Fall Semester Plan

Though this semester will have my lightest courseload in terms of credits--at the school's minimum of 12.0---I'm going to be incredibly busy this semester.

-Half of those credits are split between two labs, one for Chem, one for Physics. Time in lab: 10 hours/week
time outside of lab: whatever it takes to write 1-2 lab write-ups per week.

-I'm doing an independent study, too, which is a required 10 hours of work/week, which is silly because I definitely don't spend that much time in any normal 3-credit class.

-I'm taking one normal, lecture-style class. Which is still going to be difficult. Really difficult.

In addition, I have two part-time jobs.
-One is 8-9 hours/week at the library. I love working at the library, actually. I worked there last summer (2007) and have been surprised at how quickly a lot of the proceedures have come back.
-The other is capped at 5 hours/week. I'm not allowed to do more, which is nice because I would but I shouldn't. It's a gradership for one of the entry-level physics classes, though I won't write which in case any of my students find this blog. I'm the only grader for a large class, so I am grading mostly on completion of the problem set, and choosing ~2 problems to grade in more detail.

I bought a 10-pack of red ballpoint pens. The first problem set is due this week. I am so excited!

So between that all, I'm pretty busy this semester, and mostly I see myself living in the physics building. Which will be okay, I guess. At the least I'll be a familiar face in the department.