Tuesday, November 9, 2010
On Monday I received the two page summary to that day's readings with the comments of, " Assess the readings...This is more like a paper that integrates material from the readings...Explain the context. What was RENAMO [a rebel group from Mozambique]? At first I was very confused. I felt like I had... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
One Month Away
I am officially one month away from taking my final seminar session. The reality has not set in as I feel that the final seminar is a million years away. When one has plenty of things to do between now and a future date the finish line seems far away. I have five more seminars to take with readings... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
A Great Sister
I was on the road to work on Saturday morning when I realized that I had forgotten to bring my course syllabus and was too far along to turn back. I had written the library call numbers of some texts that I felt would be useful sources for my twenty page paper on the syllabus itself. I had found the... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Wonderfully High
I have been feeling a wonderful high since Thursday night when Dr. Spektor accepted my proposed topic for the twenty page paper. I wrote about how I wanted to explore Western influence on Mobutu's decision making process. Dr. Spektor e-mailed back that the topic I was proposing was "interesting" and... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Still Writing Well
The two page summary I was feeling leery about before gaining confidence in it received a mark of, "Very good comparison of [authors] Gleijeses and Stockwell." In it were a few grammatical things. Looking around at the papers I noticed that a bunch of us seemed to have more markings than usual. From... Sign in to see full entry.