Tag: grad school
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A salute to the classroom
On the day I wrote this, I submitted the grades for my last class in the university. Of the many, many things an academic does, I have to say, teaching has been the most fulfilling for me. I have no idea how many are like me, but it definitely brought me joy when students took…
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an unattached academic’s household of 1
I spent my postdoc years with a colleague who turned into a really good friend, let’s call her V. She, like me, and many other postdocs and young faculty, was living solo. I don’t have hard numbers, but this is roughly the norm within my broader circle. In 2016, she attended a conference in Denmark…
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My story in academia (Part 1 of 2)
#Note: I’m currently reading a book by C.L. Caterine’s “a practical guide to leaving academia” which contains Action Items . The first is found at the end of Chapter 1: start a career journal (hence this blog) and the first entry should be to discuss why I entered academia (Part 1) and how I feel…
Jess is on Break 