Daily Zoughts - Nov 04 2023 (Sat)

Today wasn't as productive as I hoped. I had to start writing a 6 page essay for the gen ed class I'm taking, and I spent forever trying to get an intro paragraph together. Hopefully more progress happens tomorrow, as I'd like to get this incredibly unfun assignment out of the way.

The essays that really kill my motivation are the ones where I have to do research. There was a class last semester (While You Were Sleeping) that had two back to back essays (one 5 pages, one 8 pages). But those essays didn't really require research, they were just about my life. One was about my sleep schedule and what I did to hurt/help it, and another was analyzing my dreams. Both those essays were quite fun, and progress was very smooth. I'd say that class was easily the best gen ed I've taken.

Now that I've said that, the obvious next thing to do is to make a gen ed tier list. I don't feel like writing out explanations for the placements so I'll just give the list:

A: While You Were Sleeping

B: Writing the Essay 2, Data Structures C: Intro to Sociology, Ethics and Society, Language, Intro to US Education

D: Writing the Essay 1, Children and the Media, Looking Back on Growing Up F: Intro to Macroeconomics

Well I guess I can elaborate a bit on the Language class. The first third is a C tier, the second third is an A tier, and the last third is a F tier. So to average it out, C tier.

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