Wanna Hear Something Funny?

Here it is!

My fist 2000 word essay is due (Drum roll, please) Sunday, 18 January, 2009 by 5 p.m. (earlier, he'd like, if I'm able.)

That gives me - Calculating...calculating...73 hours to complete the reading list and write the essay. The mandatory reading list for week 1, mind you, "is considerably more than is required during the rest of the term. However, since this provides you with the methodological equipment to deal with the rest of the term's material, it is necessary to go the extra mile while you have the time."

Aparently "The vacation and first week are devoted to trying to work out just how we ought to be doing political theory, especially within what can broadly be described as the liberal tradition. Before we can start making any arguments, we have to establish just what sorts of reasons are admissible, and what criteria of justification can be applied in the absence of any real certainty about most hard questions in moral and political philosophy."

What have I gotten myself into?