The Exam from Hell

We took the exam yesterday, and I really felt uncomfortable taking that one because the professor never gave us any readings to start with, and basically he taught the content right off of Power Point slides. We all did the best we could, but I really don't like taking a test that I go into it wondering if I even have an inkling of what the subject matter is. And that was the problem. I don't even really know what the purpose of the course is, and we're coming on the halfway point of the course. We still don't have books.

But whatever. I'm not the only one suffering in this class. My other class is much more enjoyable, and I'm actually learning some good information from it.

Which brings me to my thesis. I've actually completed the work of putting together my thesis committee, of which Dr. Bates will be my chair, Dr. Bergman and Dr. Schamber will the other members. I've decided to continue the work on my rhetorical criticism from last year concerning the August 1991 Soviet Coup, which I used as a narrative versus counternarrative approach studying the rhetoric of Yeltsin's protest. The thesis is going to deal with the same events, but instead of focusing on narrative, I am going to develop a further thesis along the lines of explaining the dissemination methodology of Yeltsin's speech was a carryover of Agit-trains from earlier periods of Russia's history.

Stumble It!