For this blog I’m going to reflect, for myself, on how my semester is going thus far. The semester started out pretty slow for me – I didn’t have much reading for the first few weeks, and even when the reading started, I didn’t have much else. It seemed like I was missing something because I was always ahead on work which never happens. Don’t get me wrong, I always do my homework, but it’s almost never done earlier than the night before. This first month of bliss was great and I felt on top of the world (not to be dramatic about it or anything)!
Fast forward to when the papers and tests started coming – it really wasn’t that bad either. This semester I switched around what normally is my schedule (i.e. class in the morning and work in the afternoon to work in the morning and class in the afternoon), and it seemed to be working better. I’m most productive in the morning, so I did all my homework at work usually 1-2 days in advance. Usually by the time I get to class I’m pretty tired and a little worn out, but it’s honestly working better for me that I’m more awake and motivated to do homework in the mornings rather than sit in class. It’s way harder for me to get myself to do homework in the afternoon, so this new schedule thing is a definite plus.
Next to review are my classes. I’m taking four classes this semester – The Sounds and Silence of Laughter, Existential Philosophy, U.S. Multi-Ethnic Literature, and Literature of the Middle East and North Africa: Minority Literatures – and I really like all of them. In my literature classes, I’m learning a lot about populations and places I’ve never really studied before. I am fascinated at my own ignorance every time I leave these classes, and I love going to them. In my existential philosophy class, I’m learning how to question everything around me, in both a good and a bad way. In the honors laughter class (as I like to refer to it), I’m simply having fun! I really like my lineup of classes for this last semester as an undergraduate student – I feel like I’m learning so much.
To conclude, by this time in the semester, I’m doing surprisingly well. I’m going to have a busy second half of the semester with 95% of my weekends away from TCU, but as long as I keep staying ahead on my workload and enjoying my classes I think I’ll be ok!
Fast forward to when the papers and tests started coming – it really wasn’t that bad either. This semester I switched around what normally is my schedule (i.e. class in the morning and work in the afternoon to work in the morning and class in the afternoon), and it seemed to be working better. I’m most productive in the morning, so I did all my homework at work usually 1-2 days in advance. Usually by the time I get to class I’m pretty tired and a little worn out, but it’s honestly working better for me that I’m more awake and motivated to do homework in the mornings rather than sit in class. It’s way harder for me to get myself to do homework in the afternoon, so this new schedule thing is a definite plus.
Next to review are my classes. I’m taking four classes this semester – The Sounds and Silence of Laughter, Existential Philosophy, U.S. Multi-Ethnic Literature, and Literature of the Middle East and North Africa: Minority Literatures – and I really like all of them. In my literature classes, I’m learning a lot about populations and places I’ve never really studied before. I am fascinated at my own ignorance every time I leave these classes, and I love going to them. In my existential philosophy class, I’m learning how to question everything around me, in both a good and a bad way. In the honors laughter class (as I like to refer to it), I’m simply having fun! I really like my lineup of classes for this last semester as an undergraduate student – I feel like I’m learning so much.
To conclude, by this time in the semester, I’m doing surprisingly well. I’m going to have a busy second half of the semester with 95% of my weekends away from TCU, but as long as I keep staying ahead on my workload and enjoying my classes I think I’ll be ok!
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