also I am not getting enough sleep and the dishwasher at Bruff is broken AGAIN

[bedlamsbard]

I think I am studying more, right now, than I did during fucking finals last semester. And I am still behind, and barring an act of the gods, it is pretty damn unlikely that I am going to be caught up on the reading before my seminar tomorrow, although I am still of the faint opinion that if I can just organize my time better, I can do all the reading this semester without any problems and do all the papers and get As in all my classes. Did I mention I need As in all my classes? I need As in all my classes.

Here is where it gets awkward: I think, although I haven't quite done all the math yet, that I have as much reading per week for my seminar as I do for all my other five classes put together. The majority of my other five classes are reading intensive, guys; yesterday I read 200+ pages and not one of them was for my seminar (also, that would explain why my brain was fried last night). However, I really, really don't want to drop the seminar, I think it's awesome, and I like the professor and I like the subject material and it's something I'm really interested in, but I also don't want to drop anything else, since dropping anything else, I feel, is unlikely to have a noticeable affect on my workload, and I really really like all my other classes.

Now I have to go read five hundred pages of ancient Greek philosophy and/or whatever the fuck I'm reading, I'm not even entirely convinced I'm reading the right thing, since I think I have a different edition (although the right translation) of The Politics, since the page numbers don't match up. But at least the professor put down the book numbers and not just the page numbers.

Comments

[aella_irene]

But at least the professor put down the book numbers and not just the page numbers.

If he hadn't you would be entitled to raise holy hell, because that is standard practice. There are different numbering systems for each philosopher, but those are what you use, whatever the translation, unless you're referencing the translators notes. Same as Homer.

[bedlamsbard]

Yeah, I figured. I mean, I'm still not entirely sure I'm reading the right stuff, but I'm hoping. At least I'm not essay-writing this week.

[lady_songsmith]

Uhm, I don't suppose this is a good time to mention that 99% of college students don't do all the reading, and 90% of college professors don't actually expect that they will? Skimming, section-jumping, and just plain guessing at the most important bits are wholly accepted practices -- you can fill in the gaps at paper-writing time or, if the book is actually interesting, keep it and read it at leisure later.

[bedlamsbard]

That's normally what I do in other classes, except my lit classes (of which I have two this semester! one is a more-or-less, but the prof requires close-reading), except this one's a seminar, so I have no idea what's expected. At least I am not essay-writing this week. At this point, I don't even think I'm processing Aristotle at all.

*commiserates*

[isweedan]

At least we don't have jobs too.
That would be...BAD.

Re: *commiserates*

[bedlamsbard]

People have asked me why I don't get a work-study job. I couldn't even hold down a work-study job when I had four classes, let alone six.

Re: *commiserates*

[isweedan]

Affirmative. 4 grad classes is 1 over recommended numbers. It is le time-consuming.

But! ButButButBut! we will still make time to see each other sometime Friday/Saturday/Sunday (10th/11th/12th) Y/Y?

Re: *commiserates*

[bedlamsbard]

I am pretty sure I am not supposed to take a seminar on top of five fairly reading intensive classes. I am really glad I'm not doing Latin 101 or Greek 101 this semester, my brain would explode.

Y DEFINITELY.