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Look at what academia taught me!

By Justin | April 24, 2009

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Blast from the past: my valedictory speech

By Justin | December 27, 2008

How I would have loved to give a speech at Wesleyan’s commencement… Despite my failed dreams, there remains nostalgia to give me my kicks. I gave the valedictory speech at Abington High School’s graduation, in what was my first—and, I suppose, my only—public speaking performance in front of a crowd of thousands. On June 4, [...]

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Oh, academics… we were not meant to be

By Justin | December 26, 2008

Like most determined Wes students, I’ve been checking my Academic History page every few hours, waiting for my grades to appear. I’m still waiting on my final two grades from the Fall ’08 semester. Unfortunately, those two grades are from the classes in which my final papers were not, um, up to my usual standard [...]

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Not burned out, just… lacking motivation

By Justin | December 19, 2008

I’m sitting here blogging, when I should be writing my last and final paper of the semester. Earlier, I made myself dinner, when I should have been writing my last and final paper of the semester. Before that, I was shoveling snow, when I should have been writing my last and final paper of the [...]

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ARHA paper prep

By Justin | December 9, 2008

This blog entry constitutes the clearing of my head in order to work. My situation: 14.5 hours left, 10 pages to go, and very little research done so far. The only thing I know for sure is that this paper will be done, on time—simply because it must be done, on time. I shall now begin. [...]

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It may not be the exhaustion talking

By Justin | November 24, 2008

I cannot wait for this fucking semester to end. Share this entry:

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“Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day…”

By Justin | November 17, 2008

4:30 AM: Slumber, and less of it than I’d like 10:00 AM: Wake up, shower, get dressed 11:00 AM: CHUM 285 12:20 PM: Banking, downtown 12:40 PM: Maybe lunch; check mailbox 1:00 PM: Finalize course registration and paperwork 1:30 PM: Read for HIST 369 2:45 PM: Meeting with academic advisor 3:00 PM: Bring paperwork to [...]

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One… more… paper…

By Justin | May 14, 2008

I can’t do it anymore. I’ve got no motivation whatsoever to write this last paper. It’s 4:30 in the morning, I need eight pages by noon, and I just can’t bring myself to do it. This is so ridiculous. I can’t wait to get away from academics for a few months! Share this entry:

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As Reading Week ends, and Finals Week begins

By Justin | May 12, 2008

Already I’ve had to alter the schedule I worked out last night. But, I’ve made some progress. I turned in my ECON256 paper this afternoon, and about an hour ago, I finished my AMST200 paper. So, I’ve got two down, and two to go (less positively, I’ve got 10 pages down, and 23 to go). [...]

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Academic Hell: Apocalypse Edition™

By Justin | May 11, 2008

April 11 began my Six Days of Hell: that period, earlier in the semester, when I had three huge papers due in six days. It was, up to that time, the densest period of academic work I had had to complete, in the shortest possible timeframe, ever. Yet, those six days are now looking like [...]

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