So you’re writing your 7-10 page paper as previously advised, or maybe you’re saying—screw it, I’m writing this dissertation my way or the highway. In either case you’re probably wanting to get some serious work done while the iron is still hot, so to speak. But, it’s been so long since I’ve made any real [...]
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September 5, 2007
September: or the Sacking of Ismarus
Ah, September… brand new Trapper Keeper notebook, cool looking pencil case, and an optimistic attitude. You’re back to seeing people on a regular basis, eating in the cafeteria with those soft pretzels you love, having meetings with professors, teaching a class or two. You are unstoppable! And since it’s been so long since you’ve felt [...]
September 4, 2007
Are you Odysseus?
When did you begin your doctoral program?
a) none of your business
b) I don’t want to think about it
c) not sure, but I think Clinton was president
d) all of the above
What would you compare your graduate experience to thus far?
a) Iraq—Brutal, disorganized, no end in sight.
b) Watching somebody choking on a peanut butter sandwich and realizing I never learned how to perform [...]
