School daze

[draconis]

For those of you who don't know, I've gone back to school in pursuit of an MIS degree, using Tennesee's "Regents Online Degree Program." If I can get all the classes I want when I want them (*big* if, I know!), I'll be finished in December of '06.

At the moment, I'm taking two summer courses -- Systems Analysis and Design, and International Law.

I knew these would be challenging, especially in an abbreviated summer timeframe, but I didn't expect this!

This week has been the highest peak in the workload so far. This week I have to:

- Take a mid-term by Wednesday, which consists of ~8-12 pages of writing (2x 3-5 page essays, plus ~2 paragraphs each on 8 topics). Fortunately, my wonderful gryphonrhi has been beta-ing my essays for me. 8-)
- Read a chapter of International Law (roughly 2 hours, even at the speed I read)
- Write a 2-3 page paper on a case discussed in that chapter by Friday
- Write ~1 page for the weekly discussion topic by Friday, plus respond to what the other students have written on that topic
- Take a quiz on that chapter by Monday
- Read 2 chapters of Systems Analysis
- Complete the exercises at the end of the two chapters by next Tuesday
- Take a 100-question exam on those two chapters by next Tuesday.

If I wasn't already registered and paid for the upcoming Dillman seminar in Indianapolis, I'd probably skip it.

God, I'll be glad when this semester is over. My pillow and I are becoming estranged! ::G::