Oh Back to School Back to School... You Get the Picture

The first week back with our nose to the grindstone and it is looking to be a very interesting but very taxing term. This is the first term I have actually decided to apply myself in the arena of reading what my teachers have asked me to, and it turns out that I will have to read it all or I will get horrible grades. I have already read about as much as any other term and it is barely keeping me in the black. It is incredible. I have two ancient Greek history classes and I have to read the entirety of Homer's Odyssey in four weeks, and that is a huge book, and that is just one of the classes. I also have this same teacher for my other Greek class so the reading load is just as big, a lot of plays, a good chunk of the Iliad, and some works of Aristotle. For the topper I found out today, when I went to class, that I had accidentally signed up for an online course leaving me with no other choice than to read the text.

I had always been the guy who showed up for class, took a few notes, but just remembered most of the lecture when it came to test time. Now it is life's little revenge to overload me with material that the professor will never cover in class. It is said that your study habits will rarely, if ever, change once you have them set in your mind. I think the only reason that I have actually read these texts is because it is a very interesting topic that was a big draw for me into my major in the first place. The only trouble I see in the near future is the reading I have to do for my online class. It is a sociology class on marriage and intimacy that might, or might not, catch my attention. If I am not interested, there will be trouble ahead. I am already forced to work a lot less and I might have to be looking for a new job because I do not have the schedule or time for a full day on the job site, it feels good to actually be trying to get the most out of all my classes instead of just looking for the grade. I will not be forgetting the grade, but I am hoping for some more retention than normal.