First day of class—wonderful.
Being the Art sub of 4th & 5th today—not so much.
Starting from the top:
Medieval Lit is going to be most excellent. What are we going to talk about? The portrayal of bodies. I know, but the prof is really enthusiastic and other stuff will be involved. Abstracts due weekly.
Renaissance Drama, here I actually know sorta what is going on. We are reading Mystery Plays for a little background before getting into Shakespeare before reading other stuff. Once more there are discussion questions and small weekly papers with a short paper (5-7 pages) and a long paper (approximately 11 pages).
History of Critical Theory the title makes me queasy but the class material makes me giddy. It helps I know two thirds of the class. We meet once a week, and yep, you guessed it, we have a 2 page paper due every time.
My head was swimming by the time I got home, but it was one of those moments when you realize that there is no where else you want to be.
Substitute teaching for an intermediate school was not a day in class as a grad student. One class kept ratting on each other, even about what a girl said about me. Like I care if a 10 year old thinks I am fat—though it was the first time anyone has ever told me this. Ah.
The Maternal Grandfather let me bind an article for Medieval Lit, so I look and feel like a legitimate student. Last semester my Af/Am Lit class loved him for knowing most of the materials and the history bits I passed on from him. This semester, my goal is for my buddies to want to adopt him.