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Man. So apparently this is the way I operate. I push myself and push myself until I fall apart, then I completely overhaul my life in the course of like, a week. I dunno, I feel like this is a bad system.
But in any case. Here's my deal. I decided to drop my english major in favor of a creative writing minor. The thing with the english/creative writing major is it's 10 courses (or maybe 9, can't remember). 5 are creative writing classes. The rest are lit classes (brit lit, american lit, lit from an author of color). The minor, however, is 5 courses organized around a theme (so... 5 creative writing courses). It's just the major without the courses I don't want. And like my adviser said... creative writing and english lit are really entirely different things, like studying art and studying art history. Not the same. So.
What this means is that I have time to take some classes in the english dept I wouldn't have had time for (there are a couple film studies courses I want to take, and I can put them in the minor. I think the minor will consist of intro CW, scriptwriting, screenwriting, fiction, and film studies. So it's like a creative writing/script theme) and I have time for some classes in the religious studies dept (i.e. the religions of india class, etc). This is good.
So. In line with this I'm withdrawing from the langston hughes class. I could go into the myriad of reasons why this is a good idea, but that would involve my rambling a lot. So I won't. It'll go on my transcript but my adviser said that having a withdraw on your transcript if your grades are otherwise good is not a big deal.
So yeah. In the past week, I've quit my job (temporarily), dropped a major and withdrawn from a course. I feel better now.
But in any case. Here's my deal. I decided to drop my english major in favor of a creative writing minor. The thing with the english/creative writing major is it's 10 courses (or maybe 9, can't remember). 5 are creative writing classes. The rest are lit classes (brit lit, american lit, lit from an author of color). The minor, however, is 5 courses organized around a theme (so... 5 creative writing courses). It's just the major without the courses I don't want. And like my adviser said... creative writing and english lit are really entirely different things, like studying art and studying art history. Not the same. So.
What this means is that I have time to take some classes in the english dept I wouldn't have had time for (there are a couple film studies courses I want to take, and I can put them in the minor. I think the minor will consist of intro CW, scriptwriting, screenwriting, fiction, and film studies. So it's like a creative writing/script theme) and I have time for some classes in the religious studies dept (i.e. the religions of india class, etc). This is good.
So. In line with this I'm withdrawing from the langston hughes class. I could go into the myriad of reasons why this is a good idea, but that would involve my rambling a lot. So I won't. It'll go on my transcript but my adviser said that having a withdraw on your transcript if your grades are otherwise good is not a big deal.
So yeah. In the past week, I've quit my job (temporarily), dropped a major and withdrawn from a course. I feel better now.