Category Archives: School

I had a very busy semester and a difficult experience with my youngest daughter the past few months. I just finished my last semester of coursework. That really should have happened a couple of years ago in my old Ph.D. program, but I have now really finished. However, this semester was 12 credit hours rather [...]

I am way excited because all my hard work during Spring semester has paid off with a 4.0! I finally got a full A in a methods class. It was a qualitative methods class, so I have finally found my research niche. This is also very cool because I am finally in a quality doctoral [...]

I am racing through another heavy reading weekend as I prepare for this next week’s classes. I have been reading journal articles for my Qualitative research methods class on my iPad. Katie cat decided she wanted to sit on my lap, so she first jumped up and straddled my iPad. I certainly could not see [...]

I have become increasingly frustrated with my studies in educational psychology. I am no longer driven to do my research with only quantitative research methods. I believe this frustration has grown from several roots: I have an advisor who refuses to help me or back me up in my learning needs or my research needs. [...]

It snowed again on Tuesday morning. It was slippery and wet when I went to class Tuesday morning. This is a shot I took after class in the morning as I was walking to the main library. The library is the building on the left.

I do not have an office on campus. I really wish I did have an office as a graduate student, but alas no. I have to carry my office around with me, and set it up every time I want to work. I usually just go to the main library and set up in the [...]

It snowed in the valley on campus again this week. Tuesday’s walks to class were quite slippery, and I do not care for that part of this season. Wait! It is supposed to Spring, not the dead of winter. This is a shot of one of the walkways on campus. This is a major thoroughfare [...]

I am taking a teamwork class this semester from Ray’s graduate advisor. My professor is wonderful, and he helped Ray to finish his Master’s degree. Ray is asked every semester to guest lecture in this Teamwork class. He did a really good job talking about how different types of technology have different value levels for [...]