January 29, 2006
On Second Thought
I've decided my problem with school right now isn't so much the people. It's more the vastness of it. All the things that I should know, but don't. This is exaggerated by my field, which - due to its interdisciplinary nature - says that I can't just focus on literature, but I need to have a holistic understanding of the way economics, politics, history, and social practices affect it, leading to the overwhelming recognition that I can't know it all.
Thus the urge to move from ideas to objects, something concrete and tangible. I need to see progress. I need to feel like I'm getting somewhere in all of this, not just treading the water.
Posted by kea at January 29, 2006 10:37 AM