Spring semester sprung

What an awesome, invigorating day I've had so far.
Today was the first day of classes for the Spring semester at Palomar College, San Marcos.
I arrived a couple hours before my first class, English 100, to take care of some things. I had my new ID (or PIC, Personal Identification Card) made, saw and schmoozed with some old friends and went to stand in the financial aid line for a time.
I soon tired of that. There's enough time this week to get back to it.
My English class meets four days a week and in three different, but neighboring classrooms. Today I went to the classroom where we'll meet on Mondays and Wednesdays. The teacher arrived early, after I'd already introduced myself to two beautiful women, and announced the number and title of the class. It being not my class I made this quiet little laugh when she said it because I thought she'd made a joke.
Um, no.
I apologized and fled.
My actual teacher is a riot, seems very entertaining and I'm really excited for the course.
My Speech 100 teacher is phenomenal. He will be, and already is one of the best teachers I have ever had. His first lecture gave us shocking news: our life is our responsibility. And that perhaps the most important thing a student can do is to strive for true learning, or mastery; the fifth stage in the process of learning. The master performs his craft SO well, it is unconscious; a master is so good at what they do they may have a hard time explaining how they do it at all. "All true learning",he said, "happens in the unconscious, not the conscious." Our goal in education should not be the regurgitation of uploaded knowledge but the application of that knowledge.
Needless to say, I'm excited.
My philosophy class also promises to be of mind altering substance. We began by examining arguments and their components: premises and conclusions.
I read the first chapter of my philosophy book in the library, while it was still fresh. The book is Coffee and Philosophy and takes a refreshingly narrative approach to the subject. Plus, coffee is in the title: good omen number one, and philosophy is in the title: good omen number 2!
My final class of the day was Capoeira. It is so good, so good to play again.
This is going to be, and already is a fantastic semester.