First official day of the semester was Wednesday the 12th. I am rebelling against the constraints of my extended-study-ness and taking a whopping three classes this semester. However, only one of those met last Wednesday. The other two are Monday-only classes, and they don't meet today because of MLK Jr. Day. So they don't actually meet until a week and a half into the semester, if you can believe that.
My first class of the semester was quite nice, however. It is the ONLY section of Intro to Social Work Practice offered this semester, so it is populated by EVERY first-year extended study student in the program. And I was pleasantly surprised to discover how many familiar faces there were. Apparently I was not actually the only extended study person in both of my classes last semester. We were all just quiet about it, since we all felt vaguely like second-class citizens.
This semester may force me to face realities of being in school that last semester didn't. Last semester I did not have to buy textbooks (all the readings were online) and the only final I had was a take-home that was really just a paper. This semester, I've already spent a hundred bucks on textbooks, and the finals are lying in wait in spring. I'm glad I got that one semester of reprieve!
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