so i pretty much hate my program. yeah. that's a good thing to figure out at the end of the first semester of a 2 semester program. i long for the days of learning useless information about people's brains and why they do stuff. now, it seems all i do is sit and stare at a computer screen all day. definitely not for me. but, seeing as this is (i'm told by the experts) a marketable skill set, i will power on with no regard for my boredom or general malaise. i will finish and i will proudly call myself a graduate certificate holder in GIS - even if it drives me insane...