Students: I have 25 students in class, and 23 of them are male. That makes for a strange classroom dynamic. The good news is all of them have been polite and generally responsive, but we shall see how the rest of the semester goes. I'm a little concerned about the two women. Not because they may struggle academically, but because they are so preposterously out numbered. I hope that they find a platform in this class that gives them a confidence boost.
Classes: holy readings batman. For those of you considering PhD school, get your reading caps on. I finished the second full book assigned to me yesterday. I'm also taking 9 hours (3 classes) so it might be a little bit of an exaggeration in some experiences, but also whoa. Classes themselves are interesting, seem to be really good people. But there are for sure moments that I clamp my hands over my ears to stop my head from spinning. I have a feeling this is only going to be a more frequent reaction. Hopefully my brain will acclimate and be less dizzy moving forward.
Alarmingly, we had a cool front come through. Let me explain. The temperature dropped about 5-10 degrees and I honestly thought it was much improved from yesterday. Now the high today was 97 degrees. My Midwestern roots are cowering from the oppressive heat. This can't be real life that 97 is cool. And sure by comparison, but not actually cool. I'm still sweating more than normal.
With any luck, it will indeed start to cool down. To like a real amount where an average human could wear pants and not instantly regret this decision.
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