Saturday, November 6, 2010
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.
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.