As a doctoral student, part of my job is to present my current research work to the faculty of the department. I am supposed to do this once a year, but there are so few doc students right now that I will probably have to do this every semester.
I just completed my presentation. I think it went better than any presentation I have given before. That is quite a relief. In fact, I am sitting in the campus library in a big comfy chair chillin’ while I wait for Ray to get off work.
Me relaxing while writing this blog and relieved my presentation is doneI really want to thank my dear friend Adrienne and my advisor Robert for the feedback they gave me this week on my presentation. Their help was a big part of me not bombing during my 20 minutes in front of the faculty. 
Although I think I am a better doc student this year…I have certainly realized a lot this semester.
Being a doctoral student in Educational Psychology is really difficult; I have so much to learn and to show that I know. It just seems that I always need to know more and more as I figure out my research and my writing.
Being a doctoral student is also an exercise in humility and strength. Those may seem like opposing characteristics, but maturity has taught me that humility and strength are both necessary and go together well. Graduate school is certainly an adventure and a teacher.
Seminar is meant to help us figure out how to use and apply theory effectively. The problem is that it is so public, but that is the only way for us to really learn how to muster up enough courage to apply current theories to our questions and our findings.
