I wonder about myself sometimes, as I'm sure most normal people do. Am I doing the right thing with my life? Is this really going to make me happy in the long run? More specifically I have two major subject-related concerns. Some days I feel like I'm actually not very good at Latin and I wonder if I'll expose myself for a hack one of these days, and sometimes I wonder if I'm actually doing my job (teaching my little Latinists) well. These can be disconcerting thoughts.
Some days I look at a few of my peers and realize I'm just fine.
Some of my fellow grad students just don't do the work. I don't mean they skip something now and then, I mean they never complete the readings. Some make Latin 101-level mistakes that they'd call out their own students for. And then there's one poor guy who just has no self-confidence. I'm talking absolute zero. It makes me feel fortunate that I am not so full of self-doubt.
I hate to say it because it sounds so mean, but sometimes comparing myself to a select few of my colleagues (most are both skilled and hard-working, even if they'd tell you otherwise) makes me feel so much better about myself.
Song of the night is Buckcherry's "Next to You". The more I listen to them the more I find out they're a great carefree rock band that's just a lot of fun.
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I don't know anything about the people in Mass, but compared to people at Virginia (and I'm told our program ranks very highly nationwide for undergrads), you are a pretty stellar Latinist. I know this for a fact, so sit down, shut up, and don't argue (:-P).
Kelly's right, you're definitely the best Latinist here.
I would be offended at your talking about me slacking off, but it's true, so I'll just get back to my slacking now. Good day.
Ryan, you filthy liar. You know you do the work. You're no lazier than I am, that's for damn sure ;)
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