31 Days of Blogging: XVII - What is your most proud moment?
XVII - What is your most proud moment?
Very simply put when people ask me this I tell them the short version of it.
The short version: Earning my Masters.
The long version aka what I really mean: I took only two weeks off between my BA and my MA, and that was only because the semester did not start until two weeks later. I took full loads every semester, and finished my masters in 18 months. I finished a semester earlier than I should of, because I told my Dean I was going to Korea to teach for a year and half after Christmas, and had to graduate that semester instead of staying for the required spring class she taught.
Which meant my last semester of my my Masters I wrote a 16-180 page thesis (on an author who only had 2 other thesis on her and 25 articles in all of publication that even mentioned her/her work), three 20-40 comprehensive final papers, and one extra comprehensive based on the Deans's class I was skipping (which was simply being handed 4 text books, told to write a paper, told she would not help or ever meet with me to discuss the paper or class, and I would either pass the class on that one paper or be denied my diploma). I, also, had to take my Comprehensive Orals on both my comprehensive papers and the Dean's class paper.
I graduated, and I managed to graduate that semester on The Dean's Honor Roll list, too.
Because when I saying "earning my Masters" I sort of deeply mean earning it. Proving my mettle to me and the world. That I could do anything in the pursuit of all of my dreams all at once, and still come out on top, with high marks.
1. Introduction and recent photo ( LJ/DW)
2. 20 facts about you ( LJ/DW)
3. Your favorite quote ( LJ/DW)
4. What are you afraid of? ( LJ/DW)
5. 10 songs you love right now ( LJ/DW)
6. Your 5 senses right now ( LJ/DW)
7. Your pet hates ( LJ/DW)
8. What's in your handbag? ( LJ/DW)
9. What are your worst habits? ( LJ/DW)
10. What's your best physical feature? ( LJ/DW)
11. List 15 of your favorite things ( LJ/DW)
12. What's inside your fridge? ( LJ/DW)
13. What is your earliest memory? ( LJ/DW)
14. If you won the lottery... ( LJ/DW)
15. Timeline of your day ( LJ/DW)
16. What's at the top of your bucket list? ( LJ/DW)
17. What is your most proud moment?
18. The meaning behind your blog name
19. What do you collect?
20. A difficult time in your life
21. Your 10 favorite foods
22. The best thing to happen this year
23. Your dream job
24. Your favorite childhood book
25. Your 5 favorite blogs
26. An old photo of you
27. Post your favorite recipe
28. What are you looking forward to?
29. Where have you travelled?
30. What's in your makeup bag?
31. Why do you blog?
[This entry was originally posted at http://wanderlustlover.dreamwidth.org/2259992.html. Comment on either at your leisure.]
Very simply put when people ask me this I tell them the short version of it.
The short version: Earning my Masters.
The long version aka what I really mean: I took only two weeks off between my BA and my MA, and that was only because the semester did not start until two weeks later. I took full loads every semester, and finished my masters in 18 months. I finished a semester earlier than I should of, because I told my Dean I was going to Korea to teach for a year and half after Christmas, and had to graduate that semester instead of staying for the required spring class she taught.
Which meant my last semester of my my Masters I wrote a 16-180 page thesis (on an author who only had 2 other thesis on her and 25 articles in all of publication that even mentioned her/her work), three 20-40 comprehensive final papers, and one extra comprehensive based on the Deans's class I was skipping (which was simply being handed 4 text books, told to write a paper, told she would not help or ever meet with me to discuss the paper or class, and I would either pass the class on that one paper or be denied my diploma). I, also, had to take my Comprehensive Orals on both my comprehensive papers and the Dean's class paper.
I graduated, and I managed to graduate that semester on The Dean's Honor Roll list, too.
Because when I saying "earning my Masters" I sort of deeply mean earning it. Proving my mettle to me and the world. That I could do anything in the pursuit of all of my dreams all at once, and still come out on top, with high marks.
1. Introduction and recent photo ( LJ/DW)
2. 20 facts about you ( LJ/DW)
3. Your favorite quote ( LJ/DW)
4. What are you afraid of? ( LJ/DW)
5. 10 songs you love right now ( LJ/DW)
6. Your 5 senses right now ( LJ/DW)
7. Your pet hates ( LJ/DW)
8. What's in your handbag? ( LJ/DW)
9. What are your worst habits? ( LJ/DW)
10. What's your best physical feature? ( LJ/DW)
11. List 15 of your favorite things ( LJ/DW)
12. What's inside your fridge? ( LJ/DW)
13. What is your earliest memory? ( LJ/DW)
14. If you won the lottery... ( LJ/DW)
15. Timeline of your day ( LJ/DW)
16. What's at the top of your bucket list? ( LJ/DW)
17. What is your most proud moment?
18. The meaning behind your blog name
19. What do you collect?
20. A difficult time in your life
21. Your 10 favorite foods
22. The best thing to happen this year
23. Your dream job
24. Your favorite childhood book
25. Your 5 favorite blogs
26. An old photo of you
27. Post your favorite recipe
28. What are you looking forward to?
29. Where have you travelled?
30. What's in your makeup bag?
31. Why do you blog?
[This entry was originally posted at http://wanderlustlover.dreamwidth.org/2259992.html. Comment on either at your leisure.]