Life is good again. At least, I feel like my blood is pumping again. I went to my first class at UVU today. My teacher is still in the force and even told us about an arrest he's going to do tonight if everything goes well. That just makes me feel alive. I'm being taught by these people. I'm learning from them about cool stuff!
Like most criminal justices classes, this one is taught by a police officer so it's pretty laid back. It's my type of learning. Concept, discussion, stories. Concept, discussion, stories. Real stories from the field. What better teacher than experience? I love it.
And I think he likes me. I can't keep my trap shut if the teacher asks a question about something I know and no one answers. Since we're a bit shy right now, my mouth is open a lot saying what I think about things. I think that's what he likes about me. Anyway, I came up to him at the end of class doing a really hard job of articulating that I have to ask him to add me to the class. But I finally got the words out and he said: "Oh, absolutely." He seemed happy to add me, which just makes me feel like I belong. Heck, he even made me want to be a cop! He talks to us like we're already in the field. And I guess a lot of the students are. There are a lot of military men in there.
There are 5 girls total. Surprisingly to me, and this might sound bad, but I was one of the less feminine ones! Those were girly girls. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not what I expected at all. One of them doesn't seem that serious about it -texted all during class and left early, so we'll see.
The best part is that Police Field Ops is just one of the classes I'm taking. I'm also in Criminal Profiling - taught by an ex-FBI agent, so that will be super exciting. I'm also taking Crime Scene Investigation Techniques which is different from Intro to forensic science, so that will also be awesome!
I'm so excited. I feel like I'm alive again. Never thought I'd say this, but I'm so happy to be in school!
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