Current Music: Alison Krauss & Union Station – New Favorite – The Lucky One

I’ve been thinking a little bit about my future academic career (for the next year or two, anyway) and I’ve come up with something resembling a plan.

I’ve been having a lot of trouble in the discrete mathematics component this year, but I think I’ll take the pretest for Computability: The Scope and Limitations of Formal Systems just to see how badly I do. The work gets harder next year, but maybe it won’t be as bad in terms of having faculty who can assist me. I don’t really want to give up computer science, I just don’t want to beat my head against the wall constantly because I can’t understand material in one component.

As a backup, I’m thinking about possibly enrolling in Power in American Society. This sounds like an intriguing program taught by one of the better-known faculty on campus. More than likely, I’ll register for this initially while I wait for a faculty signature override for Computability.

I’m still undecided as to whether to graduate next year (04-05) or the year after (05-06). I’m not sure I’m really ready to be done yet. Still thinking about it.