First Day of Classes

I had my first class today. I worried about being unprepared, not having the proper student gear and not having my books. I shouldn't have, because apparently these days college is structured to support the lowest common denominator. There were typed forms in which we were to fill out our lecture notes, quiz-style, as answers to specific questions. At the end of the class we turned in our notes for class credit. In other words, part of our grade is based on showing up to class and writing things down. As I was leaving I peeked at the notes of the girl sitting next to me. Her name was Brittany and the dot above the "i" was a little heart. For reals. I wonder if she signed the back of her driver's license that way. To be fair, this was an undergrad class that I'm taking to brush up on my design skills, so I was prepared for a room full of young, slack-jawed, vaguely bovine creatures. It did not disappoint. Most of the students here have a sort of vacant, overfed, Old Navy-esque appearance. I can't tell if their dull-mindedness is heartfelt or affected. Later today I have my first graduate seminar, so I guess I'll know more about what I've gotten myself into after that.