This spring semester, I decided not to take any classes for my Master's degree program. None of the classes that were offered appealed to me or fit my plans. Also, I wanted to study for my exit exam. I was waiting through February to get my notification to schedule my test. I knew that the test was to be given in April, but I wasn't getting the email about it. Finally, I decided to email my advisor about it, since I had only a little of a month left to try and study. I had to check the spam folder of my university email account to get the right address, when I found the notification. It had been sent to the wrong folder, and I hadn't noticed it since I rarely check that folder and it didn't have a notice of new emails. At least none I could remember. I had missed the deadline to schedule my test by one day. I sent the email any way, with the reason why I was late. The reply came back within the week saying I could still take the test if I hurried to schedule it. Unfortunately, that was when I started having problems with the account. Some days, my university account wouldn't even acknowledge that I had an email address. By the time I could respond, I barely had a month left to study, so I decided to put of the test until the next available time this November. Besides, the test would be given on Good Friday, so I didn't really feel that was the right time. Since then, I have not had any new emails directly from the university, even the automatic ones. This is in addition to the times my email doesn't even show up. That is why I didn't get the notification that is was time to register for classes for the Summer and Fall semesters. I only found out by checking the school calendar the day registration was supposed to start. Fortunately, I was able to look over the available classes and their required tests in plenty of time. Unfortunately, the classes are again not exactly what I'm looking for. There are three available classes that I can take over the semesters, with the possibility of a fourth. For early summer, there is a course on contemporary fiction, although not of the books are really recent or 'contemporary.' Two of the works are by authors I do not like at all, and a third is one that I never even heard of. In late summer, the course being offered is on early twentieth-century American fiction. This one was offered a few years ago for the short Winter semester. Three books, all depressing. At least reading them in the summer might make them somewhat more cheerful. There is also a second course on the teaching of writing. I don't know if I would be able to take this course, as it is more in the education field than English, but it could count as an elective, maybe. However, the text for the course doesn't sound like it is about teaching or writing. In fact, I can't find out anything out about it yet, save that it is available at the university bookstore. Finally, there is one course being taught in the fall that I haven't taken yet, topics in literature. For this selection, the topic is environmentalism. No. While I'm not against the environment, I don't want to be reading selections about how the field is dealt with in literature. None of these classes suit me or my plans for my degree or interests. I don't see any way I could find a way into any of these classes easily. If I can't find a way, I just won't be able to get through them. That's how I was able to pass many of my other courses in graduate school. Yet, for these four, I don't see a way. It's making me doubt if I even want to complete my degree. It isn't the one I was aiming for, a MFA in creative writing, and I'm not even sure what I would do with this one, if I complete it. I just don't know what to do anymore, and it is driving me crazy trying to find a way out.
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