50 Hours

I registered for class for the first time in 16 years.  Now you register online.  It's pretty slick.  I got to read through the course descriptions, follow links to faculty profiles and put together the puzzle of classes required for my first semester at seminary.  Only one problem... there were seven classes I wanted to take but after registering for the fourth and then attempting for my fifth, I got an error message on my screen, "overload."

Overload?  What?  There must be something wrong.  Try again.  Same result, "overload."

I picked up the phone and called the registrar.  "There must be something wrong," I said to the kind voice on the phone.  She said that no, nothing was wrong but in fact I was limited to only 5 full credits each semester.  "But if I only take 5 credits," I argued, "I'll only have class on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays."  "What will I do with the rest of the time?"

"You'll need that for studying, reading and writing," she answered.  "Even though you're only in class for a little while, 5 credits translates to probably 50 hours a week of work."

What will I do with the rest of my time?  Apparently, those in academia are unfamiliar with the work habits of over-achieving restaurateurs.