Memoirs of a Blk Grad Student in the Midwest

I just finished my first year of graduate school at Indiana University and this blog is to document my matriculation through MA/PhD requirements. Poser(in)higherDevelopment will replace the traditional journals that most candidates for/PhDs utilize during grad school and while researching. It is my hope that this journal will be a stress reliever in addition to the jogging, pilates, yoga, and bike riding that I do now.
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"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." - Derek Bok

Thursday, July 15, 2010

"Work fascinates me" I can look at it for hours!

This. Right. Here. Is. MY. SWAG! There are many days when I get up, eat breakfast, and perform my daily grooming rituals and then think I'm going to put in a full 8 hours of work. That could include reading, writing, research or completing tedious, yet necessary French skills. But instead of immediately catching the bus to head to my graduate student carrel on the 9th floor of Herman B. Wells Library, by the time I'm finished with my daily routine, I'm "tired." Not that I've done anything particularly tiring, cause it's something I do everyday, but I've gotten out of my productivity mode because it took me 15 minutes to brush my teeth and wash my face instead of 10 and I've missed the bus so now I have to wait 30 mins until the next one comes.

This happens way too often and I vow that I will change my ways as I continue to do work this summer and carry on into the upcoming semester.


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