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Sep. 5th, 2002 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tylikI am really tired again. I also have either low level allergy problems (I so hope not -- between the shots and the antihistamines, I had been doing very well -- so well I've been thinking of cutting back on the antihistamines) or a mild cold like thing. Probably related. Despite all that, class went fairly well, except for that bit near the end of bagua when I could barely stop yawning (and we were learning cool new stuff, too). Still having probelms with my hip, but I think I know what to do with that.
What has actually changed today is that I'm much more seriously considering going back to school for a few quarters. I went down today and asked what it would take to register. They pulled up my files, said "too late for fall quarter, otherwise, fill out this piece of paper, everything is set up, you're in good standing" etc. etc. So then I trekked on over to the Asian language department -- first time I've talked to them since I stormed out in a huff on finding out that a clerical error on their parts was going to mean I couldn't graduate.
The only reason I was really doing this was that my Chinese has gotten a lot better since I left Microsoft -- enough so that it seems worth my while to go back and brush up some on classical, and maybe see if I can get up to a level where I can take the Revolutionary lit class I always wanted. (Lu Xun is a favorite author of mine, so sue me.) And I figured if I was going to be going back to the department at all, I really should figure out what I have to do with my degree.
Yes, the requirements have changed since then. But as it turns out, the change doesn't much effect me. I had been told that I could argue that my central asian literature classes could probably satisfy the messed up requirements, but I'd never bothered to make the arguement. But it turns out, that if I take more classical, and *any* literature courses, I'll be done. If I want to be. I think what I would like to do is take the classical soon -- winter quarter would be perfect, that's when the right class will be offerred. I'll need to drill a lot to be up for the literature classes that are in Chinese, but I'm pretty sure I can do it. (And one of these days, I really need to get up to speed on writing Chinese on a computer...) Hell, last time around I was juggling a job, a full class load, too many relationships, and I skipped out on a year of classes that were strongly recommended prerequisites. Anyhow, take the classical soon, and then take more classical and see what kind of literature courses are being offerred.
I'm still not sure that I want to do this, but it's looking a lot more appealing. Returning will be weird...
There's part of me that doesn't want to go back unless I know what I'm going to do with it. I always felt pretty weird that I pushed myself so hard to get the education I did (I have enough credits for a major in Near Eastern Languages and Civ, and a good start on a Jackson School degree as well)... managed not to graduate (mostly, I admit, out of disgust) and then turned around and did absolutely nothing with any of it.
And of course, maybe more to the point, if I was going to do something with it, what would it be? I don't know if I want to pursue a foreign service career any more (though it is in many ways enticing). Of course, it would be great prep work for spending a year in China...
What has actually changed today is that I'm much more seriously considering going back to school for a few quarters. I went down today and asked what it would take to register. They pulled up my files, said "too late for fall quarter, otherwise, fill out this piece of paper, everything is set up, you're in good standing" etc. etc. So then I trekked on over to the Asian language department -- first time I've talked to them since I stormed out in a huff on finding out that a clerical error on their parts was going to mean I couldn't graduate.
The only reason I was really doing this was that my Chinese has gotten a lot better since I left Microsoft -- enough so that it seems worth my while to go back and brush up some on classical, and maybe see if I can get up to a level where I can take the Revolutionary lit class I always wanted. (Lu Xun is a favorite author of mine, so sue me.) And I figured if I was going to be going back to the department at all, I really should figure out what I have to do with my degree.
Yes, the requirements have changed since then. But as it turns out, the change doesn't much effect me. I had been told that I could argue that my central asian literature classes could probably satisfy the messed up requirements, but I'd never bothered to make the arguement. But it turns out, that if I take more classical, and *any* literature courses, I'll be done. If I want to be. I think what I would like to do is take the classical soon -- winter quarter would be perfect, that's when the right class will be offerred. I'll need to drill a lot to be up for the literature classes that are in Chinese, but I'm pretty sure I can do it. (And one of these days, I really need to get up to speed on writing Chinese on a computer...) Hell, last time around I was juggling a job, a full class load, too many relationships, and I skipped out on a year of classes that were strongly recommended prerequisites. Anyhow, take the classical soon, and then take more classical and see what kind of literature courses are being offerred.
I'm still not sure that I want to do this, but it's looking a lot more appealing. Returning will be weird...
There's part of me that doesn't want to go back unless I know what I'm going to do with it. I always felt pretty weird that I pushed myself so hard to get the education I did (I have enough credits for a major in Near Eastern Languages and Civ, and a good start on a Jackson School degree as well)... managed not to graduate (mostly, I admit, out of disgust) and then turned around and did absolutely nothing with any of it.
And of course, maybe more to the point, if I was going to do something with it, what would it be? I don't know if I want to pursue a foreign service career any more (though it is in many ways enticing). Of course, it would be great prep work for spending a year in China...
