Year one

I’m close to finishing my first year as a PhD student and I must say, I feel like I know less than I did last year. I’m not sure whether that’s a result of the US system, in which there is no overarching plan, or a result of living near friends again and being busier than I’ve ever been with things other than school, or just a result of taking on classes and subjects with which I’m much less familiar. I don’t think UCLA is that much harder than other places I’ve been, but I know I haven’t been interested enough in some of my classes to spend as much time as I should on them. Maybe it’s a mix of everything, maybe I’m just getting dumber.

Regardless of what’s happening, I’m looking forward to the summer.