed to know what was going on. Poor little me was just sitting there, trying not the get too swamped with all the information, trying not to panic, trying not to burst into tears at the prospect of failing a "smart person" course.

I have never been really good at computer things and now doing a whole course about it scares the pants off me. And the only other thing that really scares the pants off me is bridges over water. Not troubled water, just water in which I could drown. No singing, please. I have never been a lazy student, yet I feel as though this course is going to make me put in 130 000% effort. I will do it. I can do it. I'm striving for a pass, rather than an exceptional grade, but still. A little heads up from the communication department would have been nice. We also already have assessment for it, which is freaking me out. But, like I said, I can and will do it. Focus! I'm like a student study Nazi! Only without the whole destroy the Jewish, must have moustache elements.

This is actually my second blog that I have at the moment. The first started off as an assessment blog for a journalism class, in which I discussed an event that happened each day throughout history. It was a bit intense, writing something that hard each day so I've changed that one. It's now a review blog for films, television, music and books, all things that I love to pieces! I'm going to try and post once a week for that one so if you want to have a look at it you can view it at http://todayscritics.blogspot.com.au

So yeah. That's my understanding of INFS so far. Hopefully, I'll start to understand some things some more as the course continues. And hopefully this blog progresses as well, as I learn more about how to use a blogging site better because really, I'm just making it up as I go along!