Graduate School

Can I say that school sometimes can be incredibly aggravating? I am trying to work on my masters degree here at UNLV. For me it is not only research but classes as well. I have to have 33 total credits to graduate. Well that wouldn't be difficult at all, except for the fact that each semester all graduate classes are taught during the tie frame of 5 to 7pm on Monday through Thursday. This means that we end up with an option of being able to take only 2 courses. This adds up to only 24 credits possible in two years. Not to mention that we need a variety of classes as well. You need to have several classes from different subjects and some semesters subjects just aren't taught. This makes it impossible for the student to get the 3 science, 3 policy, and 3 elective classes they need. Argh.

The reality is that education should be focused on helping students, not on being a cover for researches who do little research and even less teaching. I shouldn't cry to much about this but the reality is that a masters should take about 2 years, not 3 or 4. Especially when you want to move on to education on a higher level. How am I going to ever get to the point of where I can be a crappy teacher and screw up students careers to unless I get some help. Har har...

Well I guess that you can guess that I have just registered for classes. I will be quite unhappy if I have to leave Las Vegas later than I desire because I couldn't get classes that I needed. Oh well. Time will lead us where we need to be...