Semester 4 starts tomorrow and it’s going to be a doozy due to the fact that it’s a expedited semester (13 weeks of course content condensed into 2.5 weeks, ouch). This semester of Political Science is about the history, so we have to read Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics, also a guy named Augustine. For this class I have to write an Exegesis as well, it’s something I’ve never heard of before but it seems hard (I have to write one on a book/“chapter” from Plato’s Republic), I’ve never done something like this. I am nervous due to the amount of readings and papers; and each class is 3 hours a day!

This is just History of Politics Part 1, Part 2 is held in June and both are separate classes (meaning they have their own credits). I also have a history course that spans May and June (it’s online) and is about post-1867, in this class I have to write a paper about the unsolved murder of William Robinson with the goal of figuring out who killed him.

This is going to be a strange semester…

Also as a side note, I hate how there are separate students loans (provincial vs federal). I’ve been taking out provincial ones when I should’ve been taking out federal as they don’t have an interest rate anymore. Provincial loans will have an interest rate 12 months after school, that’s fucking dumb, why are they different? They should be the same thing. I want to understand provincial sovereignty but at the same time I find it incredibly annoying. Semester 5 and onwards (including Masters) will be with federal loans because fuck interest rates. The interest still shouldn’t apply until I’m out of school but I’ll make sure to call my province’s loan people to make sure I don’t have to pay early because I switched to federal.

Fun fact (has nothing to do with school) I have a document on my tablet that just lists a bunch of ideas for posts I want to make here. If I have a “good” question/theme for a post I write it in the document so I don’t forget and when I have the time/willpower I can write it here.