Why do we invest so much time in things when we have no idea what the out come will be. Why do we spend so much time on relationships and not knowing what will come about. Why spend time dating a guy to have them to just leave you. Why spend so much time in school. why why why. I have been having a lot of why questions lately. I know I will not have answers to them but I can think about them.
Sometimes I wonder why I went on to graduate school. It takes so much out of me. History this and history that. Paper on this and paper on that. Paper not indepth enough. Paper needs more primary sources. Paper needs a clear thesis. You need to prove an idea with your paper. Dr. J said that graduate school would be tough but I was not expecting it to be this tough. For my MesoAmerica class, I have known about this 50 page paper all semester. I have been working on it all semester. But I am still no where close to being done. Recently I changed the thesis of the paper causing me to start all over. The people group I am writing about is still the Mixtecs. I started out wanting to look at the religion and rituals of them (which is very interesting). Since writing a source document paper over the primary source I am using - the Codex Nuttall, I have changed. I am looking at the dates in the Codex Nuttall and looking if they continuous actual history or did the writers combined actual history and mythical history with out separating them. Does that make sense? It is hard to explain but that is the best I can without showing you in person what I am doing. I am working on a database and all that fun stuff. The problem I am having deals with calculatin 12 reed 6 rabbit into english years :) However I believe that this is going to be worth it because next semester there is going to be a Latin American Conference on campus. And if my work is good enough then I can present my paper at an actual historical culture. My professor believes that it is worth presenting cause the topic is new and interesting. I just hope I can live up to his expectations.
There is also the frustration on narrowing my thesis topic down to a specific issue and formulating a thesis and then trying to find evidence for it. May ask - is it worth it? At this point in time, I have no clue if it is worth it or not. There are many times, I would have liked to call it quits but I have not yet. I am learning so much. I have classes next semester about France since 1815 and the Reformation. They sound awesome. I learned a lot about France till 1815 and I am looking forward to learning the rest of French history. I have never really studied the Reformation and I am so stinking excited about learning more about it. Plus I enjoy both of these teachers. They are not the hardest but they are not the easiest.
I guess I will find out if graduate school is worth it when I am finish and I have that piece of paper saying I have a master's degree and a bound book of my thesis.
Well, thats about it for now. Back to work I go.
Sometimes I wonder why I went on to graduate school. It takes so much out of me. History this and history that. Paper on this and paper on that. Paper not indepth enough. Paper needs more primary sources. Paper needs a clear thesis. You need to prove an idea with your paper. Dr. J said that graduate school would be tough but I was not expecting it to be this tough. For my MesoAmerica class, I have known about this 50 page paper all semester. I have been working on it all semester. But I am still no where close to being done. Recently I changed the thesis of the paper causing me to start all over. The people group I am writing about is still the Mixtecs. I started out wanting to look at the religion and rituals of them (which is very interesting). Since writing a source document paper over the primary source I am using - the Codex Nuttall, I have changed. I am looking at the dates in the Codex Nuttall and looking if they continuous actual history or did the writers combined actual history and mythical history with out separating them. Does that make sense? It is hard to explain but that is the best I can without showing you in person what I am doing. I am working on a database and all that fun stuff. The problem I am having deals with calculatin 12 reed 6 rabbit into english years :) However I believe that this is going to be worth it because next semester there is going to be a Latin American Conference on campus. And if my work is good enough then I can present my paper at an actual historical culture. My professor believes that it is worth presenting cause the topic is new and interesting. I just hope I can live up to his expectations.
There is also the frustration on narrowing my thesis topic down to a specific issue and formulating a thesis and then trying to find evidence for it. May ask - is it worth it? At this point in time, I have no clue if it is worth it or not. There are many times, I would have liked to call it quits but I have not yet. I am learning so much. I have classes next semester about France since 1815 and the Reformation. They sound awesome. I learned a lot about France till 1815 and I am looking forward to learning the rest of French history. I have never really studied the Reformation and I am so stinking excited about learning more about it. Plus I enjoy both of these teachers. They are not the hardest but they are not the easiest.
I guess I will find out if graduate school is worth it when I am finish and I have that piece of paper saying I have a master's degree and a bound book of my thesis.
Well, thats about it for now. Back to work I go.
