This week marks half way

It's incredible.  By Tuesday I will be halfway through my first semester of graduate school.  And graduate school is just a crazy as everyone says. 


To this point,  I've been to six seminars,  watched hours and hours of prerecorded video,  attended many many zoom classes and group meetings,  written one and a half papers,  created a basic (plus a little) website, completed several steps in my first design project,  read several journal articles as part of a research group,  created quizzes,  question banks reviewed syllabi, cheated (with permission) on proctor and Turning, been elected to the student organization board for my department,  and headed a lot more assignments than I would have ever imagined before deciding on graduate school. 


Everything is fun to learn this semester! I am so grateful for that because the avalanche that hit about two weeks ago would be miserable otherwise. I can literally put in 10-13 hours of homework and still feel like I'm only making a dent. For example, my task load right now includes;

  • A topic analysis
  • A procedural analysis
  • A critical incident analysis
  • Discussion board: weekly reflection
  • Write Teaching and Learning Philosophy
  • Read a journal article daily
  • Get 8-13 hours of grading lesson plans in by Thursday
  • (There is more to do,  but this is more time sensitive)
  • Participate more heavily in one discussion board
  • Read 4 chapters (or articles i haven't really looked yet. )
  • Think of group work for an intro accounting class
  • Attend fhe
  • Attend fhe group leader meeting
  • Attend at least 8 hours of zoom meetings - and that is a minimum
  • Two loads of laundry will need to be done
  • Picking up potatoes phone and maybe avocados sounds helpful.  Two trips to the store yesterday,  but my hands were full both times.  I couldn't have handled more either time. Potatoes and onions would give me several more meals though. That's always good. 
  • Push my sleep schedule back to a 10:30-7.
Yes.  It's a lot. But that's 10.5 graduate units,  a part time job,  and you know,  living.  Hopefully healthfully and cleanly! And with a good GPA!

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