First the rant, I.... you know, fuck it. I'm just going to do the rave.
The coordinator completely changed my timetable (which is my rant in short).
But the rave is that I realised.... I DO NOT HAVE TO DO MATHS!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least not complicated Maths.
She changed my subjects to Biology and Chemistry (plus the non-science subjects that I need to do with this degree).
Turns out, you don't even have to do Maths to get in to the Bachelor of Science.
Every person I asked at 3 different Universities said I had to, but I think they must have misunderstood, or didn't have enough information, just receptionists looking at the website or something.
I asked my uncle (who is a Veterinarian) to see if the coordinator was right, and he said he only needed really basic Maths during University.
The only reason people say you need Maths is because, coming from high school, you need a really high score (like GPA in America, I think), so it's better to do higher-scoring subjects. Such a stupid system....
So basically I've been stressing out studying algebra and calculus and trigonometry and geometry etc. for the past year and a bit, for no reason lol.
Well, maybe it will be helpful. I guess algebra is useful in general anyway (seriously that shit is amazing, if you don't know it, learn it. Just go to Khan Academy > Algebra section and take a look, you'll get hooked), and I'll need it for Chemistry as well.
But in any case, I had no reason to stress so bloody bad this week and especially last night, about the Maths classes.
Also the coordinator enrolled me in Philosophy, but I decided to change that to Chinese. Philosophy is bullshit. The critical thinking class is good, everyone should learn that from 12 years old IMO. But I already know a lot about it, and the second semester class was about bullshit like "What are the ethics of cloning or genetically altering babies?" and that kind of crap. My opinion is that it's only a debate because of paleolithic religions. Engineer that baby! Why would you want people to suffer because it's "playing god" to make them have lower stress levels, or have a higher IQ, or be more athletic, or more creative?
I don't know how hard Chinese is going to be, but I figure at least I'll find it interesting. MY only rant is I have to do an oral presentation, but it's a group one at least. (Xanax here I come! lol. Shit, I can't wait to take that again, lovely chemical....)
I'd rather learn Japanese, and it's probably easier, especially since I know a tiny bit already from high school, but I would probably never use it.
Whereas there are tonnes of Chinese people in Australia, and if I stay friends with my ex, I can talk/write in Chinese a bit. Language barriers are always a problem.
Also it will help for when China takes over the world, so there's that too. :P