Yeah, I’m still here and finally back.

The second half of the semester was rough. My sociology course kicked my ass, but I think I kicked back pretty well. My professor said she was impressed at how well I hung with the soc PhDs. I guess I picked up more sociology theory in my previous GWS courses than I had thought. Or sociology comes fairly easy to me. Because while I struggled to keep up with the group, I got a B. Can’t say I’m not disappointed in not getting an A, but it was a hard earned B. My professor is also fierce in terms of editing, so my lit review was heavily written upon. Having a journal editor as a professor is a risk!

The only part that I’m really kicking myself over is the final. I went in nervous, but confident, perhaps too confident and nervous? Because there was one question about explaining which theory to use and why, then set up an experiment to test said theory. I wrote on all of that EXCEPT explaining the experiment. I set it up, but ended with that. It didn’t even cross my mind to come back around and EXPLAIN what results might look like, mean, etc. Until about 4 hours after I turned it in. ARGH! Oh well…

For my actual public administration course, I got a B as well. Most of the grade was based on attendance and well, this semester was pretty tough on my schedule, so it’s understandable. Sad, but understandable. But it was a good class to have taken.

Now it’s summer and I’m on break. Reading for fun, burning through books and working on other projects I had to put aside during the semester.

For the fall, I’ll be taking a methods course and possibly a government communications course. I need to make sure it will count and be best to take it. I might also end up with an independent study as a few of the courses I do need aren’t offered for a few years. Time is not of essence to me, but being efficient is. Hard to be efficient when so many classes are so tempting!