tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51025290170307544972012-02-16T04:44:47.889-05:00Memoirs of a young scholar at PENN GSE.Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-68126925034685308082009-05-07T01:03:00.002-04:002009-05-07T01:25:31.299-04:00

Hello all. I am officially, at this moment done with my master's degree. I turned in my last two assignments this evening...I passed my thesis...i do have a bill to pay but other than that I am in the clear. Wowza! How quickly this year has gone by. I have learned so so much and I am smarter and wiser. I am also much more focused regarding my personal and research interests (I didn't think

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-74461856531852799602009-04-27T22:17:00.002-04:002009-04-27T23:14:08.178-04:00

Hello all. Two classes down and three to go!! I handed in my master's thesis about a week and a half ago!! It's all done and I absolutely love it. By the way, my master's thesis is titled Teachers and their Racial Identities: Theories and New Perspectives on Teacher Development. It's about 50 pages long. I am now waiting to hear back from my readers (who are anonymous) to see if I passed or

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-24332332907543169652009-04-06T22:58:00.003-04:002009-04-06T23:17:48.160-04:00

Hello all. I am quite tired right now but I thought I should blog and give you all an update on the busy and complex life of a grad student. My bishop passed away last Sunday and I really really wanted to go home for the funeral on Saturday. I was broke however. My beloved mom (who I actually just had a fight with) paid for my ticket. I flew to Atlanta late Friday evening and attended the

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Sorry for the blog delays. Graduate school is quite busy but I will update you on my life as best as I can. My big and most current project--my thesis--is on and popping. Funny, I still haven't solidified a title. I actually emailed a title to my faculty advisor (I'm sure that's a no no) but I don't think I really liked it at all. Anyway, I am at 31 pages total (not including references)

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-82128102976867832252009-02-17T14:19:00.002-05:002009-02-17T14:42:28.990-05:00

Happy belated Valentine's Day! My weekend was excellent, and I did have a Valentine...yay!. Classes are going well, I am very pleased with my Gender and Education course with Peter Kuriloff and Psychology of the African-American with Howard Stevenson. My thesis is going well also. I turned in my first draft last Tuesday (20 pgs) which means I have some more work to do on it, but I should be

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-24642598184470896592008-12-11T10:58:00.002-05:002008-12-11T11:09:29.078-05:00

A couple of my cohort members and I are sponsoring an end-of-semester gathering. My friend Melissa fried chicken...and Danielle is making baked ziti. Others are bringing libations (lushes)! I'm not really sure what will come of this gathering. I'm not really a board gamer so I think I'll be disappointed if it turns into that kind of a gathering. What I would prefer is if we talked about some

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-52208030689801642142008-12-10T12:52:00.002-05:002008-12-10T13:06:39.652-05:00

I have a week and a half left and then I'm going home! Wow, where has the time gone? I'm thinking however that the next week and a half is going to be the hardest time I've spent in school since being here. I have only done one all-nighter (during midterms) but I'm sure I'll end up doing one more before next Friday. So this is what's on the horizon, in terms of finals. School and Society

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-30908415598340670272008-11-18T20:20:00.003-05:002008-11-18T20:31:17.330-05:00

So, mid-terms. I guess this was probably the first time I really ever had mid-terms...like real ones. This was some serious stuff! It seems like midterms fall right before finals so, I literally have like a week or two before I'll be doing finals. I can't believe its almost the end of the semester! I'm so excited about going home! I am still working on my schedule for next semester. I just

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-7845484098338320112008-10-22T15:02:00.002-04:002008-10-22T15:14:32.092-04:00

General update on non-academics:I have had a really interesting week so far. Really interesting conversations/discussions/revelations in class and outside of class. Not really even conversations that I would choose to have, just really interesting--eye opening. I digress.I just bought my plane ticket to N.C. for Thanksgiving! My grandparents live in Clinton, N.C. right outside of Fayetteville

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So it's time for the weekend almost. Boy am I excited. I don't know what it is about the weekend...especially since my weekend and my week are nearly identical. I guess its the no-class factor. Anyway, I have been planning to make some important phone calls to my grandparents, aunts, ex-coworkers, co-teacher, etc. for the past few weekends and I never get around to it. I feel pretty awful

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-91770141377216480232008-10-15T01:23:00.002-04:002008-10-15T01:44:12.041-04:00

So the verdict on the weekend, did I follow my schedule? Not quite. I fell questionably ill on Saturday morning and literally was in the bed all morning. When I finally got out of the bed I had so much energy and started plunging the heck out of my shower and sink drains! It was invigorating...I missed my calling! I decided to disinfect my apartment from top to bottom (I know so random). I

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-16203717729597352682008-10-10T20:44:00.003-04:002008-10-10T21:23:09.640-04:00

*Note: I will probably use the word fallacy incorrectly. However, it is a common colloquial word used amongst my closest friends, and I do not see any harm in using it or any connected phrases to express disgust with procrastination, laziness, stupidity, neglect, or very avoidable mistakes observed within self and observed in others.I think I have "gotten into the swing of things" (for the most

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-13962604895590723872008-09-28T21:42:00.003-04:002008-09-28T22:23:35.468-04:00

I must admit that I am looking forward to the change in weather. I am curios to see what cold really feels like. Before I moved here, that was the great commentary of all the southerners: "I hate that cold weather!" "The cold is unbearable...I didn't leave the house in the winter (right)." Right now, the weather is not as I expected it would be. It feels like Georgia--hot and muggy during the

Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387214522698779198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102529017030754497.post-47895480478336696142008-09-15T20:51:00.002-04:002008-09-15T21:09:33.379-04:00

This is a funny thing...this blogging. I was, at one time, an avid blogger on one competing blogsite that I will not mention, and came to the conclusion that I would begin writing in a tangible journal. I started to write for an audience and not for myself, which at that time, was problematic for the progression of my life. However, I find myself here. Beautifully situated as a Graduate

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