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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.

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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.

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Out Early

Monday's seminar was another thorough discussion of the readings. At about 4:55 with thirty-five minutes left to go Dr. Spektor asked if any of us had any more discussion questions to offer. When no one volunteered she said with a smile on her face, "You know what that means." I thought she was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Nerves Got to Him

I felt bad for Paul yesterday. Two minutes into his summary of the reading Paul started stammering. He had lost his train of thought thanks to nerves. He awkwardly looked through his notes for his next sentence but could not come up with anything. Mark, who was Paul's partner, ended up finishing the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Deer in the Headlights

Emily had the deer in the headlights look when Dr. Spektor told her that it was her turn this week to give a brief presentation of the readings. Clearly Emily had forgotten that she had signed up for last Tuesday. "Just use your two page summary," Dr. Spektor said. Unfortunately for Emily she had... Sign in to see full entry.

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