I hate IPE. ugh ugh ugh it's so BORING! Why am I an IR minor again? I find one of the articles we read this week very unconvincing, and I just realized that the reason I'm not convinced by it is because the authors wrote this really vicious response article contradicting the claims of an author who contradicted the claims of their original article ( Read more... )

Today the IR professor told me I was doing a very good job with the response papers (and that he was impressed I've already written 3). Front-loading my semester worked quite well for me last term, so I'm sure it'll end up being a good decision this semester, as well. Wish I'd figured that trick out last year... actually, I think I ended up doing ( Read more... )

Okay guys, I just finished my first international relations paper! Yay me. Except I don't know if it's any good, my back is killing me, and I still have half a chapter of Plato to read for my 8:30am class tomorrow. I mean today. Because it's today now. ARGH. I still have to cite stuff, too, which always takes me ages and ages... but I'll do that ( Read more... )