2.22.2005,09:46
going through the motions
it's not that i don't care, i just care more about finishing than anything else. some of my classes are still interesting, especially the seminar ones where i don't have to sit tight and get lectured at all class -- we have discussions instead. i only really have two lecture-based classes this term but that's more than sufficient to remind me how over them i am.

i know i've felt this way before -- last time i was about to grad (from highschool). kat's feeling pretty much the same way, and quel suprise, she's grad-ing this year too. i told her that it's not neccessarily a bad thing because the apathy and impatience just mean you're ready to move on and do the next thing. so i guess i should take my own advice, but i'm already in countdown mode. seven weeks and three days to go (not including finals), which can also be counted as six papers, one presentation, and two exams.

apathy can be a problem though. i'm especially sick of the same old poli sci bullshit (why do we breed the most arrogant professors??) and so this canadian foreign policy class that is just another way of being cynical about the same old shit is kind of killing me. wheneve people start talking in that class, it's so frustrating becuase they never actually have a point and so i find myself thinking "yes, okay, we get it, you're clever. now can we actually talk about something?" and it's the students and the prof. i'm sick of everyone acting like they have something to prove, and that being more important than actually figuring things out or solving problems. my big problem with apathy though: I have to come up with a paper topic, which is a lot harder when you don't care.
 
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