Since I have gotten myself pretty far behind, due to a barrage of term-papers and assignments that I have fought through over the past 4 weeks, I have decided to skip in time a bit, up to week 12 I believe. The four weeks in-between were mostly comprised of me honing my weakly work schedule. It is so interesting to look back at how overburdened I felt ding the weekly assignments, ONLY, during the first half of semester one of this thing we call a masters program. But now, it is a walk in the park. I don't have a care in the world on weeks that I only have to read ~400 pages of content and around from 7-10 pages of informed discussion/reflection content. Yeah, that is a per-week estimate, for anyone who might be interested in this program at some point. By the way, I would still fully recommend it. It is worth it. Ooh, and a rundown of some grades that I received during the time skip that I am about to embark you upon. For my Comparative Politics Midterm I got a 93. For Conflict Management's midterm I got a 87.5. Although this is not the "A" I had hoped for, I am still pleased, as I have seen this as by far the most demanding course of this semester.
I also must share this link to an eye-opening documentary that covers the global water shortage crisis that is emerging. It looks at it from many views, including environmental, political, and as a means to assert structural violence on the poor. You need to watch this. I guarantee you will learn a thing or many. The bad thing is that it is not free. You must order it or find it at a library (cough it is on thepiratebay.org cough), but it is well worth the price. You can find it here:
http://www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com/
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Week 7
Getting late on posts. I am hitting crunch time in the semester.
Looking back at week 7, one of the most interesting things happened during the weekend as a few of us met to study for our Comparative Politics midterm, which was a few days away. The studying was typical and I left feeling a bit more prepared for the task ahead. However, the discussion before we launched into the material was excellent. Since we are primarily online, we do not have the opportunity to discuss the way in which classes are going, how well we seem to be preforming, or what concerns we have. So, we actually spent the first half-hour of the meeting kinda debriefing from the past 6 weeks. It was such a load of to see the others were struggling with some of the same issues that I have been having (I know, my misery must come with company). Essentially, we all left with a boosted morale and a bit better a sense of comradery. Also, I found out that out of the group of 7 or so of us that I had the best score among us! Hazzaa!
Looking back at week 7, one of the most interesting things happened during the weekend as a few of us met to study for our Comparative Politics midterm, which was a few days away. The studying was typical and I left feeling a bit more prepared for the task ahead. However, the discussion before we launched into the material was excellent. Since we are primarily online, we do not have the opportunity to discuss the way in which classes are going, how well we seem to be preforming, or what concerns we have. So, we actually spent the first half-hour of the meeting kinda debriefing from the past 6 weeks. It was such a load of to see the others were struggling with some of the same issues that I have been having (I know, my misery must come with company). Essentially, we all left with a boosted morale and a bit better a sense of comradery. Also, I found out that out of the group of 7 or so of us that I had the best score among us! Hazzaa!
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