As a Floridian, as well as an Anthropologist, I feel like I need to comment on some of what Governor Rick Scott has said this week regarding anthropology in the state of Florida. Below is the quote: “If I’m going to take money from a citizen to put into education then I’m going to [...]
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Worthless Degree?
Posted: October 12, 2011 in anthropology, School DazeTags: anthropology, Florida Anthropologists, Rick Scott
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I am both shocked and amazed. I’ve been dreading having to retake Theories of Culture for a year, and it appears my dread was completely unfounded. This goes to show you what happens when you have a really terrible professor like I did in the Fall of 2010. So far, the new professor (who I [...]
It’s been quite a while since my last post. There are many reasons for this, but first and foremost, it’s because I’ve been extremely lazy for the last few months after my spring semester. For regular readers of my blog, you probably know that I was overloaded last semester by a professor, who is nicknamed [...]
Anthroanalytical lens syndrome: AKA Overworked and underpaid
Posted: March 1, 2011 in anthropology, School DazeI can hardly believe this is my first post of this semester, and here the semester is already half-over as of this week! That should tell anyone who reads my blog how busy and hectic these first 8 weeks have been. I don’t think I ever stop reading or writing papers. If I had [...]
Knowing your limits: why I chose to drop a class and spare myself further misery
Posted: October 19, 2010 in School DazeTags: College and daily life, dropped classes, Professor conflict
I’m a terrible blogger this semester. To be fair though, this has been a killer one so far. So I feel like I need to catch up on all the things I’ve been doing so far since class resumed in August. First things first. I’ve officially run into a professor that I despise. In the [...]
It’s that time of year again, when parents sing and skip as they buy back to school supplies for their little darlings, who have been terrorizing the house for 3 months. That first morning, a universal sigh of relief is heard around the country as people’s children become some teacher’s problem once again. For me, [...]
Yes yes, I’m a bad blogger. I’ve not had time to post much of anything lately, so I figure I’ll do one quick update and you’ll just have to forgive me for not writing that much more right now. Soon, you shall understand. This semester of insanity is finally drawing to a close. There are [...]
It never ends! All this writing and reading and writing. I feel like my brain is in some perpetual state of absorption. I’m reminded of an episode of Married….with children: Kelly needs to learn something for some tv show, and Al & Bud teach her stuff, but for every one fact she learns that is [...]
Yesterday was a great day. I had to go and see my new advisor in the Anthropology department at USF. For only having been on the campus maybe twice ever, lets just say I was daunted by the size. I spent fifteen minutes studying the map the night before, trying to find a small building [...]
Finals have come and gone, as has Christmas, and I have spent much of that time disconnected from anything academic. Finals went well, though if you get the chance, don’t ever allow them to give you three back to back in one day. That really wasn’t much fun, and trying to study for 3 completely [...]
