I have not disappeared from the planet, though I am beginning to consider it as an alternative. lol.
I started classes three weeks ago and have done little else but homework since. I have, however, managed to work in a little writing nearly every day. You are not rid of me yet.
What I miss most is reading. Reading for fun and reading blogs. Sigh.
I'll be back someday!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I have not disappeared from the planet, though I am beginning to consider it as an alternative. lol.
I started classes three weeks ago and have done little else but homework since. I have, however, managed to work in a little writing nearly every day. You are not rid of me yet.
What I miss most is reading. Reading for fun and reading blogs. Sigh.
I'll be back someday!
I started classes three weeks ago and have done little else but homework since. I have, however, managed to work in a little writing nearly every day. You are not rid of me yet.
What I miss most is reading. Reading for fun and reading blogs. Sigh.
I'll be back someday!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Holy Geez!
Well, I've started classes. This is not the first time that I have taken classes online. However, it is the first time I have taken a whole degree online, something I often tsk, tsk at. I guess that part of me is a traditionalist and I kind of think that going to class is part of getting degree. Online degrees don't count. I'll have to change that little part of my brain now. I am officially an online graduate student. I am officially graduate student. Geez.
The second thing that's really different about it is that librarians have to, by definition, keep on top of the technology trends. I don't think I am a major computer geek but I do know things but mostly because I have to use computers every day for work, etc. Anyway, the way that Wayne State has decided to deal with the out of classroom experience is by putting lectures online as videos on a website that allows them to track each student, whether they watched them, when they watched them, and if they watched them all of the way through. Having worked in a library for some eight years now, I have a hard time watching these things. Right now, I am listening to a lecture on how to keep up with technology and be innovative. You mean, there are people who don't read blogs? Someone doesn't have a Myspace? THERE ARE LIBRARIES WITHOUT WEBPAGES???? lol. In honor of my undergrad experience, I am painting my nails and writing.
But I did just get a mental punch in the stomach. I think that part of me has always thought that you got a degree, got a job, and did what you had to do to keep it. That's it. Part of the reason that I decided against teaching was that Michigan requires teachers to take so many credits in college courses every so many years. Apparently, the best way to keep your job in a library is by taking classes, reading blogs and magazines, and keeping on top of all of the latest trends inside and outside of the library. (That last one is something that I really suck at. I can barely keep on top of the kind of shoes I should be wearing and I love shoes. The music I listen to is older. The books I read are old. I am a classic kind of girl. That doesn't mean that I am against innovation, etc, but I do like things vintage.)
What gave me the punch was this: I have been using all of my extra energy outside of school and work to work on my writing. Now, working part time and going to school full time has left me with a decent amount of spare time. Nanowrimo helps, giving my one month when I can just write write write. Still school full time has generally given me hours where I have sat in a class and, well, wrote. After graduating, I started this blog. I edited a novel for the first time. I made a plan for writing, editing, and submitting. I made a plan for developing my web presence. However, when I have to work on work outside of work, how am I going to have time work on writing. NOT just writing but all of that other writing stuff!
How do people do all of this without going crazy??
The second thing that's really different about it is that librarians have to, by definition, keep on top of the technology trends. I don't think I am a major computer geek but I do know things but mostly because I have to use computers every day for work, etc. Anyway, the way that Wayne State has decided to deal with the out of classroom experience is by putting lectures online as videos on a website that allows them to track each student, whether they watched them, when they watched them, and if they watched them all of the way through. Having worked in a library for some eight years now, I have a hard time watching these things. Right now, I am listening to a lecture on how to keep up with technology and be innovative. You mean, there are people who don't read blogs? Someone doesn't have a Myspace? THERE ARE LIBRARIES WITHOUT WEBPAGES???? lol. In honor of my undergrad experience, I am painting my nails and writing.
But I did just get a mental punch in the stomach. I think that part of me has always thought that you got a degree, got a job, and did what you had to do to keep it. That's it. Part of the reason that I decided against teaching was that Michigan requires teachers to take so many credits in college courses every so many years. Apparently, the best way to keep your job in a library is by taking classes, reading blogs and magazines, and keeping on top of all of the latest trends inside and outside of the library. (That last one is something that I really suck at. I can barely keep on top of the kind of shoes I should be wearing and I love shoes. The music I listen to is older. The books I read are old. I am a classic kind of girl. That doesn't mean that I am against innovation, etc, but I do like things vintage.)
What gave me the punch was this: I have been using all of my extra energy outside of school and work to work on my writing. Now, working part time and going to school full time has left me with a decent amount of spare time. Nanowrimo helps, giving my one month when I can just write write write. Still school full time has generally given me hours where I have sat in a class and, well, wrote. After graduating, I started this blog. I edited a novel for the first time. I made a plan for writing, editing, and submitting. I made a plan for developing my web presence. However, when I have to work on work outside of work, how am I going to have time work on writing. NOT just writing but all of that other writing stuff!
How do people do all of this without going crazy??
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