Already three weeks into my fourth term - can you believe it? I'm over halfway done with my Masters degree. Outrageous.
A bit of boring catch up:
Right now I'm taking two very business-heavy electives, Managerial Leadership and Human Resource Management. ML is Tuesday and Thursday mornings and requires a lot more out of class work than my previous classes here at Regents and... I won't lie, I kind of like it. I like a challenge.
HRM is on Friday afternoons (what an evil thing to do to a 22 year old American living in London) and it's a little boring, the usual lecture and notes but not quite as participative as my ML class.
HRM is on Friday afternoons (what an evil thing to do to a 22 year old American living in London) and it's a little boring, the usual lecture and notes but not quite as participative as my ML class.
For once I'm in the minority in both my classes for being American; the rest of the class is German, Hungarian, Middle Eastern, Thai, Kazak, Turkish... that makes discussion kind of funny sometimes. Also, a lot of the boys seem to be in this program in London mainly to bide their time before going back home to be princes or dukes or whatever they are. They contribute in class discussions, but half the time they're just trying to be cute and goof off.
So I heard this story about Emma Watson, that actress who plays Hermione in the 'Arry Pottah movies, and her first week in class at college in the US: Poor thing's trying to blend in with the other students at her university, but after raising her hand to answer a question in chemistry someone shouts from the back of class "THAT's TEN POINTS FOR GRYFFINDOR!!"
Haha - If you're not familiar with Harry Potter then this is meaningless, but Emma Watson's feelings aside, it struck me as hilarious.
And lately, I'm such a Hermione. I wasn't always the person who would voluntarily speak up in class but for some reason I'm all over it in this Managerial Leadership class. Of course, I started participating more and more throughout my four years at Millsaps and now in grad school I'm usually pretty involved, but it's like I keep accidentally having the right answer at the right time way more often than is cool. Maybe it's because I'm one of the only native English speakers, I don't know... yeah let's just say that.
But it's getting to be pretty embarrassing. I'm just waiting for someone to call me out for being a seriously eager beaver.
That's TEN POINTS for Gryffindor!
And lately, I'm such a Hermione. I wasn't always the person who would voluntarily speak up in class but for some reason I'm all over it in this Managerial Leadership class. Of course, I started participating more and more throughout my four years at Millsaps and now in grad school I'm usually pretty involved, but it's like I keep accidentally having the right answer at the right time way more often than is cool. Maybe it's because I'm one of the only native English speakers, I don't know... yeah let's just say that.
But it's getting to be pretty embarrassing. I'm just waiting for someone to call me out for being a seriously eager beaver.
That's TEN POINTS for Gryffindor!
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