One of the assignments for my Brit Lit class this past week was to put together a weekly study schedule. Since I already had one from a previous class (I love when that happens!), I just tweaked it a bit. I decided to post it here so that, in the future, when I think I'm Really Busy, I'll be able to look back at this semester (and I'm assuming this schedule will apply to next semester, too), and say, "Yeah, I'm not That Busy." And I'll feel all better.
At least that sounds like a good plan.
So.
Here it is (yes, the spacing pasted a little funky, but I'm choosing to be okay with that, since blogger won't let me fix it and I'm n-o-t re-typing it!):
Weekly Schedule
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
5:00 Wake
up, make sure daughter is up for seminary
5:00-5:30 Scripture
study
5:30-8:00 Schoolwork
8:00-9:00 Run
with Diane, weights
9:00-10:00 Shower
(etc.), breakfast
10:00-12:00 Schoolwork
12:00-1:00 Lunch,
answer emails, work on blog
1:00-5:00 Schoolwork, work (I work
part-time producing a newsletter for a local company once a month, as well as
some sporadic administrative assistant work), homework with daughter when she
gets home from school (we are study buddies!)
5:00- 6:00 Dinner
6:00-10:00 FHE (Monday), Date Night
(Friday), family/self time, tennis, walk dogs, etc.
10:00 Bed
Tuesday/Thursday:
5:00 Wake
up, make sure daughter is up for seminary
5:00-5:30 Scripture
study
5:30–8:00 Schoolwork
8:00-9:00 Shower
(etc.), breakfast
9:00-12:00 Schoolwork, VT appointments (1
day/month), appointments as needed, family stuff, YW stuff
12:00-1:00 Lunch,
answer emails, work on blog
1:00-5:00 Schoolwork, work, homework
with daughter when she gets home from school (we are study buddies!)
5:00-6:00 Dinner,
etc.
6:00-10:00 YW
(Tuesday), family/self time, tennis, walk dogs, etc.
10:00 Bed
Saturday:
-Pull school lessons for each class for the next week
-Look through school lessons to see what’s coming for the
next week
-Write out plan for all assignments (what’s due, due dates,
days to work on which assignments, etc.)
-Laundry
-Family cleaning of the house
-Family time
-Nap if needed
10:00 Bed
Sunday:
10:00 YW
Presidency Meeting/Presidency Meetings with girls
12:00 Choir
practice
1:30-4:30 Church
5:00-10:00 Dinner, family
time, youth firesides, etc.
10:00 Bed
This is the schedule I have followed in the past and it has worked
really well. I try to have the my schoolwork done by Thursday night, but with
10 credits this semester (I usually only take 6 each semester), that plan might
not be realistic. We shall see. I will have all my schoolwork done by Friday
night so I can have Saturday and Sunday to do family stuff and take a break from
schoolwork. I plan for quizzes and assignments and try to stay a day ahead
because I never know what my “real” life is going to throw at me from day to
day.
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Crazy, huh?
And on another note, we had our first weekly class "meeting" Wednesday night for the Brit Lit class. I'm really going to like my teacher, which is a really good thing, because she'll also be my teacher for American Lit next semester. We have our midterm during week 4 (it's an early midterm), and when she told us that the average grade is a C, I about hyperventilated. She then went on to say that if we do what she asks us to do, study really hard, and work together, we'll be fine. And our Author's Portfolio that's due at the end of the semester is worth more than the midterm and the final. That helped me to breathe again. And once we're done with week 4, we get to move from the Neoclassical Period into the Romantic Period, which will be way better, she says.
I hope so.
Because weeks 1-4 look really scary, and are going to be a wee bit crazy.
And I have a feeling I'm going to be learning all kinds of new stuff, since I pretty much know nothing. nada. zilch. about the Neoclassical Period. And this is all the stuff I'm going to need to know about 16 different works (none of which I've ever read) and their authors, as well as a bunch of dates:
"This is a very reading intensive course. Take notes when you read.
Know the Author's bio, as well as the thesis, narrative, characters,
historical background, and anything distinctive about the text. Create
time lines, Google the author and the text, talk
about the text and its content. Read actively. Read to find things.
Read to remember. Don't let the midterm take you by surprise. One
common comment is 'I did not know they were going to be that specific.'
It is that specific. Read specifically. Use
one another for help."
Jealous?
I thought so...
*Image courtesy of Microsoft Clipart Gallery
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