Hello everyone. It has certainly been awhile – over three months plus – since I have written a blog entry about my graduate school experience. In my last entry, the Fall Semester final exams were about to get started; as I write this blog, there are merely five weeks of classes left in the Winter … [Read more…]
Hello everyone! It’s me again! I really can’t believe that I’m almost finished the second semester of my MA. At least now graduate student life seems a bit more organized. I’m more comfortable with all the work and responsibilities I have. I definitely have a well-established routine and grad life seems less like a chicken … [Read more…]
Collecting data is a task or chore that befalls any graduate student hoping to develop a thesis, or researcher preparing a paper. Some hate collecting data, others love it, and some are indifferent. Regardless of your feelings, it is difficult to produce a dissertation or paper without data. In this blog, I’d like to address … [Read more…]
So we’re back into the swing of things in the Winter semester. It’s hard to believe that it’s already February, meanwhile I’m still writing 2017 in documents and notes. Time sure flies when you’re busy! When I last wrote a blog post, I was only a few months into my Master’s program here at Memorial. … [Read more…]
My comprehensive exams are next week. This cartoon just about sums up where I am right now. For the past 6 months I have been reading and reading and reading and doing some writing about what I have read. It is very singularly focused on two topics, so at this point, all I think about … [Read more…]
Collaboration is the act of working with one or more other people to produce or create something. As undergraduate students, we were indirectly taught to collaborate by doing group projects with our classmates or be assigned lab-partners in science labs. If you were anything like I was, you probably didn’t look forward to these interactions. … [Read more…]
Happy Holidays from SGS and the blogging team! We will return with new blog posts in the new year!
Well folks, it is the final push of the semester before winter holidays! I have high expectations of what I want to accomplish over the next several days before I am homeward bound and enjoying the coastal mountains of British Columbia. The halls are quite, as undergraduates are finished with their classes, so fingers crossed … [Read more…]
Hello again! I know I can’t be the only one who finds it hard to believe that classes for the Fall semester have come to an end and that for some of you, studying and writing for final exams has already begun! As usual, I feel as if so much has happened to me, especially … [Read more…]
Hey everyone. The Fall 2017 semester is finished! Whether this past semester was your first experience of graduate school, or it was your final term and you’re now moving on, I sincerely hope that the past three months was an enjoyable time for you. Despite this being my seventh semester at Memorial, I’m still always … [Read more…]