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The History Chick

The History Chick

http://thehistorychick.blogspot.com/

The story of an irrational, intelligent, ingenious single-girl’s trials and tribulations in surviving graduate school. Ass will get kicked, hearts will be broken, and names will be taken. Sadly they will all probably be mine.

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  • Paper Writing in 5 Stages

    Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 16:08 in thesis, paper writing

    So I had to write the third chapter of my thesis for the final paper in one of my classes this semester. With this being the first semester I've had twitter, it made it much easier to talk about writing the paper. In looking at my tweets/Facebook sta...

  • Drowning in Books

    Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 16:34 in insanity, thesis

    I am going crazy...So I'm working on the 3rd chapter of my thesis due Tuesday (that means in 4 days) and i have all my research laid out in files and books and on my rolly-cart. And I can't find a book that i am looking for. Technically, i have two ...

  • My Recurring Nightmare: (Slowly) Making Progress

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 20:41 in phd apps

    So I'm in the middle of PHD Apps and i'm slowly making progress. I managed to get my Statement of Purpose written and actually like it as opposed to the last time i wrote a Statement of Purpose. Hey i managed to get Indiana Jones, Nazi's, Jacques Der...

  • Avoidance of the First Class

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 14:28 in life, thesis, phd apps

    So Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and i can think about is going home and being with my family, eating food, and then working on black Friday. With it looming overhead, i have absolutely zero initiative to work on anything. Which is bad, very...

  • End of the Semester Smackdown

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 18:35 in smackdown, undergrads

    Anyone whose read this blog should know that I love Rate You Students. I especially love when they issue a smackdown on snowflakes and other annoying people. So in appreciation of RYS, here is my end of semester smackdown of those few people who keep...

  • Get Inside My Head

    Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 14:48

    So after months of debating I finally decided to get Twitter. Now really I can't imagine anyone wants to listen to me ramble all day. I don't even want to listen to me ramble all day. But if you want to see what goes on in an average day for me, you ...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 2 comments.

carter

4 stars Geoff Carter

Nice blog, feeding your mind is good, would you want to be a banker? & remember they need your money.

I feel your pain, I've had to give up a PhD after a year, & what really hurts - I got F***all for my money, but that is England, maybe in the states the customer( or their cash) is King.

Posted: February 3rd, 2009 | More Reviews From carter | Report This Comment

Melisende

4 stars Melisende

Wonderful!

Posted: January 14th, 2009 | More Reviews From Melisende | Report This Comment

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