classes this semester
I can't believe how late I'm sleeping. ;O;
Is this jet lag, or something? It's so bizarre.
My classes this week were mostly good. The education is a lot more intense than I was expecting, especially since it's already a 3 hour seminar... it's a bit off-putting that the fieldwork segment is so huge and actually involves teaching a whole class on my own. It makes me a little anxious because I know I don't want to be a teacher, but I think it will be a good experience. This is how I justify all the pain I cause myself. For the most part, things have turned out okay though?
Comparative politics is still really boring, but watching the dynamics of the 3 teachers is fun.
The small war class may be more interesting than I thought it would be. I mostly took it for the requirement and because I'm in love with the professor, but the subject material actually does have merit. I need to get back into the rhythm of hella readings soon.
I learned to count to thirty in German yesterday! I only remember up to 19, though.
I am thoroughly screwed if I don't get into the MIT class on Tuesday, yet I have no contingency plan yet. I went to MIT to try to find the classroom today and failed after 30 minutes of wandering... but I found it on a map near the station and I have a good idea of where it is now. I might go an hour early.
Finally, to assuage my growing fears about Yuki Matsuri, I made myself a planning spreadsheet and though I think I'm overstepping onto everyone else, I don't know how much I should care about that at this point. I don't think it's called being anal, it's just rational to want to have a concrete list of what need to be done and when and who is doing it.
We also need like 30 more volunteers than we currently have. Can this shortage be supplemented entirely by off-campus people? I wish, but I doubt it. If anyone other than Olin's club comes to lift a finger I'll be extraordinarily surprised and pleased.
I am also FREAKING OUT about the event we're supposed to be having on Wednesday and I kind of wish that I pretended to forget about it. Oh god. I would rather not do it than scramble at the last minute, but stupid stupid me decided to email everyone and tell them about it anyway thinking I could back out later. No. I can never back out. Graaaaaaaaaaaaah.
I can never decide whether or not to filter these random word vomit type entries. I don't care at all who sees them, but I feel a little bad cluttering people's flists with irrelevance. Oh well. Sorry. D:
GOOD NIGHT. I need to get really far ahead in my schoolwork tomorrow, so... library time!
Is this jet lag, or something? It's so bizarre.
My classes this week were mostly good. The education is a lot more intense than I was expecting, especially since it's already a 3 hour seminar... it's a bit off-putting that the fieldwork segment is so huge and actually involves teaching a whole class on my own. It makes me a little anxious because I know I don't want to be a teacher, but I think it will be a good experience. This is how I justify all the pain I cause myself. For the most part, things have turned out okay though?
Comparative politics is still really boring, but watching the dynamics of the 3 teachers is fun.
The small war class may be more interesting than I thought it would be. I mostly took it for the requirement and because I'm in love with the professor, but the subject material actually does have merit. I need to get back into the rhythm of hella readings soon.
I learned to count to thirty in German yesterday! I only remember up to 19, though.
I am thoroughly screwed if I don't get into the MIT class on Tuesday, yet I have no contingency plan yet. I went to MIT to try to find the classroom today and failed after 30 minutes of wandering... but I found it on a map near the station and I have a good idea of where it is now. I might go an hour early.
Finally, to assuage my growing fears about Yuki Matsuri, I made myself a planning spreadsheet and though I think I'm overstepping onto everyone else, I don't know how much I should care about that at this point. I don't think it's called being anal, it's just rational to want to have a concrete list of what need to be done and when and who is doing it.
We also need like 30 more volunteers than we currently have. Can this shortage be supplemented entirely by off-campus people? I wish, but I doubt it. If anyone other than Olin's club comes to lift a finger I'll be extraordinarily surprised and pleased.
I am also FREAKING OUT about the event we're supposed to be having on Wednesday and I kind of wish that I pretended to forget about it. Oh god. I would rather not do it than scramble at the last minute, but stupid stupid me decided to email everyone and tell them about it anyway thinking I could back out later. No. I can never back out. Graaaaaaaaaaaaah.
I can never decide whether or not to filter these random word vomit type entries. I don't care at all who sees them, but I feel a little bad cluttering people's flists with irrelevance. Oh well. Sorry. D:
GOOD NIGHT. I need to get really far ahead in my schoolwork tomorrow, so... library time!