Hello everyone!
I survived my first week of spring semester classes, and I am beyond overwhelmed. Luckily, I have Fridays off and that gives me the day to finish any work that I did not get to during the beginning of the week. I do not know what I was thinking of scheduling an hour and fifteen minute classes for all of my five courses this semester; the time does not seem much, but to be going back and forth and sitting for that long in class each day, can feel really exhausting.
Additionally, next week I am officially starting my new job as a Writing Studio Tutor at my university’s Learning Center. I am excited, anxious and nervous about starting this position. My biggest and only fear is not being an effective tutor. I do not expect to know every grammar rule, but I do want to do my best to help students who need assistance.
Although my Fridays will mostly consist of catching up and finishing my schoolwork—I am determined to devote my time in my busy schedule to read. Currently, I am inundated with required reading material—which kind of depresses me because none of the books that I have to read for my classes are at all intriguing. But I have to do what I have to do—I pay my professors lots of money to tell me what do, right?
For my Mexican History and my Oral History classes, we are reading:
- Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 by Inga Clendinnen
- Life and Death in the Delta by Kim Lacy
- Doing Oral History by Donald A. Ritchie
As an FYI, I am not doing any book reviews for any of these books. I don’t want to bore you with boring reviews about boring reading material. As of right now, I am reading a superb and excellent recreational book. I am determined to finish it up today, so a book review will be written about it soon!
Also, in regards to my Little Free Library project, I received my Little Library in December, and fortunately I am making great progress with it! On Monday, I am going to propose to my university’s History Club if they would like to help decorate the book exchange—which I don’t think they’ll have a problem with—and just a few days ago, I found a location for the Little Library. My goal is to have it installed by May, but I shall see how things pan out in the coming months. I will continue to post any updates about the Little Free Library and its progress through my blog. I can’t wait to post the finish product of my Little Library when it is officially done. So please, stay tuned!
x, Kayla
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