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Tomorrow, registration for UT classes re-opens, and I get to finalize my fall schedule. Which is, to be honest, utterly terrifying me.
1: I want to take EVERYTHING. Sure, I didn't get into the hieroglyphics translation class, but that's probably for the best; just two non-native languages at a time. So that leaves me with Ancient Greek and Latin. But...both of those have two tracks for upperclass students, and I like all those classes offered!
2: I need at least one of each class. Technically, I only neeeeed Greek, but seeing as I want to focus on Latin, it'd be ridiculous to ditch Latin for a semester just because I've hit the bare minimum requirements.
3: Two of my favorite professors are both teaching Latin classes. I don't know any of the professors who are teaching the Greek classes, though I'm sure they're lovely people and all.
4: Koine Greek sounds like a lovely change of pace after Homeric. But Euripedes sounds a lot more interesting to study than Paul.
5: Meanwhile, the long poems of Catullus sound right up my alley, though I also like the idea of doing something from Cicero other than his Catiline speeches. But the professor teaching the former I've taken three classes from already, and the professor with the latter, only one.
6: All Latin classes are MWF. All Greek classes are TTh. The Latin classes are right next to each other; the Greek classes have a three and a half hour gap between them, which is not a very practical amount of time to deal with.
7: This isn't community college anymore, and I'm not getting financial aid right now, so every additional class I decide to take uses up money. Shiny, shiny money that could be used for attending more conventions, paying off the car loan, or building a wee bitty gazebo in the back yard. (Hey. I can dream.)
Ergo, I should take only one Greek class, and think reeeeally hard about whether I can really handle both Latin classes. (After all, I can always buy the text books for the Latin class I don't take, and study them myself at my leisure.)
But...which Greek class? Which?
1: I want to take EVERYTHING. Sure, I didn't get into the hieroglyphics translation class, but that's probably for the best; just two non-native languages at a time. So that leaves me with Ancient Greek and Latin. But...both of those have two tracks for upperclass students, and I like all those classes offered!
2: I need at least one of each class. Technically, I only neeeeed Greek, but seeing as I want to focus on Latin, it'd be ridiculous to ditch Latin for a semester just because I've hit the bare minimum requirements.
3: Two of my favorite professors are both teaching Latin classes. I don't know any of the professors who are teaching the Greek classes, though I'm sure they're lovely people and all.
4: Koine Greek sounds like a lovely change of pace after Homeric. But Euripedes sounds a lot more interesting to study than Paul.
5: Meanwhile, the long poems of Catullus sound right up my alley, though I also like the idea of doing something from Cicero other than his Catiline speeches. But the professor teaching the former I've taken three classes from already, and the professor with the latter, only one.
6: All Latin classes are MWF. All Greek classes are TTh. The Latin classes are right next to each other; the Greek classes have a three and a half hour gap between them, which is not a very practical amount of time to deal with.
7: This isn't community college anymore, and I'm not getting financial aid right now, so every additional class I decide to take uses up money. Shiny, shiny money that could be used for attending more conventions, paying off the car loan, or building a wee bitty gazebo in the back yard. (Hey. I can dream.)
Ergo, I should take only one Greek class, and think reeeeally hard about whether I can really handle both Latin classes. (After all, I can always buy the text books for the Latin class I don't take, and study them myself at my leisure.)
But...which Greek class? Which?
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(I should put up my latest Thucy translation. But it's such a lousy job of it, and that's after consulting notes and a friend and then an actual translation...)
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