Can't believe I'm saying this, but...

[mandolin]

Seriously - if your first class of grad school, a double-numbered class at that, reduces you to tears when you're less than halfway through the course, isn't that a good indicator that you're probably not cut out to tackle courses beyond that?

I can't rewrite a project proposal to pacify the members of my group in two days. I can't meet the technical expectations of at least one of our members. I can't even get one of the members to respond to any of my e-mails. I can't get a decisive answer out of my professor to save my life. I can't seem to wrangle a freaking thesis paragraph after half an hour of trying to work things out with another group member's help.

And I'm supposed to be in CHARGE.

Yeah.

Not exactly inspiring leadership. Not even coherent leadership, come to think of it.

If this is an indicator of things to come, I'm seriously considering trying my damnedest to somehow get a good paper grade this semester (just for my group members) and then getting out for my health.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm starting to think that grad school was a bad idea.

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[melrae.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Okay feel free to discard this info but sometimes being the one in charge means saying you've had a chance to voice your opinion and you haven't so here is the choice I made.

I am in leadership of a spiritual group and sometimes its like hearding cats. Somethings we have come up with is the like hearding cats thing, e-mail is not an effective means of communication and when all else fails you are the one in charge so make the decision if the group cries foul well remind them you tried to get thier input and they failed to respond. Chocolate is golden. Don't be afraid to crack the whip. If your instructor is not meeting expections remember you are paying for that class. :o)

Hope this helps,
Melrae