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ACCEPTED!

Posted in Academic life, Being a scholar, Writing on May 26, 2008 | Comments Off

MY PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED!!!!!!! This is exciting for 3 reasons: I’m the sole author.  Just me.  No Chair, not really even a mentor in this area. It’s in my new specialty, the area I intend to do my dissertation in and work in, so this will give me some credibility in the field. This is [...]

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How many times can I rewrite a 2 page proposal?

Posted in Academic life, Writing on May 21, 2008 | Comments Off

I have just sent off a form of my dissertation idea as a 2 page proposal to yet a 3rd conference.  I have 1 rejection, 1 not answered yet, this is number 3 and I have to write up a longer version for AERA.  Each version only barely resembles the prior, and the ideas are [...]

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Culturally relevant school, religion and school choice

Posted in Education policy, Religion, Writing on May 2, 2008 | Comments Off

I’m an atheist.  I believe that most religious/spiritual beliefs are superstitions, totally unfounded and indicative of a less questioning  mind.  I generally believe that, at least in the US, religion is “mostly harmless”.  (The exception is things like intelligent design, but that regularly gets trounced in court.)   I am also a strong believer in [...]

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It took me longer to procrastinate than to do the work

Posted in Academic life, Procrastination, Writing on April 13, 2008 | Comments Off

I’ve been dragging my heals all week about doing the rewrite of the literature review from our conference paper.  (As it came together I realized that we were talking too much about something that didn’t make sense and not enough about something else that was important.)  I’ve been DREADING it, doing anything (exercising even) to [...]

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Work-Life-Dissertation balance and a revised graduate student work day

Posted in Academic life, Dissertation, Exercise, Jobs, Organization, Reading, Writing on April 3, 2008 | Comments Off

One of the issues of late for me has been the complete and utter lack of balance in my life.  I would go to work, stressfully work on research, then fall in to bed.  No exercise, no relaxation, and no time with friends.  This needs to stop.  So on my 3 hour each way drive [...]

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New blogs of interest to budding scholars

Posted in Being a scholar, Writing on March 19, 2008 | Comments Off

I’ve come across a couple of really interesting new blogs lately that I wanted to point others towards.  They are particularly relevant if you are interested in writing, and even more specifically academic writing. Write to Done – Written by Leo of Zen Habits fame, this blog focuses on habits and productive writing.  Although mostly [...]

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Calming down a bit….

Posted in Academic life, Graduate school, Perfectionism, Writing on March 19, 2008 | Comments Off

I was totally losing it last night – bursting into tears from stress, head pounding and feeling sick.  My husband put me to bed early and then I called in sick today. This morning, over breakfast, he finally got a couple of really good points through my stubborn, thick skull. First, this seminar is a [...]

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I am officially FREAKING OUT!!!!

Posted in Being a scholar, Graduate school, Writing on March 16, 2008 | Comments Off

I mentioned a while back that I was accepted for a modestly prestigious post-conference seminar for graduate students.  It said “Nominees must have substantially completed their courses and must have formulated a dissertation proposal.”  I’m working on my proposal (formulated but not submitted, defended or approved), so that seemed close enough. Then I got an [...]

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Collaborative academic writing

Posted in Academic life, Writing on March 10, 2008 | Comments Off

I’ve come to the conclusion that collaborative writing kind of sucks.  I sent the conference paper off to Chair this evening but realized based on his comments and my attempted revisions that we are prioritizing certain arguments differently. The result is that he crossed out things I thought were important and put in an entire [...]

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Writing, Writing, and more Writing

Posted in Being a scholar, Writing on March 9, 2008 | Comments Off

We got an extension on our conference presentation, so it’s due on Monday.  I spent 10 hours at my computer today, working on everything BUT the discussion and conclusion.  Tomorrow I will spend another 8-10 hours writing the discussion and conclusion. Before 8pm tomorrow night I will send it to chair, who will shred it [...]

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