(Well, not always. But it's not a factor to ignore.)
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link
(The U. of C. program is a general Humanities program; the BGSU one is in Pop Culture.)
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link
"Spy Like Us: Alias and the Secret Identity of the New Television Superheroine"
Woohoo!
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
What I meant about "level of discourse" was an obfuscating way of saying "How smart are my would-be classmates." I sat in on one class for each school; at BGSU, they got stuck on a fundamental issue that shouldn't have been part of the debate; at U of C, there was waaay too much emphasis on psychoanalytic theory but in spite of which, the rest of the students were sharper.
I also asked about the college backgrounds of the incoming BG students, who were almost all from mid-west state schools. (One from UPenn and one from UCLA.)
But the real kicker in favor of U of C is that they're offering a graphic novel WORKSHOP next fall!
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:14 (nineteen years ago) link
A point in BG's favor though is that the head of the Pop cult dept. has the season 1 Alias DVD, and a fair collection of Batgirl comics.
xpost awesome s1ocki, I have a plan for the future!
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:15 (nineteen years ago) link
By the way! An important to consider. Critical, in my experience:
How many of the graduate classes -- not just the ones on the books, but the ones actually offered, as well as the ones which form the core required curriculum for the program -- are actually classes unto themselves, and not simply graduate sections of a larger undergraduate course? Most of the "graduate" classes I'm encouraged to take at IU are actually a section of 2-3 grad students in a 40-200 person undergraduate class, with extra papers and meetings added on for us; the level of discourse, in other words, is exceptionally poor. I've had to ditch those types of courses whenever possible and form my own curriculum, which is not making me popular with the administration.
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Second suggestion duly noted!
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 8 April 2004 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 8 April 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Sunday, 11 April 2004 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 11 April 2004 23:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Prude (Prude), Monday, 12 April 2004 02:49 (nineteen years ago) link
That sounds key to me if your goal is still to teach.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 12 April 2004 02:59 (nineteen years ago) link
I still have two papers left, but I don't know when one of them is due. I'm ready to sleep for 20 hours.
― L (Leee), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 03:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― mouse (mouse), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 04:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 04:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 05:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 05:26 (eighteen years ago) link
But, getting an idea of the very finite financial resources for which I'd be competing with other students who, I'd assume, are smarter/more driven than I am, and perhaps for the first time, I'm very very scared. Then again, I've already committed $45 to the letter of recommendation service, so there's no point in throwing that money away! Still, if you can offer assurances, that'd be appreciated; I do think that grad school/academia is something that's right for me, despite the Fears I have.
― Wolfcastleee (Leee), Monday, 7 November 2005 05:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 7 November 2005 05:37 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost - shhh!
― Wolfcastleee (Leee), Monday, 7 November 2005 05:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 7 November 2005 05:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 7 November 2005 05:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Wolfcastleee (Leee), Monday, 7 November 2005 05:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 7 November 2005 07:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 7 November 2005 07:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Alas, "funology" is my neologism.
― Wolfcastleee (Leee), Monday, 7 November 2005 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 7 November 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I highly recommended taking the Academic/Professional Writing course. Improved my writing tenfold, and possibly it taught me finally how to read non-fiction prose.
Not that you'd suspect any improvement from that last sentence.
― Wolfcastleee (Leee), Monday, 7 November 2005 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Wolfcastleee (Leee), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 03:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 03:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Wolfcastleee (Leee), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 04:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 04:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Wolfcastleee (Leee), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link
I have the phear that I will have the dreaded giant-sized sombrero and go 0 for 7.
― c(''c) (Leee), Friday, 3 February 2006 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link