feeling the heat

im already feeling the heat of an arduous 19 hour courseload by the 2nd day.

quite a bit of reading for material science as well as economics, and guess what, it seems like japanese will be the most challenging subject. not in terms of difficulty, but in terms of the amount of time spent on it. there's already a 4 page assignment due next week, an extensive webpage project due next month, and so many other translating activity that not only requires time, but also high vocabulary that ive not used for a very long time. im very rusty, but my professor seems convinced i will have no problems in the class. it is a senior level special topics class afterall, and im the only non 4th/5th year student. i might be asking for it a little too early, i thought.

scott advised i drop english and continue with the japanese class since its something so technical, i can put on my resume, but im not sure how it will turn out. dr. tryon might not be in tech after this semester, and i kinda like his class topic and the pace of it. other classes might require more reading and more writing of essays which i am rather put off by. if i were to drop his class though, i can attend john's environmental class.

on the other hand, i could delay my material science course too, but it seems more interesting than i thought. i couldnt drop economics, coz i most probably will be taking psychology next semester and i dont want two high intensive reading classes.

so there's the big dilemma. i cant drop calculus and computer science, and those classs dont seem like it poses much of a problem for me, but my, look at the deal i have at hand here. dropping japanese off will be a big load off my back for me and i kinda want to do that instead, but im not sure if this class will be offered again.

im already losing sleep by 2nd day. was it a good choice to start off with 20 hours afterall?