curtis' blog

was awesome.  I got a lot done.  I moved in the dorm, got ready for classes, began classes, etc.  I also had to take an exam.  A placement test, to be more precise.  For more precision, it was for Music Theory I.  If you fail the test, you have to concurrently enroll in Basic Musicianship.  If you get between 60 and 70 percent, they “strongly recommend” that you concurrently enroll.  If you score above 70, they figure you’re good to go.

Well, I really didn’t know there were that many kinds of 7th chords.  Or clefs.  What’s an alto clef?  Or tenor clef?  I had to guess on questions concerning things like that.  Anyway, I got somewhere between 60 and 70.  And I’m not going to take an extra 3-credit-hour class.

I also figured out there was a 28% pass rate.  Seriously.  I guess years of choir paid off for yet one more thing.

One more thing… why would they test you on what you are not expected to know, but are expected to learn in the course?  It’s like saying “to get into Beginner’s Algebra Class, you must answer the following questions:  y=x+34*3(x^2)……..if you can’t, you must take Supplement to Beginner’s Algebra Class……..”

I also got a nice bonus from the radio station for working all summer.  Yeah, buddy!

This week is not going too poorly, either.  So far I’ve played 4.5 hours of volleyball (soon to be 5.5 if this evening goes as planned), rearranged the dorm room so that we can keep the futon AND couch (we can now comfortably seat all the occupants of our wing and the next one over in our room), and salvaged a Pentium IV computer (minus most of the parts) from Hickman Science Center’s free box.  And it’s only Monday evening.