Ask Minerva: How to Survive AP's and Junior Workload 101

Question: Advice for surviving APs/Junior workload?

Answer: Hello there, thank you for your question, avid worshipper! Unfortunately, I, too, suffer from my own APs… Aaron Plebowski, Asinius Pollio, Aaron Pellowski…

All joking aside, my mortal, there are many things to be worried about other than APs and the workload from the academia. However, because you mortals have the undying need to always compare yourselves to the peers around you to measure your value, I will tell the story of an idiot mortal named Arachne…

Arachne was a weaver who thought she was better than I. Stupid, right? I didn’t think it was true, so I came to look just in case, disguised as an old woman. I warned her to not compare herself to me, the all-mighty goddess of the crafts, but her hubris said otherwise. I revealed myself in all my glory, and at once, we both went to work immediately. In the end, everyone marveled at her weaving, but before everyone had a final consensus, I RIPPED her weaving and bonked her in the head! Then I turned her into a measly little spider.

Moral of the story: Destroy your competition.

Orr… Don’t compare yourself to others. You’ll just disappoint yourself. And get enough sleep. That’s good too, I guess...

P.S. As for “junior workload”, that’s just a cute euphemism for child labor. It’s normal to have to listen to your paterfamilias. Deal with it. You’re lucky he hasn’t exercised his power enshrined in the Twelve Tables over life and death on your measly mortal existence or sold you to a band of plebeians.