Should I drop my poetry writing course?

Kristin

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It is a pass/no pass course; is not worth a grade. It is not a requirement and is not transferrable (I'm in community college). It is worth 4 credit points, though.

I currently have 17 credits, and only need 12 (for financial aid). I added it because I had an interest in poetry for a while last quarter and because I was having trouble finding other, necessary classes to add (I finally found some).

I do still like poetry, and every now and then go into writing it again, but I am a bit intimidated by it. I don't feel my work is really good enough. I do really enjoy the feeling of writing something someone thinks is great. I am not majoring in English. The professor is only alright, the class is small and I get a weird vibe in there. It is easy as hell. We write and aren't required to read it out loud, only have to turn in one poem each week (9 poems total) to the professor.

I get out of a class at 10:20, go to the library to study, get something to eat and then head to this class at 12:30. If I didn't have it, I could spend more time studying at the library. I have a lot of reading for my other three classes. I could also leave at 10:20 on MW. Today is the last day to drop without a W on our record. I turned in my first two poems to the professor on Thurs, and really am having trouble deciding because I really want to see what she thought of them. I want her feedback. If I drop, I don't get that response. If I stay and get a bad response, it'll be upsetting that I stayed. What should I do? I'm really on the fence, so I'm turning to other opinions.
Clearly, writing poetry means something to me, because I keep fighting myself about dropping it. There are just many things against it and it's really not necessary...
 
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