Class Thoughts and Spring Registration, Holy Crap!

OMG. Spring Registration. Holy Shit. So I've made it almost to the second semester of my program.
I have a mid-term next week. I don't understand how they can test us on the stuff they taught us in class. The class is taking things that should be intuitive and trying to turn them into academic topics and the profession is already inherently academic. I honestly don't understand the point of that class. My other three classes all relate to each other in one way or another. You can connect the material from one class to what we're learning in another one. One class is about the process of organizing material and what exactly being an archivist or records manager means. Another class is about technology and how computer networks work, which we'll probably need if we ever have to build a database for an organization and their collection. Another class is about the physical preservation of materials, like what temperature they need to be kept at and what you need to do to keep bugs out.
I understand all of these but... Understanding Information...? That's intuitive. There's no teaching that, at least this kind of information. You understand something through reading and examining it, not whatever it is we're doing. This is an academic profession by it's very nature. You don't have to make everything technical. I don't understand what they are trying to teach us to begin with, I mean... it's just... doesn't make any sense.
I'm not explaining this really well. You'd just have to sit through a class or something. I mean, for example, we had to read an article about aboutness one week. I feel like I'm in a philosophy class. I have other classes where that comes in a little, like talking about what a record can be, which was a really good discussion and very interesting for an early Tuesday morning but... seriously? What are you trying to teach us? What is the aim of this class? Can you explain that to me somehow? Thanks.
Anyway,
In other news, my classes are already picked out for next semester. The joys of being in graduate school. No decisions to make. I'm hoping to audit History of the Book but I have a feeling I won't be allowed.
I have to talk to my adviser and straighten out my thoughts and whatnot.
It is now my mission in life to learn the relative humidity and temperature used to preserve musical instruments. I've learned this for audio recordings, film, photographs, and paper. I think I will ask in class next week. I am curious.
Research opportunity?
I think so.