I’ve lost my mind
As if losing my mind and completely obliterating my short term memory isn’t enough, tonight I’m stuck with these ridiculous articles for my international development economics class tomorrow night:
- The Mystery of the Vanishing Benefits: Ms. Speedy Analyst’s Introduction to Evaluation - Martin Ravallion
- Conditional Cash Transfers, Schooling, and Child Labor: Micro-Simulating Brazil’s Bolsa Escola Program - Bourguignon, Ferreira, and Leite
Basically, at this point I want to rip my eyes out. Here’s why:
What on earth do those equations mean?! I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.
I turned the page of the article and found another one:
I couldn’t even fit the entire equation into the picture - that’s how bad it is. WHY? I don’t even know what I’m reading anymore and it’s driving me crazy. I really hope it doesn’t get any worse.
***Side note: I understand that the preceding paragraphs have explanations on what each variable means, but there’s no way I’d be able to remember it all. I don’t have the brain space for that. I also don’t have time to flip back and forth through pages of meaningless words.
The best part about this is that I have to tell the class what I’ve learned from these articles. I guess I’m okay with telling people I learned absolutely nothing from these articles and that those equations don’t have any significance in my life. At this point in the semester, I don’t care what people think of me.
I just want to graduate (23 days).
