Lol. You'll be hella wishing you had classes when your writing your dissertation.
Yeah, maybe. But these classes just seem like they are retarding my progress tho and fucking with my head. I did shit a little different than normal. I went into the program a semester late so I could work longer and save money. Last January was spent doing classes while trying to get grants/funding to fund my research project in the summer. Some of that money didn't come through so I ended up having to re-plan my approach and I ended up taking time off of school to go into the field during this semester, so I could collect some data for my thesis. That kind of fucked me over because I had to do field prep while taking classes, and then I missed classes to go into the field.
Now I'm just getting the last of my shit done. I don't like deadlines. Had I started at a normal time things would have been easier cuz then doing field work into the semester wouldn't have been an issue - so my bad, but I needed money. Most people I go to school with have funding via their parents, but I don't come from a rich background.
But anyway, despite that all. I've managed to get at least some of my thesis written already, one chapter down, I did that in my first semester, this semester I haven't had time. and trust I write better in that than I am right here right now so please don't judge me. haha. I am good with that shit - I've been working in my study area for a while and I know it better than most people - even the dude who is teaching a class in my area said I know it better than him, he's on my committee. I know I can get that shit done. It's the classwork, writing exams, writing papers on topics I don't want to write about, and being asked to teach classes that is fucking me up. Just let me focus on my work. But now I'm just bitching so I'll shut up. haha.