The Reading List... (dum, dum, dum)

I had a look at the books I need to study for uni when I start in July. Have a look below and see if you can see why I'm worried.

Jane Eyre by C. Bronte
Hamlet by W. Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead by T. Stoppard
Ariel by S. Plath
Wide Sargasso Sea by J. Rhys
Birthday Letters by T. Hughes
Alias Grace by M. Atwood

Now, I've heard of Jane Eyre and Hamlet, but the rest of them are a mystery. Of course, I'll have a read of them before uni starts and, because I'm doing part-time, I may not have to do all of them. But I can see a lot of work coming up next semester. Not that it's a bad thing, I'm acctually looking forward to starting back at uni and having something to do with my time again. I'm even looking forward to tackling that rather intense reading list, in a masochistic kind of way.

~ Australian Kiwi

I'm going back!

Yes, after deliberating with myself for a while, I decided that I was indeed going to go back to uni. I'm starting in July, studying a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English. I'm so excited and I really can't wait, I think I'm just going to eat this alive!

~ Australian Kiwi

Back to Uni?

As most of you will all be aware, I left uni earlier this year after the stress of it all got too much for me. So, you may be wondering why I'm thinking of going back mid-year. It was something my mum put to me this morning and I'm acctually seriously considering it because it sounds like a really, really good idea. La Trobe uni does a mid-year intake for their arts degree and, instead of doing the course full-time (which is four subjects a semester and eight in total for the whole year) I would do the course part-time, which would mean only two subjects a semester and four for the whole year. This would take some of the pressure off and I would only be doing subjects I enjoy. I'm not sure what I would major in, but I know that, out of the three options up here, it wouldn't be Sociology. I did some sociology when I started my social work degree and hated it, so that leaves History and English. I'd probably want to find out a little bit more about each of the majors before I made the decision. If I did go back, I would be making the commitment to go back for six months and stick it out, like a trial period. That way, if I completely bombed out in the end of year exams, it wouldn't be a problem. You'll probably hear more from me on this subject over the coming days as I hash it out. Hope you can put up with it all!

~ Australian Kiwi