comps seclusion
Next Monday, October 17, I take my comprehensive exam for my masters degree. This is one-half of my graduation requirements (the other half is my thesis defense next March-ish). I have the first phase of a syllabus done; I just have to go through and pare it down a bit more and pick specific poems for about half of the poets x.x I have all of the raw material generated for my philosophy of teaching essay; I just have to organize it and make it awesome. The goal is to have both of these functionally complete by the time I go to bed Thursday, but they might get pushed back to Friday because I have a short essay due tomorrow that I forgot about x__x
Friday after class I start preparing the twelve poems in my exam packet. This means noting formal structure, figures of speech, any and all style notes or other trappings, interpretation and analysis, historical context, biographical context for the poets, how typical of their time periods/artistic movements they are, allusions, and anything else that might be at all relevant ever. For each poem. I'm hoping to do 4-6 Friday, the rest Saturday. Sunday will be the spillover day for whatever doesn't get done on time (because something won't) and the proofreading day. Monday I don't have work, thank all the stars, because Oct 17-18 is Fall Break for Delgado. I'll sleep in a little to make sure I'm well-rested because the exam is at the exact sleepiest time of my day: 3-5 pm. This also means I'll leave the exam and head straight into rush hour traffic.
I say all that to say this: I'm disappearing for the next six days. Everything that isn't directly related to my comps is on hold until Tuesday, October 18. If you see me on gchat or if for whatever reason trillian decides I need to be online, please don't message me/if you do, please don't be hurt when I ignore you. If you email me, I'll almost certainly respond, but it will likely be curt. I have to focus intently and really stick to my deadlines for this. Stars willing, I'll be back in a week and more relaxed, better focused, and less scrambled.
Friday after class I start preparing the twelve poems in my exam packet. This means noting formal structure, figures of speech, any and all style notes or other trappings, interpretation and analysis, historical context, biographical context for the poets, how typical of their time periods/artistic movements they are, allusions, and anything else that might be at all relevant ever. For each poem. I'm hoping to do 4-6 Friday, the rest Saturday. Sunday will be the spillover day for whatever doesn't get done on time (because something won't) and the proofreading day. Monday I don't have work, thank all the stars, because Oct 17-18 is Fall Break for Delgado. I'll sleep in a little to make sure I'm well-rested because the exam is at the exact sleepiest time of my day: 3-5 pm. This also means I'll leave the exam and head straight into rush hour traffic.
I say all that to say this: I'm disappearing for the next six days. Everything that isn't directly related to my comps is on hold until Tuesday, October 18. If you see me on gchat or if for whatever reason trillian decides I need to be online, please don't message me/if you do, please don't be hurt when I ignore you. If you email me, I'll almost certainly respond, but it will likely be curt. I have to focus intently and really stick to my deadlines for this. Stars willing, I'll be back in a week and more relaxed, better focused, and less scrambled.