The Blurgh

My final semester at Pitt has begun, and it has begun with a bang. It’s only my second day, and I’m already feeling completely overwhelmed!

I have always loved the first week of classes, and I thought this would be one of the best. Besides my directed study with Dr. Lemley and internship at CRR, the rest of my classes were just ones I needed to take to finish requirements. I was looking forward to professors handing out syllabi and dismissing the class early, but starting with my first class, it wasn’t meant to be.

Almost everyone I know took Intro to Biotechnology to satisfy their science requirement, and they all said it was a piece of cake, but my professor is new and seems to be on a mission. To make my life hell. The first class was yesterday, and we already have to read chapter 1 and be ready for a quiz on Friday. I mean, people are still in the add/drop period, so what’s she going to do when a new student comes in Friday who just signed up? I feel sorry for that kid already…

I also couldn’t resist taking another history class, the History of Peacetime. Its basic premise is that long periods of peace should be studied just like wars are, which sounded very interesting to me. After looking at the syllabus, I need to think about how much “interesting” is really worth. There are short writing assignments due every other week, and 3 large essays spaced out during the semester. Yikes.

My last class satisfies one of those cross-discipline requirements I need to finish my psychology major, and I picked Sociology of Gender. I haven’t had a class yet, but I’m hoping against hope that it doesn’t fit the same pattern as the rest of them.

I am excited about my internship, though, which will start later this week, and I’ll be meeting with Dr. Lemley soon to plan out our directed study. I’ll keep you posted!