Today was the first day of class and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. He acknowledged that it is a lot of work, but reassured us that the chapters we will be reading are short. The longest chapter in one of our books is apparently only eight pages, so that's really good news. I'm still waiting for my books to come in the mail, though, but he promised to make copies for me if they aren't here by the end of his office hours.
As for the paper, I feel no less prepared than anyone else in the class. There are only three of us, and one of the others hasn't written anything longer than nine pages, and that was for a class last year. She's also concerned about the essay exam, but compared to the ones my adviser gives in her classes, these exams won't be too bad. I can tell this girl is worried, though, so maybe I'll see if they want to do a study group one night. She hasn't had class with either of us before and she even referred to herself as an outsider during her introduction, so we will definitely have to fix that.
Overall, I'm way less worried than I was before. And I hate to admit that the stupid honors director may have been right. But he may have been. Maybe. There are still seventeen days left of class for him to be wrong. Even worse, though, I want him to be right because I want to graduate with honors. Failure is not an option, lol.
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