TGIF, apparently for the rest of the year
I got my fall schedule!
I already had my spreadsheet of the section schedules, so I was able to look at the section number I’ve been assigned and immediately pull up the full class and study schedule for it. It’s an interesting schedule, and I’m not sure what to think about it.
I have no class on Friday, which I do like. I like the idea of having a day where I can spend extended periods of time on a single item, if necessary, without interruption. No having to run off to Contracts in the middle of a difficult Torts reading, etc. It also means that if I need to run an errand during business hours, like to the bank or wherever, I can. That’s what has frustrated me the most about working the same regular business hours as everyone else; how do interact in a business setting if you’re all at your own workplaces at the same times? And, of course, it will be nice to be able to drive home occasionally without having to leave late (not that it’s a long drive. But a group of my friends meets every Friday evening, and I’d be able to be there every once in a while).
The major drawback to having Fridays off is making up the class time elsewhere. Three out of my four classes will meet every day, Monday through Thursday (the other class is MTR). So I will have readings for every class, every day. In terms of staying focused and on top of things, this is good. I won’t have time to forget everything I read on Thursday for a Tuesday CivPro, because I had Contracts Friday and Monday. In terms of work load, this is a little frightening. Theoretically, we should have the same amount of reading per week as every other section. I hope it works that way in practice. But honestly, knowing myself and the way I prioritize, it will work out much better for me to have constant work for four days a week and then have three days of “empty” time to work on larger readings, projects, student organization activities, 1L advocacy, etc.
So all in all, I’m very pleased. A couple of the professors are ones I met and talked with and had decided that I wanted to take a class with. But they only teach advanced courses that I’m not interested in, so it was 1L or nothing.
I only have three weeks left at my job. Four weeks until I move. It’s all starting feel very real, and very soon.
