Sorry to start off with a bummer. Generally my life has been excellent! Like all my college classmates, I stressed and strained over the study abroad proposal. I submitted mine on Saturday a full three days before the deadline. What a relief for that to be done. I hear back in exactly a month whether or not I'm allowed to go forth and apply directly to the University. Exciting times!
Now the focus shifts to finding subletters and housemates for next year. Some of my friends have decided to live on campus another year and that sounds like a solid choice. I was considering it myself until I was contacted about living in a 4-bedroom duplex from a family I babysat for that are moving. The house is absolutely adorable and everyone will probably get sick of me Instagramming it. But I've accepted that. Hopefully I can also live there this summer. The lease part of this whole ordeal, however, is still up in the air. I'm shocked at the number of classmates who have already signed theirs. Nothing like competition and comparison to spark action, right? It appears I'm still processing what outspoken education writer Alfie Kohn spoke about last week.
Otherwise, my classes -- Educational Psychology, 19th Century British Literature, Oppositional Cinemas and Blackness in the Media -- are equal amounts engaging and challenging. I can tell that none of my classes seem like a burden this semester. Of course that doesn't mean they aren't, like I said, challenging. For instance, the final project and curatorial paper for Blackness in the Media looks terrifyingly hard. But I will cross that bridge when I come to it. In the meantime, I can revel in reading Jane Eyre and learning about developmental disabilities. Shout out to Shelby and her interest in speech pathology.
I deeply cherish the days I get to host the radio show with Nicole, text David the most random stuff, play tennis with Andy, laugh my bum off with Emily, or just generally exist in the company of awesome people. Everything is perfectly aligned.
Music continues to be a large part of my life. Case and point.
Oh, and The Dalai Lama is coming to my college on Sunday to speak about happiness. No biggie.
Oh I took a 19th century British literature class a few semesters back! It's one of my favorite periods on literature—something about their style of writing. What are you reading for it?
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I like it more than I thought I would. Plus my professor is super cool. We're reading Jane Eyre currently, after we finished up with some Wordsworth, Coolridge and Shelley Romantic poetry. By the end we'll have read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, North and South, and Aurora Leigh plus smaller stories and writings of folks like Dickens.
DeleteHolllllla at yo gurl~
ReplyDeleteI hear back from graduate schools this month so let's just be nervous wrecks together :) You'll get it, I'm sure!
Yes, let's. And thank you, I think I will too. :)
DeleteI hope you do get your chance to study abroad, that sounds very exciting. Do you have a particular destination in mind? Never had thought to study abroad myself, but I'm finally able to afford to take time off and travel places now. My mom and I will be visiting London and Paris for the first time this summer--I was so excited to finally hold a brand new passport in my hands.
ReplyDeleteThe Dalai Lama?? O.O Whaaaaaat
I think I will--it's just a matter of formalities and waiting at this point. I'd be going to Edinburgh, Scotland in the fall! But a trip to Paris and London this summer sounds extraordinary.
DeleteAnd yes, THE Dalai Lama. I'm excited!
So don't even ask how I found this - too much late night browsing because I'm not at all tired like I should be. But how are you liking Blackness in the Media? Also don't stress too much about writing papers for Leola - she's pretty chill if you show that you put in the effort. My capstone was AWFUL for a first draft and she gave really good feedback on it.
ReplyDeleteOh hi Sydney. I won't ask how you found this, but I too have to laugh because not many people at Mac know I have a blog. I like it! Class is just epically long on Wednesday afternoons and it drains me. And thanks for the insight on writing papers-- I will definitely keep that in mind. :)
Deletehow was the dalai lama?? that must have been neat! also, is it in a couple of days that you will hear back from studying abroad?? oooo! i may have missed this, but where would you go?
ReplyDeletep.s. i like the way you write : )
I'm taking a psych class as well. It's Developmental Psych and so most of class lectures involve adorable videos of babies participating in experiments. The class breaks out in awwww's many times each session.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre is a great book. I read it in middle school. I want to re-read it because I'm sure I'll appreciate/understand it differently than I did as a 11 year old.