So, my life has been completely and utterly consumed by grad school for the past two weeks. 7-8 hours every day last week at the library to research and complete 2 essays of 3000 words each, read 8 articles and study for an Arabic midterm all due the first week back to class. Of course the first paper is always the hardest to get started with especially since I haven't written an academic paper in 5 The deadline day was madness: long queues and jams at the printers, queues to turn in the essays and a frenzied atmosphere. Fortunately, I made the deadline with time to spare; quite a weight off my shoulders!
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Even with all of the schoolwork, the holiday break was quite eventful. Some highlights (photos to come) include:
--My sister and cousin visiting
--Visit to Edinburgh, Scotland
--Les Miserables, Wicked
--Food of the world tour: English pub, Brick Lane (Bangladeshi), Italian, Scottish (Haggis!), Japanese, Belgian
--Fireworks at midnight on New Years Eve in Leister Square and VIP tickets to the New Years Day parade
--Lots of laughs!
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The break was much needed and appreciated. But now Term 2 is in full swing and the pace has picked up! More reading to go along with beginning the dissertation process, upcoming essays and finally exams to get through. I know the term will fly by, I can't believe it's already the beginning of my last teaching term but certainly looking forward to it. Next week's topics: Politics of Revolution (Iran) and Tribes in an 'Age of Government.'
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