Ooh, that's a great question.
Yep, that's a pretty good one. I have to think
This isn't a fild, but the first episode of This is Us is really incredible. film*
What's This is Us? I'm looking for new series to watch, so...
It's a TV show about these people that have the same birthday, but their lives are all really different. It's kind of hard to explain without giving things away, but it's really well done.
Is it on Amazon Prime or Hulu? (I got a free subscription for both, so I'm mostly stuck with those for now :D)
It's on Hulu. It highlights a lot of really relateable life struggles, but also a lot of really honorable and powerful traits that different characters have. It's really deep. It's the same for me with Hulu and Amazon Prime.  Haha.
I'll add it to my watchlist!
Honestly, just watch the first episode and then you'll understand whether or not it's worth continuing. You won't regret it!
Cool, I'll check it out! I just finished Eureka. I don't know if you've heard of that, but it's a pretty good one.
Do you watch any anime? Haha. I haven't. What's that about?
And for anime, never have, no. Eureka is about a town of scientists and the havoc they cause
Even if you don't watch anime, My Hero Academia is incredible. So that's also worth a shot. That sounds like my family. Except they aren't scientists...
Haha, yeah, you're left with havoc, then? My dad actually is a scientist (physicist) and while it doesn't necessarily remind me of him, it definitely reminds me of some of his colleagues The stereotypes really are true sometimes...
Yup! That's probably super funny. Do you study science?
I'm studying CS with a Linguistics minor You?
I'm also studying CS with an unofficial minor in vocal performance and instruction. Haha. How are you liking it?
Nice! I love it. The two topics are my hobbies anyway, so that pretty much makes most things fun How long have you been studying it?
Not super long. I was an IS major and was basically just doing those pre-requisites for 3 semesters. So kind of a waste of time since I ended up switching. this is my first official semester as a CS major, but I have prior computer class experience. you?
That sort of sucks. I'm a freshman :) But I came with some transfer credits from a community college, so I'm sort of at the sophomore courses now
Oh, that's super nice. Yeah, I'm in CS 142 right now. Zybooks is the hardest part of that class. Haha.
Haha, yeah, sometimes Zybooks can be annoying. From what I've heard though, that class also just assigns a bunch of homework
Yeah, it can be annoying to keep up with, but I've been ahead for most the semester. Now, I'm not, but I'm not behind! Haha. Zybooks really sucks. What's your favorite CS class you've taken so far?
So far I've only taken CS 235 here, but it's easily my favorite class
Oh nice! Data structures, right?
Yep! The nice thing is that the professor doesn't require attendance
Oh, that is definitely nice. I'm taking 235 next semester.
So I just do the reading quizzes (all online, including the reading), and the labs and that's it
Who is your professor?
Nathan Fox
I love online work. No Zybooks though, right? Haha Good to know.
Nope! I don't know if he'll be teaching again, because he's a graduate student But teaching the class is part of his thesis, so he probably wants multiple classes
Oh, that makes sense I'm sure the other professor's classes are similar in structure.
Yeah, I'd imagine so. So I'm trying to figure out my classes for next semester, and it looks like I should do a Civilization course. Are there any you'd recommend? (For GE's, I mean)
Oh, no. Sorry, that's like my last GE I have to do. Haha. I'm not ready for that amount of reading. Haha
Just my luck... haha. Are they generally harder? All the other GE's I want are full, Fall only, or have some other prerequisites.
have you taken BIO 100/fulfilled that already?
No, but I was looking to do Personal Genetics instead, as it sounded like it'd be more interesting, but I could go for that
Oh, that's cool too, but if you want a class without written exams, and a professor that just wants you to gain an interest in science... Take it from Steve Leavitt. Easy A, but attendance is required.
Really? How much homework?
Throughout the semester, you just have to come up with like 7 "further exploration" questions that he can discuss in class it's not called that, but it's something like that Then you have to read this one book about bacteria and how cool it can be
Wow. That's definitely a class I could manage.
I can't remember what else, but the midterm was just having to make website blog about something bacteria related with a partner It took like an hour max, we did it on bioluminescent bacteria in a certain squid
OK, strange blog, but that works
The final was a 4 person group project 5 minute video on something... Oh, and it's more just a web article. Not like a continuousblog.
That makes sense (most people would run out of ideas pretty quickly) I'll definitely take a look at the schedules for that, because a nice A would be appreciated!
Yeah, it was relatively fun too We got to play with termites in class! haha
Nice :D It looks like it's available at pretty much every time of day, which is great, too Although unfortunately not from Steve Leavitt. It doesn't look like he's offering a course this semester