Institute

For those of  you who have never attended this wondrous place, I really suggest you try it out. There are a few things to note, however.

1. It is not Seminary. There is this blonde girl (which I assume is a freshman) who seems to have missed this memo. You see, she likes sharing a lot...but never anything of depth just stupid little seminary things or quotes she was handed back in high school. She's very loud. She also doesn't really have a sense of what is and is not appropriate to share in class. Today for instance she took out her camera and was showing some pictures to her friend. Mark and I just look at each other both thinking, "WTF?" Brother Evanson notices and asks her if it's a camera, she says yes and proceeds in explaining that they are pictures of her dog JingleBell who has a purple cast on it's leg. I'm not sure how that relates back to the worth of souls...but I was pretty annoyed.

2. You will hear about marriage. A LOT. Remember back in high school seminary where your teacher was like, group date! Now they're all saying MARRIAGE! Mark and I have a bet some class periods of how long it will take before Brother Evanson brings up marriage. Usually it's closer to the first minute and a half. Brother Evanson was a mission president out in Georgia. A lot of the boys in the class were missionaries out there. So Brother Evanson is distinctly interested in making sure they get married off. It doesn't help  that we have a slightly annoying married couple in our class that only talk about how they knew they were going to marry each other. I feel as though in the church married people should be segregated. Like in institute. Oh and maybe the other couple that scoots their desks right next to each other and stares into each others' eyes all class shouldn't be allowed in either.

3. Even though your class is titled D&C 1-76 or BOM 1 Nephi-Alma 30. You won't make it to D&C 35 or even to Alma. And then when you take the preceding class for BOM, you won't make it out of Alma. Be prepared, it is slow going.

Don't get me wrong. Institute is really great and I fully encourage any one you can go to do so. Just saying that it's a little different. And maybe that poor girl in my class will figure out that she's in college and when we're laughing about your dog breaking its leg...we're really laughing at how stupid you are for sharing it.