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August 24, 2005
Joining Forces
I had my first class of the year tonight. It is the class that worries me the most because it is a class on research/statistics and because it is a class for PhD students (which I'm certainly not!).
Luckily, I ended up sitting next to a girl who is also a masters student and was worried about the same things. We decided that as the two lowly masters students surrounded by people finishing up their doctorates, we would join forces so we aren't quite so intimidated of the others.
I hope that I intimidate others when I'm a doc student. There are always the bigger kids in elementary school, the seniors at high school, and the seniors at college. In grad school, it's the doc students that always scare the little guys.
I hereby make a vow: When I am a PhD student, I will do everything possible to make sure that the masters students are intimidated by me!
Guess I'd better learn some big words that I can throw around in class discussions, huh?
Posted by Anna at August 24, 2005 07:19 PM
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Yes, you gotta learn some ridiculous, and really obnoxious (I mean who the hell speaks this way?) big words. But the good thing is, once you are towards the end of the Masters and starting the Ph.D. you can make up your own big words! Yes that is right. You earned the right to make up any damn word you want as long as you can back it up. My word: Magdalenism=the process of being seen as the repented whore who is trying to obtain the status of virginal saint. Academia can be fun. LOL By the way, good luck.
Posted by: Rebecca at August 25, 2005 12:07 PM
we used to call it sadistics...had 8 grad classes for my Ph.D.
Don't panic...It is not much more than Algebra that lies...
Posted by: lonnie at August 25, 2005 09:36 PM
I just can't intimidate people very well. I have tried a few times.
Posted by: Michael Morgan at August 26, 2005 05:00 PM