Category Archives: Graduate Education

Now, why would I do that?

I must have been totally asleep or feeling guilty when I signed up to join an orientation panel late this afternoon. Admittedly, I like and respect the faculty member who asked me to join in. Unlike the year I started … Continue reading

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and the consensus seems to be

that if I am feeling stuffy, or pretentious, I can always put more initials after my name.  Or just for the heck of it. I am not really sure who, if anyone, I might need to impress – but there … Continue reading

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I finally checked

For whatever reason, I screwed up the courage this morning to visit Webadvisor. What is that you say? It is the extremely clunky and difficult to use registration/transcript program that UCHastings uses.  Amazingly enough, this time (as apposed to a … Continue reading

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No word yet

I emailed off my paper on 27 April. Haven’t heard anything back. I would be worried, except that I can’t get all that excited about it. Not whether it was accepted. Not even if it bounces. Not my problem anymore. … Continue reading

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Done, done, done, done

and the song goes on. I finished my paper yesterday at 1309 PDT, plus a minute or so to duplicate the file, rename the duplicate and PDF the sucker.  Then I emailed it off to a friend who promised she … Continue reading

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Quiet at six

The world is quiet right before 0600 in the morning as Angel and I head out to get him to work. It is still dark, but that grey-around-the-edges that hints of dawn coming soon. As we are west of the … Continue reading

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Procrastination

and to answer the question up front – no – it is not finished. I think my friend Anita recounts it best: first you do all those tasks which have you have been putting off (cleaning, laundry). Then you organize … Continue reading

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Tuesday, again

And this is day 8. And if there is any question or not in your mind as to whether or not staying home, shutting down everything and social distancing makes a difference – look at a comparison as to where … Continue reading

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Extension

After spending yesterday morning at UCSF, it was my turn to wander back into the city today. With that last paper hanging over my head, it was obvious that being home – where I have cross stitch, a computer, knitting, … Continue reading

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Two down, one to go

Yes! I have turned in 2/3 papers that having been hanging over my head since last spring semester.  It wasn’t that I couldn’t do them. Rather it was more a matter of getting some unbroken blocks of time in which … Continue reading

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Judge not

lest you be judged? Something like that anyway. Last year in my Legal Writing class we had to write, then perform an appellate brief. The perform is said advisedly: who in their right mind would put themselves into a position … Continue reading

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Finishing things

I made a commitment to myself that I would limit my start of new projects subject to the completion of projects underway. I am also rewarding myself with needlework time as I complete sections of THOSE papers. You know which … Continue reading

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SVO

stands for Student Veteran’s Organization. UCHastings has almost 900 students in total. Less than 30 are veterans. Think about it for a second. This is well under the number at other schools in the area. The rejoinder might he that … Continue reading

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Same thought, different expression

there are times when you just can’t use Google translate, or any other translate program, for that matter. One of those instances occurs when using common phrases which really are different according to culture. The following example is the one … Continue reading

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Recipe cards

or 3×5 cards as they were known back in the day where most of the world was on the English/Imperial system of measurement. I was familiar with them as a child because every adult female seemed to have a collection … Continue reading

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words in my head

don’t do me anywhere near as much good as words on paper (which, in today’s world translates to words in an electronic document). I have come to acknowledge that putting off finishing the requirements for the two outstanding incompletes from … Continue reading

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two days, 20 hours

and 33 minutes had expired out of the 72 hours allotted for my take home exam when I uploaded it and hit the submit button. Of course, ten minutes after that I started thinking about what else I should have … Continue reading

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I really should be

working on that take home exam. Which is why I am playing computer games and otherwise procrastinating. Like puzzles – which means that I finished –   and an area where you can see the details –   Otherwise? I … Continue reading

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Quietly insane

is what this particular take home exam is driving me. which may be why I am spending time working on the puzzle. Unfortunately, the easiest portion is complete. From here on in, criss-crossing tree branches. And more branches and more … Continue reading

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Avoidance of study

Since I have an exam tomorrow morning, bright and early (0830 in San Francisco) it means that I should be diligently studying this whole day, right? Instead I find my mind wandering. It is that awful feeling somewhere between–I know … Continue reading

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