If wishes were fishes, we'd be set for Lent.
I'm avoiding finishing a paper that doesn't matter terribly much - and what better avoidance technique is there than visiting a much neglected journal?
The T.J.Wock Schoolways Update:
- I'm wishing more than ever that I'd accepted Knoxville's invitation. ISU and I just... don't get along.
Rhodes and its liberalism very much spoiled me; I became accustomed to professors challenging you to think outside the box and accept viewpoints different from their own. At ISU, it's - it's just so damn stifling. My two advisers concentrate more on A) their own research at the cost of my education and B) doing the bare minimum to fulfill their teaching requirements.
Which is a SHAME, because I was very much looking forward to working with them - they're both stars in their specialties.
They also arbitrarily decide to like/dislike certain students. One of my fellow grad students will be graduating without a historical archaeologist on her committee because Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum can't be bothered with her... and after seeing their interactions with her, I personally think she lucked out. I SEEM to be on the "liked" side of the fence for now, but one professor in particular likes to take arbitrary credit off of my assignments, and then refuses to comment when I ask her why.
Confounding this is the fact that archaeology simply isn't interesting for me anymore. So far, I have learned very little that I did not already know through Rhodes' minor... and I'm bored. I'm spending my job hours as the historical archaeology mini-guru .... analyzing prehistoric lithics.
Lithics are interesting. I like lithics.
They're not really my thing.
They're also not, well, historic. And on that note, I'm pretty certain my boss is committing ethical fraud, if not federal.
So I'm really considering whether it would be more practical to transfer at the end of the year, or if I should just buck up and get my free Masters, and simply get a second Masters in what I actually want to do - IE, reapply to dreamville Knoxville and then NOT repeat the stupidest decision I ever made, even if it does make me an absolute pauper.
I'm also very much considering transferring to either Edinburgh or Aberwyswyth. They both have VERY enticing programs that, I think, will challenge me much, much more than ISU (seriously? I should not have a 98% in a graduate class where I DO NOT READ and DO NOT STUDY). Unfortunately, they have the downside of being on the other side of the ocean, and I'm probably looking at the same amount of debt as Knoxville with the living expenses.
The T.J.Wock Schoolways Update:
- I'm wishing more than ever that I'd accepted Knoxville's invitation. ISU and I just... don't get along.
Rhodes and its liberalism very much spoiled me; I became accustomed to professors challenging you to think outside the box and accept viewpoints different from their own. At ISU, it's - it's just so damn stifling. My two advisers concentrate more on A) their own research at the cost of my education and B) doing the bare minimum to fulfill their teaching requirements.
Which is a SHAME, because I was very much looking forward to working with them - they're both stars in their specialties.
They also arbitrarily decide to like/dislike certain students. One of my fellow grad students will be graduating without a historical archaeologist on her committee because Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum can't be bothered with her... and after seeing their interactions with her, I personally think she lucked out. I SEEM to be on the "liked" side of the fence for now, but one professor in particular likes to take arbitrary credit off of my assignments, and then refuses to comment when I ask her why.
Confounding this is the fact that archaeology simply isn't interesting for me anymore. So far, I have learned very little that I did not already know through Rhodes' minor... and I'm bored. I'm spending my job hours as the historical archaeology mini-guru .... analyzing prehistoric lithics.
Lithics are interesting. I like lithics.
They're not really my thing.
They're also not, well, historic. And on that note, I'm pretty certain my boss is committing ethical fraud, if not federal.
So I'm really considering whether it would be more practical to transfer at the end of the year, or if I should just buck up and get my free Masters, and simply get a second Masters in what I actually want to do - IE, reapply to dreamville Knoxville and then NOT repeat the stupidest decision I ever made, even if it does make me an absolute pauper.
I'm also very much considering transferring to either Edinburgh or Aberwyswyth. They both have VERY enticing programs that, I think, will challenge me much, much more than ISU (seriously? I should not have a 98% in a graduate class where I DO NOT READ and DO NOT STUDY). Unfortunately, they have the downside of being on the other side of the ocean, and I'm probably looking at the same amount of debt as Knoxville with the living expenses.