Before anyone says it, I haven’t seen the Adam Sandler movie that the “Back to school, back to school, to prove to daddy I’m not a fool” quote comes from. I haven’t seen a lot of Sandler films… I think the man is talented, but he’s not my kind of funny. No judgements, just not my cup of tea.
That stated, I am going back to school tomorrow. I have 2 courses this semester, a 2nd year course and a 4th year course, and then one course in January. I’m going to miss classes when I’m done… I really love being in the university environment, but gosh can I not afford it. Even taking the courses part-time is staggeringly expensive, and while I have no illusions that this degree will somehow make me more marketable (I’m pretty sure I’m 95% unemployable at this point), I have enjoyed several of the classes I’ve taken. Plus there’s something almost magical about being in university… you will never be surrounded by so many intelligent, driven, clever people again.
At least I haven’t been. I miss it from my first pass through the ivy-covered halls of academia, and it was really wonderful to return and find that part was mostly unchanged.
I think I’ve completed most of my required summer reading, if not all of it, but whatever I have to read next I imagine I can crush pretty quickly. I have a few larger textbooks, but only a few this semester. And this is good, because I still have a lot of writing to finish this novel. Which, speaking of, I should get back to!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!