Homework!!
Updated: Jun 3, 2019
I have recently started an MSc in Positive Psychology which marks the first time I am properly studying proper stuff since I first graduated from the degree from hell over 15 years ago. I am doing the course part time and at a distance, with the first of a series of workshops coming up this weekend (v excited!).
The differences in my learning experiences compared with my first degree so far are: - I am enjoying myself!
- I don't wonder all the time why I am putting myself through it
- It feels voluntary (hang on, wasn't it last time?!)
- no Central and Piccadilly line commute :)
- plus! fascinating subject matter I even read in my spare time
- social media is used to disseminate resources and articles (there must have been a time without Twitter & Facebook but it fades into memory)
- no weekly problems sets or periodic threats of being excluded from exams for late or missing work (yes really)
I do have homework though, so far interesting and thought provoking questions to answer like 'What makes me happy?' and 'What would make me happier?'. So far I have gotten as far as completing the various happiness level questionnaires which have revealed that a. I may be depressed b. I am definitely moderate-severely depressed and c. improving my happiness level is around 40% within my control.
Perverse as it may seem - this is all good news! If scientifically based tests had revealed I was anything other than suffering from depression I would certainly not trust them and these were spot on.
It doesn't make the homework any easier knowing I could be happier as the books cant give you the magic answer. So far these homework questions...are proving as hard as those Linear Algebra problem sets!
Wish me luck.