“and february was so long that it lasted into march…” – dar williams

this has officially been the longest semester of my grad school career and its not even half over yet. after a while (approx 8 years at loyola now between undergrad and grad), you have to take a step back and seriously ask yourself, “self, why am i paying $2k a class to teach myself the concepts and then have some half-wit who has no teaching credentials at all criticize my work?” the answer used to be clear – everyone knows that you pay for the degree, not the knowledge – but im starting to seriously question the value of said degree at this point.