It seems I’m one of the lucky ones. There are thirty-seven in the starting class for the English Masters Program. We all had to register for classes today, the same classes that second year students also take, which all have a cap of 18 students. Some students were waitlisted on their first two choices and even their third choice for the two classes that they had to take. Because of my (say it with me) immigration status I have to take three classes to qualify as fulltime—but I managed to enrol in all three of my choices. So, starting this Wednesday I will be taking Approaches to Teaching Writing (compulsory for my position as a Writing Centre Associate, and no, I won’t spell Centre the odd American way), The New 18th Century (and don’t ask me what was wrong with the old one) and Dickens. I suppose my choices were unfashionable. Everyone seemed to want the Modernism subject and contemporary theory. But I’m happy.