Trouble

A C certainly isn't meaningless, and that's what I'm trying to avoid. A B means that I'm still alive.

Thanks to all of you. It's good to know I'm not alone.

My undergraduate was in English, so yes. Social theory and history are not subjects I'm used to studying. I don't get the sense of community at all. I've met with a professor, and she was nice, but there wasn't much to it. I talked, she listened, and she said come back if I needed anything. I won't have an advisor until the second year. I'll try to reach out more. Thanks.

I'm in the first semester of an MA in American Studies. I've tried skimming, reading end-to-end, reading for the goal of writing, and lately, not reading at all. I really don't know what to do to get at the level of my classmates. They are reading the material in a fraction of the required time and posting long and elaborate responses online. I don't think I'll ever get to that point. My confidence is gone. I think I'll be fine if I can get through the first semester and get into thesis territory, but there isn't much room for error, and I'm slipping fast.