Samit Sharma
Published January 6, 2017
Happy New Year, matey!
Say hello to the first Weekly Email Blast of 2017. 2017 is a prime number. 1 and 2017 are it’s only divisors. 2016 had 36 divisors. And 53 Fridays. 2017 will have 52 Fridays. So in terms of number facts, 2016 was better.
I feel awfully boring today. Maybe because I’ve been studying for my Economics prelim tomorrow. You know, Arts students have it easy. The subjects we get to pick are easy and mostly interesting. Sadly, economics is a compulsory subject for us. There’s no running away from it. I like economics in general ’cause it has something to do with money. But the economics in my textbook is lame. Also, impractical.
I get why we should learn about demand, supply, markets, commercial and central banking but I don’t get why we have to learn about 1936 laws on propensity to consume and propensity to save among other stale concepts. Economics should keep up with the changing world, not cling on to what a now dead guy said before my grandparents were born. Also, would it hurt to sneak in a chapter on taxes? We’ll all have to deal with taxes no matter what we do in life, might as well teach us before we’re adults.
End rant.
I’ve also been awfully sleepy lately. Partly because the weather’s nice, partly because I’m supposed to study. I have a prelim every other day next week. It’s a shame I have to spend the last few weeks of this pleasant pseudo-winter studying. I could spend this cool weather napping or reading or drinking coffee, but I instead I’m stuck reading textbooks and drinking coffee to keep me from falling asleep. Ah, January.
I’ll get back to studying determinants of Aggregates now.
Bye!
Tis, mate, was Weekly Email Blast, email 94. Happy weekend !!!
All Things Sam 