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On Finishing My Dissertation and Feeling Pretty “Eh” About It

May 16, 2014 by whitedoe931 Leave a Comment

I’ve been in college now for fourteen years. FOURTEEN YEARS! This life phase has fully entered its teens, all sass and rebellion. I’ve been actively writing my dissertation for over three years, in the meantime spawning a tiny human, moving states, and teaching part time. I have to make some minor dissertation revisions, but otherwise my time as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thoughts Tagged: Academia, Academic, Dissertation, School, Student, Writing

The Other Side of the Semester

December 13, 2013 by whitedoe931 Leave a Comment

I have no idea how this semester is already over. Wasn’t Halloween last week? Didn’t football season just start? I must have inadvertently gone down a rabbit hole, waited around for a minute, and reemerged three months later. Call me Rip. Seriously. But what a stressful, amazing semester it has been! I’m still not done … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thoughts Tagged: Academia, life, Parenting, School, Teaching

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