And so begins another semester of school. I've spent four semesters already at my college campus, have had hellish semesters filled with nonstop work all the way to semesters that I barely did a thing besides the minimal classwork I had (that was my first semester of college, and I'm using "minimal" in comparison to my current workload). After spending the first week and a half on my college campus in training for my job as a Resident Assistant and helping the move-ins of both freshmen and upperclassmen, I am now in academic-mode. The way my English major at Keene State works is I'm able to take four classes counting as four credits each, coming out to 16 credits a semester. I'm doing something most people avoid doing at all costs as well. I'm taking all 300 level courses, which is probably the worst idea I've ever had.
It's what us college kids call syllabus week right now. Usually, this week is pretty easy for English majors. We just go over the syllabus for the first day, and then the next time the class meets is when we start to really dive into the topics at hand. I was ready to have a simple week, especially given I was in four English classes. I couldn't have been more wrong. In one class alone, I was assigned roughly 130 pages of reading. My other classes have assigned me with a lot of reading too, but not as excessive.
I can only imagine what this year is going to be like. Not only do I have this class schedule, but I also work as a Resident Assistant on campus as well as in a computer store off campus. It makes my schedule pretty much non-stop from the moment I wake up until I go to sleep. Which it may sound like I'm complaining, but I honestly love. This first week has made me learn that I'm going to have an insanely busy semester, but I've never been more excited either. My courses are all things I'm interested in. Two of them are based on reading/writing fairytales, which are probably what I'm most excited about. I'm one of those people who are obsessed with fairytales to the point I want to take two classes about them in the same semester. Those classes aside, I'm also wicked excited for my course all about immersion writing. I want to use immersion writing to its fullest potential this year, and I've got a pretty big project planned for doing so! (More details to come later). And lastly, my class all about the relationships between post-colonized countries and the British Empire. Which is no fairytale, but I'm pretty excited for it as well.
Really, my courses and semester look like its going to be a lot of fun. I genuinely can't wait for the semester to continue.
