The PhD Chronicles: Completing the Second Semester
Papers are passed in and my brain is a sludgy mess. But that's ok, because that's what I wanted, right? I said that I wanted a program that was going to push me and make me feel like my brain has been sent through a blender--sooooo, mission accomplished?!?!?
It is accomplished and there is no real need for the question mark. The course work challenged me and pushed me to think and learn a lot. It became intense at times as I juggled working, the program, running, writing, running a session of Changing Lives Through Literature, presenting at conferences and other activities into the semester. It was a lot and probably more than I should do, but it is hard to say no to things that you enjoy so much.
Right now--despite my brain in a gooey state, I am content with the semester. I'm happy with what I did for my final projects and particularly for my Access and Equity course, I feel it will give me some good material to work with as I move forward and look to understand the impact of the digital divide on the open educational resources movement. I've found some interesting resources and it gives me a good starting place for my potential future dissertation. My History of Higher Education project may not be entirely related to my future work, but I also feel I had fun with it, found it interesting to explore the different themes in the Wellesley News during 1918-1920, and it certainly fits in with some of my work in general around media and popular culture studies.
In total, I felt that the semester pushed me, taught me, and encouraged me, despite the challenges I faced along the way. I believe I accomplished a lot in terms of developing as a practitioner-scholar while also growing in other ways outside of the program. So here's to the end of one semester, a break, and the start of another!
Want to keep up with my PhD adventures? Check out any of the links below:
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It is accomplished and there is no real need for the question mark. The course work challenged me and pushed me to think and learn a lot. It became intense at times as I juggled working, the program, running, writing, running a session of Changing Lives Through Literature, presenting at conferences and other activities into the semester. It was a lot and probably more than I should do, but it is hard to say no to things that you enjoy so much.
Right now--despite my brain in a gooey state, I am content with the semester. I'm happy with what I did for my final projects and particularly for my Access and Equity course, I feel it will give me some good material to work with as I move forward and look to understand the impact of the digital divide on the open educational resources movement. I've found some interesting resources and it gives me a good starting place for my potential future dissertation. My History of Higher Education project may not be entirely related to my future work, but I also feel I had fun with it, found it interesting to explore the different themes in the Wellesley News during 1918-1920, and it certainly fits in with some of my work in general around media and popular culture studies.
In total, I felt that the semester pushed me, taught me, and encouraged me, despite the challenges I faced along the way. I believe I accomplished a lot in terms of developing as a practitioner-scholar while also growing in other ways outside of the program. So here's to the end of one semester, a break, and the start of another!
Want to keep up with my PhD adventures? Check out any of the links below:
- Acceptance...and acceptance
- Orientation
- Day 1
- Week 1
- First 2 Courses Completed
- First 2 Courses Finished
- Semester 2, Here We Go
- The Existential Crisis of the Week
- The Balancing Act
- Negotiating Privilege in Higher Education
- Zeroing in on Research
- Completing the Second Semester
- My Educational Autobiography
- So Starts the Third Semester
- My Educational Philosophy...for now
- PhD'ese
- And Sometimes, You Feel It
- Semester's Endgame
- Year 1, Officially Done
- Year 2, Week 1, Day 1
- Year 2, Week 1 Done!
- 1/3 Complete!?!?
- Click...
- Day 1; Semester 5
- Share and Share Alike
- Mindful and Mind-Filled
- 5th Semester Down
- Day 1, Semester 9
- The Two Demons of My Doctorate
- When Senioritis Kicks In
- The Final Friday
- Dissertation Journal #1
- Dissertation Journal #2
- Dissertation Journal #3
- Dissertation Journal #4
- Dissertation Journal #5
- Dissertation Journal #6
- Dissertation Journal: QP Revised Edition
Did you enjoy this read? Let me know your thoughts down below or feel free to browse around and check out some of my other posts!. You might also want to keep up to date with my blog by signing up for them via email.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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