Category: Academia
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Losing my Sense of Urgency
As I look for things I could be doing, I realize that after the PhD that my sense of urgency is completely gone. Well, except for stuff regarding anti-racism and fighting inequality, but that’s always been the case. I think a large part of that has to do with the fact that I was told…
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Sending Positive Notes: A mini-challenge I have been working on
Ever since I got accepted into a PhD program, I’ve been doing a mini challenge. Every time I read a paper that is really well done, impresses me, or just made my day, I’ve made myself email the authors to thank them on the writing. I get really nervous about complimenting folks, so this is…
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Next Steps for Graduate School
So, got accepted and got the provisional condition removed. All they needed were my official transcripts for the provisional condition. I’ll be doing most of the application for the student visa this weekend, but I can’t finalize it until April due to needing some documentation from the school that will only be available starting next…
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