My Schedule

As I've talked on my study habits, I thought it would be useful to give you an idea of what my classes are like and how I spend my in-between time.

Firstly, everyone always told me to never have a class at 8 AM--or anything before 10, for that matter--because in college, it's equivalent to 5 AM. Personally, I don't mind having classes early, even if it means downing a cup of coffee in the morning or throughout my first class. I feel like I have accomplished more during the day and I like to get my classes out of the way and focus on what I have to do.

Anyway, I begin my day on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at an 8 AM English class. It's great to start off with a class I love and which gets me thinking. Next, from around 10 AM to 2 PM, I have three other classes: Anthropology, Linguistics, and Spanish. By far, my Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are the most hectic! I have some one hour breaks between some of those, during which I usually stay around the area, studying or slyly people-watching, which I guess is kind of creepy. I have seen more types of people on this campus than anywhere before, so sometimes I just sit sipping coffee and laugh (or sometimes make myself angry) watching my fellow university peers.

Fridays consist of two discussion sessions with Teacher's Assistants (basically grad students getting credit for teaching for the professor) for my anthropology and linguistics class. Fridays are my longest days and they seem to drag on and on. I feel as if I'm wasting time during my discussion sessions and just providing the grad students with their credit while I could be doing more worthy hobbies, like keeping up on this blog or writing for fun.

My Tuesdays and Thursdays are by far my favorite days. I just have one class (Philosophy), which begins at 9:30 AM and lasts for about an hour and a half. It has been difficult having such a deep class so early in the morning, but that means I get to spend the rest of the day finishing homework, usually relaxing outside or hanging out with friends between their classes. I think with all this free time, I am going to start writing more...I really miss it and hopefully I will get some worthy material and find myself on the other side of the pond ;)!

The moral of the story is if you think you will be spending your nights completely wasted like most people, having an 8 o'clock class is probably not the best idea. But if you like to be efficient--and drinking coffee--I definitely suggest taking early classes and getting them out of the way.

This Labor Day weekend I'm spending at home since I missed it so much! I will update on what I did over the weekend sometime soon...it's definitely bittersweet! Anyway, have a great weekend!