That's the stuff I have to do.It doesn't look so bad in list format. Don't be fooled
In this program assignments aren't just "assignments."
In the case of 550 - Planning Theory, my partner and I have to interview both the Philadelphia and Atlanta Planning Commissions, do a literature review on the historic "planning culture" of the city (in both common press and literary journals) and then synthesize it all into a lovely term paper. (Only it's not a term paper, it's just one of three similarly large assignments in combination with two midterms and one final exam.)
In the case of 624 - Quantitative Methods, we have to sift through my professor's ridiculously vague description of an assignment and put into practice what we supposedly learned in the last three labs when we were sifting through similarly obfuscated directions. Sweet!
GIS assignments are similarly open-ended and time consuming.
678 - the graphics class - is easy conceptually - draw shit in various programs, however, it's time consuming. I'll probably come back to that periodically when my brain is too tired to think.
540 - History of Planning - finish damn research paper on "historically important planner" Patrick Geddes, then take exam on non-critical, fluff history of planning. Easy enough since it requires no deeper level analysis of history! My final exam - "Everything planners ever did was good, and even the bad stuff was ok, since they were products of their time." - Excellent, A+. I just spent $7000 in tuition on that class :)
And after finishing all the "deliverables", (a word with which I've become all too familiar this semester) I shall study for exams. Then I shall take exams. And then I shall return home and hibernate for a couple weeks, perhaps re-read Harry Potter books, and/or other highly important, non-planning literature, watch movies, snuggle with Toby, Natalie, and anyone else who'll have me (yay human interaction!), not drink alcohol or eat chocolate (thanks to the ulcer this city planning program so graciously bestowed upon me!) and smile blankly into space until my cognizant mind returns from its retreat.
I can't wait.
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"Everything Kristin ever did was good, and even the bad stuff was ok, since they were products of their time."
Yeah, something should work out. We were going to see if we could visit you on our way through to Canada. I'm assuming you'll be going home for Christmas? When would you leave for that? We're leaving MD on Dec 21st and coming back home on the 30th, so we'll be in town after that. Isaac's classes resume on the 7th of Jan., but we should get together. Dena came over for a visit when she came home for Thanksgiving so that was cool. I hear Brian is going to be in town in January as well. hmm... mini reunion in the works?
hell yeah mini reunion. I miss everyone.
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