Nine hours being the amount of time that today’s Geology homework took, and this actually being the quickest all term that I’ve finished my week’s homework in the course.  I started at noon, as usual, and I’m actually going to be able to do something BEFORE bed.

This for a rocks-for-jocks 100-level course that’s only going to get me four credits.

Basic’ly, science courses are all screwed up in the effort-to-return ratio. This is not the first time I’ve bitched about it, but every time I do, it helps me cope.

Sociology is going rather better.  Granted, it took me five hours on Friday night to finish up my midterm paper – OK, I should come clean, it took me five hours to start, write, and finish up my midterm paper – ending with me finally getting to go to bed around 2AM, but it was more than made up for by being one of about five people – 20% of the class – who actually had their papers done.  About 40% of the class elected not to show up at all, and the remaining 40% all showed up with various excuses on the theme of “but it was Halloween last night! How could you expect me to finish a paper?”

I got some enjoyment out of the teacher telling them that he perfectly understood, and that they were welcome to turn the paper in later the same day, or at any time during the week, or even as late as next Saturday’s session…

…at a cost of one letter grade.