My Rad PhD Quest!

I am a full-time employee at a university who has made the wise decision to pursue doctoral studies at this late stage of career and life. Will hilarity or insanity ensue?

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Yeah, yeah. I'm disagreeable.  

Semester is going well so far.  I am super busy, though, and I haven't even seen the syllabus for my class that meets Monday afternoons.

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Old School

The semester starts on Wednesday! I am teaching a class of 35 students.  Looked at my classroom today, and it has not changed since I was an undergrad. I have a chalkboard! A table! Some Chairs! A screen but no projector!! Can't wait!!

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Fall semester is nearly done

The fall semester is nearly over.  I have one paper left, on which I must score a 10% to get an A in the class, and one group presentation left. Might as well start the semester break now!

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20/10

After having procrastinated all week on this paper that is due tonight, I am using a series of 20/10s to get it done.  20 minutes of work followed by 10 minutes of goofing off.  I have found this process works very well when I am lacking motivation.

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A Word to the Wise

When posting in Blackboard, type your posts in Word and copy/paste if spelling/word usage is not your forte.  Seriously. Do it.

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The Ph.D. Student's Ticking Clock

Life is complicated. So is getting graduate students to finish faster.

Some scary reading for Halloween season!

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Working for the Weekend!

It's Friday! I can't wait for the weekend. I have been extremely busy, going to class, working 8-5, teaching, etc.  I can't wait to relax, watch football, and....wait...CRAP! I have 120 pages of my law text to read by Monday. 

[boohooray]

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Should I get my Ps.D. Instead?!?  The regalia is more interesting.

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I get to teach my first class tomorrow . . .

. . . HUZZAH! I am very excited to learn from my students.  Also, the two classes I am taking seem very doable.  Fall semester is going to be so much more chill than spring and summer were. 

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First day of classes!

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PhD Quest is 1 year old!

Which means I start my 2nd year of doctoral work this semester.  School starts Monday!

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APA Citations

For what it's worth, Googlescholar does the best job of providing correct APA citations.  Even if I find an article elsewhere, I look it up on Googlescholar to copy/paste the APA citation.  All you have to do afterwards is change the font (and possibly the indents).  I'm lazy like that.

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Residency complete!

21 hours of coursework is over in one year! I have 18 days until the Fall semester starts. Sigh... (of relief this time).

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The No-Fail Secret to Writing a Dissertation

The secret is that there is no secret. So sit your butt down and write.

Is it that simple?

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The Tyranny of Summer School

Taking a class that meets every day for only one hour is a piece of cake for one used to 3-hour classes. That is, until one realizes the reading load will require one to read several chapters/articles EVERY NIGHT. Looks like my next two weekends will be filled with reading to get ahead of schedule.

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About to take the scariest class of my life...

It is entitled "Gender and Aging."  Here's to facing fears head on!  (I wonder if any department offers a course on "Dying Alone and Penniless?")

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27 Struggles Every Grad Student Knows To Be True

Oops, just called something "problematic" again.