proud to be shallow!
kate-berry asked nicely that i update my blog with a new post and a title that doesn't include any references to body part inspired rope art. so. here it is.
school is much easier than i anticipated (i know i'm going to regret that but for now: school is easy). i finish my readings every week, go to class, listen to lectures, take notes, talk to people, and now i wonder if i'm totally zoned out in my happy little easy world, or what, because everyone i've talked to who has a master's degree, they were all like omg! grad school! it was SO HARD!
granted, this is only the third week of school, but still. i could probably have a part time job and it still wouldn't be that hard. maybe i'm just that smart? yeah? i actually feel like a slacker because most of the people in my cohort both work and go to school & me? i'm not working.
i explained to my friend ian about how i haven't fallen over dead from the workload yet, and he said (verbatim): what did you expect? you're getting an MSW. this is the same guy who, when he was helping me study for the GRE, told me i needed to quit freaking out about my scores because i didn't need very high scores anyway. to ian's credit, he also tutors GMAT, LSAT and MCAT students, so maybe he has a point about the GRE not being very hard and admission to the MSW program being comparably less competative than, say, law school admission.
and not so much to ian's credit, he's got this rabbit named fred that he bought in korea, and even though he speaks korean there was some miscommunication about fred's dietary needs and ian was under the impression that fred didn't require water. obviously this was wrong, and somehow fred survived on just vegetables for a year until he caught her (fred's a her; ian can't determine rabbit gender either) licking the condensation off a water glass one day and thought that hey, maybe animals do require water after all! the point of that story is that ian has lots to learn about mastering the korean language & rabbit care, but he's actually quite knowledgeable about standardized tests.
anyway, the most difficult part of school so far has been the socializing bit, because i hate to make small talk but how else do you get to know people you've never met? gah. also, the hair part. everyone in my classes has prettier, longer hair than i do, so i stare at hair for three hours at a time and i'm like, i want her hair! or, why can't my hair be pretty like that? and then, why am i the only person in here with short hair? and THEN i wonder where all these people are getting their jeans that so obviously fit. i don't get it.
school is much easier than i anticipated (i know i'm going to regret that but for now: school is easy). i finish my readings every week, go to class, listen to lectures, take notes, talk to people, and now i wonder if i'm totally zoned out in my happy little easy world, or what, because everyone i've talked to who has a master's degree, they were all like omg! grad school! it was SO HARD!
granted, this is only the third week of school, but still. i could probably have a part time job and it still wouldn't be that hard. maybe i'm just that smart? yeah? i actually feel like a slacker because most of the people in my cohort both work and go to school & me? i'm not working.
i explained to my friend ian about how i haven't fallen over dead from the workload yet, and he said (verbatim): what did you expect? you're getting an MSW. this is the same guy who, when he was helping me study for the GRE, told me i needed to quit freaking out about my scores because i didn't need very high scores anyway. to ian's credit, he also tutors GMAT, LSAT and MCAT students, so maybe he has a point about the GRE not being very hard and admission to the MSW program being comparably less competative than, say, law school admission.
and not so much to ian's credit, he's got this rabbit named fred that he bought in korea, and even though he speaks korean there was some miscommunication about fred's dietary needs and ian was under the impression that fred didn't require water. obviously this was wrong, and somehow fred survived on just vegetables for a year until he caught her (fred's a her; ian can't determine rabbit gender either) licking the condensation off a water glass one day and thought that hey, maybe animals do require water after all! the point of that story is that ian has lots to learn about mastering the korean language & rabbit care, but he's actually quite knowledgeable about standardized tests.
anyway, the most difficult part of school so far has been the socializing bit, because i hate to make small talk but how else do you get to know people you've never met? gah. also, the hair part. everyone in my classes has prettier, longer hair than i do, so i stare at hair for three hours at a time and i'm like, i want her hair! or, why can't my hair be pretty like that? and then, why am i the only person in here with short hair? and THEN i wonder where all these people are getting their jeans that so obviously fit. i don't get it.
posted by sarah at 7:06 AM
3 Comments:
I dunno, maybe everyone you know who has a master's was intending on getting a doctorate and also had to TA? That's my reason for why grad school was so hard--thesis writing, 3 prelims, one oral exam and teaching 20 hrs a week. If I was in the Master's program and didn't have any of that, I would have been much happier and much saner, that's for sure.
Or, maybe you're in one of those rare supportive departments where they want the grad students to be happy. I heard those only exist in a far off land full of marshmallows and bunny rabbits, but who knows, maybe they do exist.
Speaking of bunnies...Okay, um, I understand that there was no explicit instruction on "Fred's" drinking needs, but don't all animals need water? I am so confused.
i think it's both--i'm in the supportive marshmallowy bunny department & i don't have extra work stress to deal with.
about the bunny: apparently ian thought the seller dude told him NOT to give fred water. as in, the rabbit doesn't need water. you know, i don't understand it either.
susan--macrame jeans would be awesome if they weren't so ugly. :)
Macrame jeans would be rather bumpy too. My secret "always-works" size is child 14/16 "Husky" That's right! My body is apparently most closely approximated by a chunky teeny bopper.
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