Spring In the Bag, Summer Underway

While I didn't think I was going to do it, I managed to complete my first semester at UCF with top marks!

Summer semester has kept me so busy that I don't know how I'm still alive. Summer A has been a grammar class. I think it's harder as a native speaker having to learn grammar this late, and relearn a lot to be frank. It's been very intense with multiple deadlines per week. It's a 12/14 week class jammed into six weeks, so the intensity is something I expected going in. The professor is amazing! So far everyone in the UCF English department that I've had the pleasure of working with has been fantastic. 

My Roman Empire class leaves very much to be desired. Unlike the Grammar class, there is only one deadline for everything for this course. To be frank, it's as if someone told me "hey, read this cool book about Rome!". That's it. Read some. Take a quiz. Write this paper. All quiz questions will be recycled on the tests. Most of the things he says will be posted aren't (such as videos to help cement the material) and I'm teaching myself. Thank goodness for youtube and it's many offerings on history. The only reason I'm not as mad as I should be is because it's given me time to focus on my tougher class. 

Summer B starts next week and I will be taking Modern British Literature. For that I know I have two short novels to read and a pretty decent sized textbook. I know I will enjoy that one; I've skimmed over the textbook and read some selections from some of my more favored authors.

The goal for this week is to survive my Grammar final. That's all I want. Hoping for a high C, low B if possible. I highly doubt an A is in the cards at this point. Passing with a C is the goal. 

I've really changed up my studying routine and found things that have helped, so I may post about those eventually. I feel like I've streamlined the process and have found a method that works for me. 

I really miss blogging as much as I used to.