My first semester of graduate school is in quarter terms. The material is outside of my usual scope (going from humanities to STEM is not for the weak), and the course I'm enrolled in is so short. Seven weeks! So much self-studying, so much information, so little time. And, after this quarter ends, the second quarter begins. I've yet to speak on that experience, but I will say that even with my prior preparations, I'm collecting surprises left and right. Grad school is hard. Really hard. I'm waving the white flag. I feel out of practice. (We're not dropping out,...