Persepolis
Nov. 12th, 2011 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethToday I read Persepolis, which we'll be studying from Wednesday for Contemporary Narrative.
I kind of can't deal. This whole unit has been grisly death, war, persecution and (attempted) suicide. I think I'm going to have to prioritise my mental health above getting a decent grade and just leave the things in the lessons and not do much studying outside of that. Which will mean putting in only about a quarter of the work, maybe less, but if there were a lesson that required me to repeatedly bang my head against the wall I'd opt out of that, and I think that would hurt less.
Humans suck. Humans are stupid and selfish and evil. Not all of them, just the ones we've been reading about in that lesson.
I'm going to have to go watch Doctor Who instead, I can't deal with that other view.
Because I'd rather live in the hopeful places, thanks. Even if the other stuff is 'reality'.
I kind of can't deal. This whole unit has been grisly death, war, persecution and (attempted) suicide. I think I'm going to have to prioritise my mental health above getting a decent grade and just leave the things in the lessons and not do much studying outside of that. Which will mean putting in only about a quarter of the work, maybe less, but if there were a lesson that required me to repeatedly bang my head against the wall I'd opt out of that, and I think that would hurt less.
Humans suck. Humans are stupid and selfish and evil. Not all of them, just the ones we've been reading about in that lesson.
I'm going to have to go watch Doctor Who instead, I can't deal with that other view.
Because I'd rather live in the hopeful places, thanks. Even if the other stuff is 'reality'.