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[fairyrune]

I have finally gotten an appointment with the good physical therapist, Jeff! Woot! I've got a referral and everything. Hopefully this time everything will go well, and my shoulder/neck will be all fixed. Now I just need a job....

In other news, I'm already intensely bored with school. It seems to be a very large waste of my time. I was sitting in Shakespeare last night, thinking to myself, "I could be doing this at home, in bed, in my pajamas, with a nice big bowl of ice cream." Instead, I was in a room with soul-sucking flourescent lights listening to a continual re-statement of the obvious. I really don't think the teacher knows how to teach Shakespeare. She's quite knowledgeable about it, or at least she seems to be, but I'm not learning anything. Not a thing. I'm thinking of being lazy and just doing the bare minimum to pass, because I really don't care any more. Psych is also boring as hell, which is why I'm doing this instead of studying for the exam tonight. Because I really don't need to. The teacher basically just reviews the chapter in class. The book goes into more detail than she does. I don't understand this. I could've saved quite a bit of money by just buying the book and reading that.

The only two courses that are still holding my interest are Fiction and Freaks. Freaks looks like it may not succeed in that much longer, and I wish I could have more workshop days in Fiction.

I think I'm going to take mostly writing courses next semester, since that seems to be what I'm getting the most out of.

Comments

[trongersoll.livejournal.com]

"I don't understand this. I could've saved quite a bit of money by just buying the book and reading that."

your the second one to say that this week. Think of it this way, your not getting an education, your buying credentials. Yes you could probably teach yourself some of this stuff, but you can't prove to the world that you learned it. Thats what that diploma does. it says yes she is capable of sticking with something for an extended period of time, and she is capable of meeting some sort of base standard. She can learn and be taught. This major is where her interest lay at the point in time she went to school. And, she may actually have learned something about her major.

Yeah the same problem exists at every school, some teachers can actually teach and make it interesting and others just present and measure you ability to retain what you've been presented with. that's just the way it is, and every college kid at some point questions whether they are getting thier money's worth. In the end, the only thing of value is that diploma and at times all it does is provide you a foot in the door.

[scattereddark]

A word of warning: the nature of writing workshops depends on who's teaching and who the other people are in the workshop. I wouldn't write off the other subjects just because. I would, however, try to get recommendations on who is and isn't a good teacher from other people in the school. As you know, that can make a big difference.

too true

[rhps613.livejournal.com]

Sadly I know how you feel adn what you are going through. Give me a call sometime I'll ice cream

[fairyrune]

The thing is though, at this point, I'm doing this for myself. I'm a musical theater major, and I've already graduated from a performing arts conservatory. I'm just finishing a degree that won't do all that much for my career. From my point of view, if I'm going to be driving an hour both ways, I'd better get something out of going to class besides a good attendance record.

[trongersoll.livejournal.com]

heh, the degree always helps.