Well the first year of graduate studies are completed. I have discovered quite a few things about graduate school. I will list my top ten as follows: 1. Having the department head as your Historiography professor the first semester is scary, especially when he looks at you during seminar with a look that says: "Why… Continue reading Reflections of a Graduate Student – Year One.
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Searching for Primary Documents – The obsession with World War I
As I begin the task of constructing my Master's Thesis, I have found myself occupied with the search for World War I primary documents. I was happy to find a collection of 88 letters and assorted other materials from Ohio. Waiting to get them in the mail is hard: I'm impatient sometimes. Putting together the… Continue reading Searching for Primary Documents – The obsession with World War I
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The ending to the first semester of Graduate School.
If anyone told me twenty years ago that I would be attending graduate school in my late forties, and at Clemson University, I probably would have looked at them strange. Higher education is something you must be committed too, and ten or fifteen years ago, I didn't understand that kind of commitment. It's taken me… Continue reading The ending to the first semester of Graduate School.
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Heading to Grad School – What’s happening with you?
Well it's about that time - heading to Clemson for graduate school in August and I'm excited, yet a little apprehensive. I remember when I took the GRE a year ago, and how I felt when my scores came in. I didn't know if they were good enough, and that made me a little fearful. … Continue reading Heading to Grad School – What’s happening with you?
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The End! Or is it?
Well this last semester of undergraduate work is winding down. I have less than two weeks of student teaching left and I find that I have to admit - I am going to miss the kids. I've enjoyed being with these ninth graders from Union County High School, and they've taught me a great deal of what it means… Continue reading The End! Or is it?
Legends of Green Isle 