Dealing with rejection…

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…]

Contemplations of data and Dear data, and data representations.

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…]

The Adventure Continues…

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…]

Procrastination vs. Motivation…

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…

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…]

Seasons Greetings

Happy Holidays from SGS and the blogging team! We will return with new blog posts in the new year!  

Travel opportunities…

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…]

Mixed feelings…

Next week lectures will end, finals will be upon me, and I will have completed the first semester of my MA program in Classics. I’m not sure how I feel about that yet. The past couple of months were filled with mixed experiences and some disappointments for me. I am a first generation university student … [Read more…]