I was very excited to receive an offer from a school for PhD study. All in all, though, this first semester has been not what I anticipated. For all I know, the feeling is mutual. I am beginning to get a little fearful. Though I do not wear my feelings on my sleeve, there is a point where stuffing emotions is not healthy.
In one class, I feel I have been scapegoated, the instructor taking issue with every single comment, every time -- and I am not the most vocal participant. My writing has also been eviscerated. In another class, the teacher offers no syllabus, really, and contradicts self from class to class. On the one hand, one could say this gives us flexibility. On the other, it is profound unpredictability.
Help!
