So I'm now a full time graduate student. I have gone to the first session of each of my three classes and already I am feeling overwhelmed. The classes are great, the professors are great, and I feel like the work is do-able. I am just feeling like I know nothing and it is bothering me.
For some reason, I Googled "carbon dating" last week, just to see what it is all about. I could not even read through the entire description and I couldn't even ask a question about it, if I had wanted to. Today one of my professors showed an image of the world with blurred lines representing the flow of information being shuttled around on the internet. I wanted to raise my hand and ask, "can you explain just HOW the internet works?" I don't get it. And I know if someone tried to explain it to me, I still would not get it. I could go on with more examples of all the things that I don't know and that I don't understand, but I'm afraid I would wind up in the fetal position. I guess I am overwhelmed by my own ignorance. Welcome to graduate school!
