-
Summer Semester
- May 23, 2007 at 8:40 PM
- By
- Comments (1) Total Views (54) Everyone can see this journal post.
Well I am three days into the summer semester and about to rip all my hair out. There is no way that I will ever do these six week crunch courses again. It is absolutely insane the amount of work, plus the two hours of sitting in each class. I have no idea how people do it. On top of school I am supposed to be working 20 hours a week, which is just killing the amount of time I have to do homework. Basically I get home and do homework until my eyes start bleeding and I am falling asleep on my books then go to bed. In the middle I get to get my daughter and make dinner, since I appear to be the only one capable of doing so. I spent at least three hours on my functions homework yesterday and I am dreading what life will be like when we are learning something new rather than just reviewing.
My anthropology class is pretty neat, the instructor seems a little scattered, but what he has to say is all pretty interesting. It is a lot of reading to pile on top of my functions homework however. At least two chapters a night. My functions for calculus class seems like it could be a lot of fun. The problem I am having with the class is that the instructor has a very strong accent, so I have trouble understanding him. Also when he doesn't know exactly how to explain something he just moves on, so I kind of wonder what important things I am missing because I don't speak Russian. One of my classmates pointed out that he is definitely a mathematician, but not really a teacher. I think I agree with that statement.
Work is going pretty well, soon I am supposed to get a computer at my desk, which means that I will be able to accomplish a lot more. Tomorrow I have to go to a four hour training session on how to use the database program that they have, which unfortunately means that I am going to miss my functions class. I did manage to get the assignments though, which is good. I also learned that I have an anthropology paper to write this weekend, but I don't know what it is supposed to be about.
As I said, no more six week crunch sessions for me. Or at least if I do it again I am only going to do one at a time, this is just way too much stuff and I barely have enough time to work things out anyway. Hopefully everyone is doing great, and good luck in all your summer plans.
My anthropology class is pretty neat, the instructor seems a little scattered, but what he has to say is all pretty interesting. It is a lot of reading to pile on top of my functions homework however. At least two chapters a night. My functions for calculus class seems like it could be a lot of fun. The problem I am having with the class is that the instructor has a very strong accent, so I have trouble understanding him. Also when he doesn't know exactly how to explain something he just moves on, so I kind of wonder what important things I am missing because I don't speak Russian. One of my classmates pointed out that he is definitely a mathematician, but not really a teacher. I think I agree with that statement.
Work is going pretty well, soon I am supposed to get a computer at my desk, which means that I will be able to accomplish a lot more. Tomorrow I have to go to a four hour training session on how to use the database program that they have, which unfortunately means that I am going to miss my functions class. I did manage to get the assignments though, which is good. I also learned that I have an anthropology paper to write this weekend, but I don't know what it is supposed to be about.
As I said, no more six week crunch sessions for me. Or at least if I do it again I am only going to do one at a time, this is just way too much stuff and I barely have enough time to work things out anyway. Hopefully everyone is doing great, and good luck in all your summer plans.
Want to leave a comment and join the discussion?
Click here to register for CafeMom
Already a member? Click here to log in
Around CafeMom
Stay in touch with CafeMom wherever you are
Advertisement
