Another Disappointment

Coming into this semester, I had high hopes for some of the courses i had selected. My Media, Technology and Politics, ended up taking a slightly different turn from the course description in the course handbook, and i must admit, i was a little disappointed between content and description. Fortunately for the media tech course, it does not take the prize this year for most disappointing class.

I have to do general electives - otherwise known as Z courses, which are essentially classes outside your chosen field - you know - to broaden our horizons. Anyways, i was excited to see a course being offered in the Fine Arts department titled Art, Science & Technology: From Leornardo Da Vinci to Virtual Reality.
Well, Bart told me that he likes to start with a title and work backwards...i am rather fond of this method as well (since it is usually the only purely creative step in working a paper) .. Point is, this course has a great title, but damn, based on the substance, we have barely made it past the industrial revolution. Seems like the weeks dragging our heels on Leornardo means we'll need to burn rubber over Virtual reality...I understand, as the prof reminded us countless times, that we needed to learn the history to understand the now, but we barely have time to look at the now... its just not what i signed up for... oh well, three more credits done. /sigh