Dear Registrar, please don’t make me fill out anymore useless paperwork.

First of all, you probably should understand what P.E. is at my college. A P.E. is worth 0.00 credits and is graded pass or fail. In order to graduate, you must take two different P.E. courses. Having already fulfilled this requirement my first year here, I simply wanted to take a P.E. course in order to stay fit. The only course that fit in my schedule happened to be one I had previously taken. Since I had already met the distributional requirement, you would think this wouldn’t be a problem. Well, guess again; it was a problem.

In order to take Strength Training (lifting weights with an instructor present), I needed to audit the course. Auditing a course simply means that you fill out a form that requires various meetings and signatures so that you can take the course for 0.00 credits and receive either a pass or a fail grade.

If you think this description sounds oddly familiar, you are of course correct. There is no difference between auditing a P.E. (0.00 credits, pass or fail) and simply taking a P.E. (0.00 credits, pass or fail) other than the paperwork associated with the former. Way to go Agnes Scott, have students fill out paperwork simply so they can take a P.E. under the exact same conditions as everyone else taking the course. By the way, the Registrar acknowledges the absurdity of this form, but apparently being completely useless and a waste of students’ time is not enough to get rid of this particular requirement. It must be some sort of tradition…or something…

In the beginning, this blog was created. Unfortunately, it lacks the words “Don’t Panic” written in friendly letters across its cover.

The inspiration for this blog came from Douglas Adams’ radio show “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. I practically grew up on it and have found it useful in all types of situations. If you ever find yourself in a pickle, whip it out; its wisdom is timeless. One of the reasons the show is so hysterical is you know Douglas Adams experienced the majority of the scenarios he depicts to some degree in his own life. Using this show as my muse, I decided to document all those Douglas Adams moments in my own life. I hope you enjoy it.