I am disappointed, bored, and ticked off all at once.

Orientation was overwhelmingly underwhelming. They might as well have just done without it and started lessons immediately. It was just so slow moving and the activities were those done to death types. I even had time to cube. Seriously.

Also, the people don't make up for the lack of stuff... Most of the people in my class are really just not great thinkers. Their knowledge isn't very impressive, and they seem to lack simple logic.

Here, I'll give you an example. One of the activities involved answering a series of "riddles". One of the "riddles" went something like this:

There is a photo that I am looking at. The father of the person in the photo, is the son of my father. Who is the person in the photo? Also, I don't have any brothers or sisters.

Now, take a couple of minutes to imagine that. Draw a simple diagram out in your mind, or on paper. Whichever.

And the answer is... Obviously, your own child! Seriously. It's not hard at all. And yet people(expectedly) answered "yourself" without thinking it through at all. Dimwits.

Also, during a rather impromptu performance that each class was supposed to set up, my genius class chose someone who had horrible speaking skills to narrate. And so he went up there and stuttered his way through the... Commentary. It was just, so painful.

I am not happy. I am not optimistic. I'm afraid that I will never really click with anyone in my class. They're all a bunch of simple, ordinary people. People who could never hold a discussion about why we should implement a eugenics program. People who don't have a clue what String Theory has anything to do with. People who can't appreciate the complexity and beauty of the human mind.

No. They don't see anything beyond their own lives, their own work. More than half of them wouldn't even be able to tell me the letters used to represent nucleotides. The ones that could would feel really good about themselves, as if it were a very difficult task which they completed.

This is just wrong. People who study GENES and CELLS need real logic and intellect. I thought that when I got into this course, I would meet a bunch of other enthusiastic students with their own eugenics programs and expansive knowledge about cell biology and genetics. I mean, the course is called "molecular biotechnology". When I thought of this, I envisioned pristine labs, white lab coats, and the brightest minds conducting experiments on cells. Or at least, discussing the implications of genetic engineering and the dangers and benefits of mutation.

But no. I was a fool to have even entertained this thought. Apparently, any idiot can get into Molecular Biotechnology. People who don't even want to become scientists can make their way into this course, no problem at all. I thought people who went to polytechnics were the ones who were clear about what they wanted to do. I thought they would be ambitious, and looking forward to being able to specialise in their favourite field. Again, I was getting my hopes up too high.

So, now I'm here. Three years. Awesome.

Also, for no apparent reason, the system for selecting my elective module opens at 12 midnight. Tonight. Or tomorrow. Whichever. Anyway, the point is that it works on a first come, first serve basis, and there are limited slots. If I want to get into German I'm going to have to stay up tonight just for that.

The thought just thrills me. /Sarcasm.

Disappointed. That describes how I feel pretty well.

Oh, and also...


...

It's only an April Fool's joke. Which is sad, because when I saw that I was like "Damn, I'm totally going to get this soundtrack." The Zelda theme is brilliant.

Sigh.

Twiddle.

-Joe