Just Saw The Changes In Requirements For The New Hsk Seems Like I Have A Much Longer Way To Go Than I

just saw the changes in requirements for the new hsk seems like i have a much longer way to go than i thought before i can attempt hsk 1

stayed home from school today because i woke up feeling awful and worried i got sick from the concert i went to (i saw babymetal, it was amazing!!) still not feeling 100% but need to do readings, homework, and look through my new assignments from today. can anyone help with motivation bc all i wanna do rn is lay in bed w my cat, eat pizza rolls, & watch outerbanks

school updates !

first day things:

- 4 fire drills???

- found out i hate large classes

- archaeology prof: “why are you taking this class/what do you know about archaeology?” student: “i dont know anything i just thought this class would be about dinosaur bones and thought that was cool”

- there are so many people everywhere at all times, my cc was basically abandoned in comparison (hoping this is just a week one thing its super overwhelming, i couldnt even find a place to sit and study other than picnic benches outside)

- couldnt find the library part of the library? (there were tables and a service desk but i did not see bookshelves? must explore more)

textbooks:

apparently my financial aid won’t cover my textbooks at all. managed to find 2 in free pdf form, the last one was $110 at the school bookstore but i found it on amazon for $47 instead although it wont be here till the end of next week and i have an assignment due before then that requires reading 😭.

on another note though if anyone wants the drive with those 2 textbooks (theyre for biological anthropology, & dinosaurs: a natural history) im willing to share it! ill be compiling a drive with all the textbooks i use/can find throughout my program.

first impressions of my classes:

- was a half hour late for ethnomusicology and prof wasnt happy but i dont know my way around. not sure how i feel about it so far since i missed the whole intro

- dinosaurs seems like itll be fun. lots of neurodivergent vibes in that classroom and love that the prof posted multiple chapter slides early so im able to get ahead if i want to

- bio anthro… already know im gonna hate this one. the classroom is super dimly lit and too small to fit the amount of desks/students. there are two people teaching it and they constantly interrupt the other making it hard for me to follow and also hard to hear if im not right in the front of the class.

- cultural anthro should be interesting. prof seems chill and same for my classmates but why is it that all cultural anthro professors (at least the ones ive had/met) are actually economic anthropologists that put heavy emphasis on it in their classes? i dont want to learn economics lmao.

- archaeology!! very small class size and has a younger professor that focuses on historical archaeology of african diasporas in central/latin america. im most excited for this & dinosaurs personally.

how can i live in my fall fantasy dreamland when it’s 90° outside always

dropbox containing linguistics textbooks

contains 34 textbooks including etymology, language acquisition, morphology, phonetics/phonology, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, & translation studies

dropbox containing language textbooks

contains 86 language textbooks including ASL, Arabic, (Mandarin) Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew (Modern & Ancient), Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh

dropbox containing books about language learning

includes fluent forever by gabriel wyner, how to learn any language by barry farber, polyglot by kató lomb

if there’s a problem with any of the textbooks or if you want to request materials for a specific language feel free to message me!

Fall sem starts in 2 days! Heres my schedule

Intro to Ethnomusicology (Intermediate Seminar) - MWF / 8-8:50am

Dinosaurs: A Natural History - MWF / 9-9:50am

Intro to Biological Anthropology - MWF / 10-10:50am

Intro to Cultural Anthropology - MWF / 11-11:50am

[ LUNCH BREAK ]

Intro to Archaeology - MW / 1-2:15pm

currently can’t get my textbooks because of an issue w financial aid that will hopefully be resolved in the morning. super nervous bc new school and lots of work ahead but also excited for my new major/program and hopefully making more friends :)