The First Week

My name is Erica and I am a first semester grad student at the University of Pittsburgh, studying to receive my Masters in Library Information Sciences. This is a blog to document my first semester as a graduate student, for my LIS2600 class. Our syllabus states:

"The blog will serve as a diary of your educational experiences for Summer 2010. You are expected to post to it at least two times each week during the course of the term, beginning on May 19 and ending on August 2. Postings may include personal observations, including questions, complaints, emotional ventilation, etc., as well as references to relevant materials not included in the course syllabi."

I don't think besides my classmates would find this blog interesting, but that's quite alright :-)

This week has been overwhelming for me. All the readings and assignments I have had to do in my first week of class is more than probably all 4 years of reading assignments I had in undergrad. I am also facing another difficulty this week; I got a cold the day before classes started. Reading while honking your nose every two minutes and all the medicine is slowing me down for the week, but I have managed to pull through and still will be able to stay on top of all my assignments.

Now back to reading...