Today marks the day that I officially have completed my first round of research and have sent off my essay drafts to Blackwell for his input and his thoughts! I finally just get to sit and relax (for a short while)!
WHOO HOO!!!!
Also, there has been a story written (by yours truly) that will be featured in Ball State's News & Notes publication, which is produced by the Honors College. Once that comes out, I'll be linking that on here! I'm super excited to be able to share my work and some encouraging thoughts with students facing this daunting task!
Fun fact of the day: Mondays are INFINITELY better when you don't have a thesis to work on. :)
-Emily
A look into the hectic life that is thesis researching and writing.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Jeez time flies, huh? I am SOOO sorry about the lack of postings! I could come up with an awesome excuse like how I've been thoroughly immersed in the research or how I got lost and wrapped up in the library after finding an awesome first-hand account but I'll be straight up.
I have other classes.
*GASP.* I know, right? I've just been so darn busy writing 3 other papers (all 10+ pages, I might add) plus tests and other shorter papers on the side. Quite frankly, thesis gets to take a backseat while I'm dealing with all this other stuff.
Regardless, I've now had meetings with both my honors thesis advisor (Blackwell on 11/14) and the liaison between the honors college and the history department (Suppe on 11/15). Both went extremely well, and now I just have to figure out how on earth these five segments come together and what to do with them after I find a combining strand. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I'm concerned that my research isn't quite up to where I would like it to be... ah well, there's always more time to research!
I've recently also had to focus upon how I'm creating my "creative/interactive" portion of my online museum. I don't know a whole lot about this type of creation so I'm searching and trying to see what I can come up with. If all else fails, maybe making a lesson plan and/or creating an actual, tangible exhibit...hmm...thoughts??
Thanks for bearing with me! Today's fun fact: Heisenberg, the physicist behind the Nazi Atomic Project had no moral dilemma with the Nazis. He did not subscribe to their thought process/nor did he claim to be anti-Semitic. The Nuremberg Trials did not see this at all: his involvement was cause enough to be charged.
I have other classes.
*GASP.* I know, right? I've just been so darn busy writing 3 other papers (all 10+ pages, I might add) plus tests and other shorter papers on the side. Quite frankly, thesis gets to take a backseat while I'm dealing with all this other stuff.
Regardless, I've now had meetings with both my honors thesis advisor (Blackwell on 11/14) and the liaison between the honors college and the history department (Suppe on 11/15). Both went extremely well, and now I just have to figure out how on earth these five segments come together and what to do with them after I find a combining strand. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I'm concerned that my research isn't quite up to where I would like it to be... ah well, there's always more time to research!
I've recently also had to focus upon how I'm creating my "creative/interactive" portion of my online museum. I don't know a whole lot about this type of creation so I'm searching and trying to see what I can come up with. If all else fails, maybe making a lesson plan and/or creating an actual, tangible exhibit...hmm...thoughts??
Thanks for bearing with me! Today's fun fact: Heisenberg, the physicist behind the Nazi Atomic Project had no moral dilemma with the Nazis. He did not subscribe to their thought process/nor did he claim to be anti-Semitic. The Nuremberg Trials did not see this at all: his involvement was cause enough to be charged.
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