This isn't Hogwarts.

"This is a good time to pause and point out that this is a history class. This isn't an instructional class that teaches you how to perform witchcraft. I've had students come into this class expecting that but... this isn't Hogwarts." -one of my professors, about my history of witchcraft class


The new semester is here and after all my talk about feeling prepared and ready, I am ashamed to admit being the biggest hypocrite ever. I am SO not ready for this!

After an exhausting nine hour day yesterday and what can only be described as an anxiety attack about the workload for this semester, I ended up dropping one of my classes (Ancient Egypt) due not only to the workload but the due dates of the assignments that coincided so closely with my other classes. I entered all of the dates into my planner on my iPad and just felt overwhelmed - I knew I had to drop something. Egypt, although it seems like a fascinating subject, fulfilled both my major and minor requirements, and professor seemed like he had an excellent sense of humor, was the class that didn't make the cut after a lot of careful consideration.

Now my course load seems much more manageable and I am hoping to be able to get into a math class so I can get up to 15 credits before the week is over; otherwise I guess I am stuck at 12 credits for the second semester in a row, which isn't that terrible considering how much reading and writing my other classes will require. It does possibly push my graduation date back to December of 2012 again, but honestly, I don't care that much anymore. I'm just so relieved to have less work this semester.

Anyway, I was working on this earlier because I was bored and I thought I would share this, and at the end of the semester I can go back over things and see if I was correct.

Predictions for Spring 2011:
Most likely to be favorite class: America 1961-present, I really like the professor's teaching style and the material is something I have always wanted to study
Most likely to be least favorite class: It might be a little too early in the semester to predict this, give me about two weeks and I can tell you. Right now they all seem pretty interesting.
Most reading involved: Witchcraft
Most writing involved: America 1921-present
Hardest class: Tudor-Stuart Britain
Easiest class: Math, if I can get into one!
Most interesting class: Witchcraft
Class I am most passionate about: Latin
Most likely to be highest grade: Tough to tell at this point
Most likely to be lowest grade: Latin? My grades went from High As to low As in the course of last semester, if that trend continues I could end up with Bs this semester. I am hoping to pull off an A in everything, though!