So today instead of not feeling "ready" to tackle a Masters course I feel mixed. During my three hours of class time I felt out of place because I didn't know who these authors/topics/subjects that a lot of my classmates were throwing out. BUT I felt smarter because the questions they were asking were simplistic. I mean, we are essentially studying how to right a research paper. Nothing we are learning is difficult or beyond the grasp of an normal student. Seriously. What we are researching might be, but not the process.
I was almost in a nervous breakdown because everyone was discussing and coming up with plans for the comprehensive exam that you take after your 12 courses to prove you were actually paying attention in class. There is NO WAY in the world I'm ready to even come up with a PLAN to take the exam much less wonder how the exam is going to formatted or graded. So after I went to the bathroom and told myself I'm NOT in over my head I realized this:
1. This is my first class in this program. FIRST. Of course I don't know what every else knows.
2. If my classmates have gotten this far and are still asking wildly simple questions I think I'll be doing fine.
3. I think this may be a case of my classmates thinking everything has to be incredibly difficult because they are "Masters Students." Lighten up guys.
So I'm gonna stick with it and I'm gonna continue taking classes. I can only get smarter from here, right?
RIGHT?!
b, i find that lots of people throw a few books and authors... even if they haven't read them because they think they are supposed to and the the ideas in those books are not revolutionary anymore so it is easy to throw the ideas around. AND you know it's the first part of the class so everyone is trying to sound smarter than they really are.
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