Help!
I’m reading three-going-on-four books at the same time. This is a most unusual state for me, who prefers to read one book at a time, one after another, over and over and over.
One is Howards End by E. M. Forster, which I have to finish in a week for Modern British Fiction.
Another is Little Kingdoms by Steven Millhauser, which is partly because I’m giving a presentation on him in a week and a half and partly because I really want to read it.
A third is a nonfiction book called Modernist Fiction, for the above class and over which I must write a three-page review in two weeks.
The fourth, which I will pick up soon, is Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, a pleasant reread for a third class, which I must review by next Tuesday.
I also have four short stories by classmates and an article on the desk, underneath a mound of grading and various other papers for scholarship applications.
And German lurks in the background.
Graduate school is neither Genius nor Perspiration, but ugly, common Time Management.
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I was going to say “All I remember from German is how to say ‘wind'” but I looked it up to be sure I was right and I was wrong. I am of no help.
I miss you and plan on emailing you soon. Sorry I’ve been out of touch, but you guys have been in my thoughts and I wanted you to know!
I am sorry it is all hitting at once but I do know your time management skills are remarkable. Hang in there because in the end it will be worth. Well, maybe not the German. But everything else.
Oy! I hear ya…
Sherri: Thanks for the encouragement!
Lori: No, not the German.
Sarah: Luckily you’re almost done. I do get to read your thesis, right? Congratulations in advance.
Heh…it doesn’t feel like almost and the thesis is nowhere near where I’d like it to be at this point. But, yes, almost done; and, yes, you can certainly read it if you’d like! Thanks for the congrats 🙂