What's happening in Duane's busy world
School
Still working hard on that one. This is my second and final year of grad school at the University of the Pacific. I am starting to nail down my thesis and committee for my comps. I spoke with Dr. B today about my thesis, and he's agreed to chair the committee, and then we also talked about the second of three members, and she agreed to be part of the committee as well. My thesis is going to be a rhetorical criticism of the August 1991 Soviet coup, focusing on the dissemination process of Yeltsin's speech, using an application of agit-trains as a contemporary adaptation of an archaic process from performance theory. I'll be going in tomorrow morning to discuss my blueprint for moving forward on this thesis project.
My two courses this semester are going in opposite directions. I love my political communication studies in the documentary form class but my other course doesn't seem to be all that engaging.
I was creating a synthesis project, and Raman has indicated she is interested in working with me. We're now distributing the four segments of the project to build upon the synthesis theory for the paper we will be writing.
Writing
I am in the process of creating a new novel. The idea came to me a few days ago, and it just seems like the thing to write now.
Speech Coaching
We have some really talented people, but at the same time it gets really frustrated when I can do so much to help some people with success but they put in such little effort themselves. Others, they put in a lot of effort and I believe they will be rewarded in the long run, but it does take a lot out of someone to keep trying to rally the ones who just seem to think success will come because they want success to come without actually putting in the actual work.
Teaching
My interpersonal communication class is going well. It helps that I've taught this course before, so I know what is expected and how to get my students there. They take their first exam in a few weeks, and I'm hoping they do well. I've always found it a joy to teach when the students are motivated to want to learn. Some of the political science courses I taught in the past at KVCC were nightmares because of a lack of that energy.
Relationships
None.
Stumble It!
Still working hard on that one. This is my second and final year of grad school at the University of the Pacific. I am starting to nail down my thesis and committee for my comps. I spoke with Dr. B today about my thesis, and he's agreed to chair the committee, and then we also talked about the second of three members, and she agreed to be part of the committee as well. My thesis is going to be a rhetorical criticism of the August 1991 Soviet coup, focusing on the dissemination process of Yeltsin's speech, using an application of agit-trains as a contemporary adaptation of an archaic process from performance theory. I'll be going in tomorrow morning to discuss my blueprint for moving forward on this thesis project.
My two courses this semester are going in opposite directions. I love my political communication studies in the documentary form class but my other course doesn't seem to be all that engaging.
I was creating a synthesis project, and Raman has indicated she is interested in working with me. We're now distributing the four segments of the project to build upon the synthesis theory for the paper we will be writing.
Writing
I am in the process of creating a new novel. The idea came to me a few days ago, and it just seems like the thing to write now.
Speech Coaching
We have some really talented people, but at the same time it gets really frustrated when I can do so much to help some people with success but they put in such little effort themselves. Others, they put in a lot of effort and I believe they will be rewarded in the long run, but it does take a lot out of someone to keep trying to rally the ones who just seem to think success will come because they want success to come without actually putting in the actual work.
Teaching
My interpersonal communication class is going well. It helps that I've taught this course before, so I know what is expected and how to get my students there. They take their first exam in a few weeks, and I'm hoping they do well. I've always found it a joy to teach when the students are motivated to want to learn. Some of the political science courses I taught in the past at KVCC were nightmares because of a lack of that energy.
Relationships
None.
Stumble It!
posted by Duane @ 10:54 PM
2 Comments:
At 11:36 AM,
Anonymous said…
That last paragraph worries me.
At 12:13 PM,
Anonymous said…
I know you seem to have hit a rough patch, but I hate to hear you talk like that. I love reading your blog and I think you have too much to offer to throw everything away.
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