Goodbye Year One

posted 05/09/08 @ 12:03AM

Well, I did it - my first year of graduate school is behind me. I wouldn't really call myself a second year at this point, but I'm not going to think of myself as a first year during the summer. I'll have to think up something to call myself. I definitely enjoyed myself throughout the semester. There are obviously ups and downs, but more ups. Not having to teach or take classes this summer will be excellent.

Presentations

I do have a legitimate concern, however. First semester, I gave two presentations. Second semester, I have eight. Some of these were not a big deal, but a few were pretty lofty. The graph you see here is what's going to happen if this trend continues. I figured out there were 108 days in first semester, and 116 in second. At this rate, the number of presentations I'll be giving will surpass the number of days in the semester by my fourth semester. I initially had the graph last for all 10 semesters, but it was hard to read, so here is the full table:

Presentations Table

Hopefully once I get some more data points, things will change, because this sounds terrifying.

Because of all of these presentations and papers and whatnot, I have done a ton of literature reading through the semester, so over the course of summer I'll do a little Research Blogging, because whether or not you actually read my journal posts or not, I did that work so I might as well get a Will and Beyond post out of it.

Next Saturday (May 17th) is the 2nd Annual Great Manhattan Perimeter Walk (last year's is here), so in case you're not on Facebook, and haven't heard me otherwise speak of it, you should come - contact me if interested. That's about it for now, so adios.

Godspeed.



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