The Blurgh

Finals are in just a few weeks, and I’m so ridiculously behind it’s not even funny.  You’d think after this long I’d realize that blowing off reading with the intention of catching up “next week” is, at best, a ridiculously obvious lie.  At worst, it’s an “F.”

Getting behind in blah classes is one thing, but I really hate it when I get behind in a class that I actually enjoy.  My History  of Peace class has rocked my socks all semester, but I find it extremely difficult to do the readings…they’re just so hard to follow.  Every time I pick up one of the texts, I feel like I’m about to enter an alternate dimension–one where everything you thought you knew is only marginally meaningful, and the things that used to be irrelevant are now monumental.  It’s interesting learn new things about events you thought you had studied to death, and I like the paradigm the class is based around, but holy crap, it sure can be exhausting.

We have to write a paper for the final, and the question is: “In your opinion, how is peace best prolonged?”  We’re supposed to take certain time we studied periods and use them to build our case.  Easy, right?

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Dr. Huang also said that he’s planning on publishing a book of short essays in order to get more people interested in the subject, and that if we do well enough and are interested, that we can work with him on getting our essays in it.  Yeah…no pressure at all.

So what do you think?  Any ideas?