Dead creatures in rocks

This historical geology class isn't as interesting to me as the physical geology class I have already taken. I like all the earth-shaping stuff, like volcanoes, earthquakes, and the like. Flipping through the textbook it looks like a lot of what we cover is going to be dead creatures found in the rocks.Lots of biology-type stuff, which is probably my least favorite science.

So far the material we've covered has been a review for me. We took our first test today and I aced it, bonus question included. I don't think the rest of the session will be very difficult, even if it is biology.

The instructor is in his late fifties and is definitely born-and-raised country. He has a thick, unmistakable Texas drawl. A few of his ancestors fought in The Civil War - he calls it the War Between the States - and he seems to still be bitter about the loss in a joking sort of way. Yesterday he told the story of a short layover that he shared with an old classmate in a New Jersey airport. After watching the behavior of people around him, he turned to his friend and said, "Walker, now I know why we went to war with these fellas." Certainly makes for an interesting class.