Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Going Back or Not

I don't really have anything I want to write about today.  Sure, there are a lot of things I could be writing about that are on my mind, but most really aren't appropriate for this time.  Instead, I will write about something somewhat pressing on me, my upcoming online classes.  I am currently registered for two graduate courses for the fall.  However, I am still in doubt about whether or not I will actually take them.  On the one hand, I will be getting closer to a Masters degree, even if it is not the one I initially planned on.  Actually completing my degree will look better on any resumés or applications then just having a few random classes.  It would also give meaning to all of the time and money I have already put in on these classes.  On the other hand, I am not all that enthusiastic about the classes.  To be honest, I'm not too thrilled about anything at the moment.  I should be taking two classes, but I really don't have the finances to pay for that many classes all at once.  I might be taking the class that will be offered during the shortened Winter term.  It would be about the same amount of money, but spread out so it wouldn't be such a hard hit.  Also, these are the only two classes for the fall that I am even halfway interested in.  They are also the classes that look like they would have the fewest total books needed.  I'm still not sure if I want to take either of them, though.  None of the other classes that I could take seem right for me, or my ultimate goals.  I'm just unsure about if I should be doing this at all, especially at this time.  As I mentioned, I don't really have the money.  I'm not sure if I will have the time.  Even with the limited schedule, I might be stressed.  I took three classes my first semester, and I wound up having to read first thing in the morning just to make sure I finished a book on time.  For my second semester, I had assignments that took much longer than planned, sometimes taking twice as long just to format the work correctly.  I'm worried that such a thing could happen again.  Worse, closings might limit my access to research materials.  Even with internet connections, I having problems finding all of the materials I needed.  Fortunately, I had local sources.  (I even got to use some of my private library to compensate for a few things.  Don't ask how I got to tie some of my more esoteric interests into a research paper, just be advised that I could.)  I am just having so many doubts about having another semester.  Even if I manage to get these three classes by the end of the year, I still have a least two more classes to go, as well as an exit exam to look forward to, which I'm not.  I don't know if I can find two classes for the spring.  I am not even sure if I need just two more classes, as the qualifications changed for the degree at the end of my first year, so I might need three classes instead of two.  The exit exam is a different problem.  I am only somewhat familiar with many of the works that could be covered.  Others, I am not interested in at all, almost to the point where I don't want to even think about reading them.  I don't even know if I could find a proctor that would allow me to take the test.  Everything just seems to be pointing to me that I shouldn't be going back.  I have about a month to make the final decision, and I honestly don't have an opinion either way.

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