last minute work... and lots of it

Can anyone explain what "powers and prerogatives of offices and positions of authority and responsibility" is supposed to mean (rawls' third primary good)?

An amusing sentence from my paper waiting for revision: "... establishing a common definition of what it means to educate all fairly, much less finding an agreement on a basic framework and purpose, has become …(hidden to us as teachers as phil sit around and debate a bunch)."

Noon

While rearranging my desk and organizing room 324 (instead of working on my paper), I ran across my planner that had a note saying our Phil of Ed papers are due by noon on Tuesday. I feel sufficiently motivated ...and organized now. -tasha

workout club!

wooo hooo!
yeah that ceremony was way dry they should
have at least had wine..j/k
Hey I had a great thought
We should all try and workout together
or some days at least?? If you are interested
post on the blog..i know rosalind and tasha are in! =)
okay..back to that 20 page paper!

This, that and Somebody's Aunt Edna

OK, so the girl grad. sorority is happenin' - Dr. Tarter agreed to sponsor us. (Well, sorta.)
Cricket - is that you, Amy?

Snaps to David for lightenin' up a stiff ceremony last night. Can we get a "Whoo-hoo" for Amy, please? 10 bonus points for David! As the only guy in the group, that took guts - all while wearin' the "Bah Humbug" button I gave him!

So, y'all just write stuff and respond to each other on this? OK, I'm in. Just another thing to do to avoid studying - oh, yeah!

Julie

Tickets for Sunday 14th

It looks like all the afternoon tickets may be sold out. I'm not sure how this all works, and maybe I should call and order tickets. Will y'all look at the info online and see what you think? Let me know for sure how many tickets you want and I can call so we can try to get seats together.

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase
http://138.26.185.197/VirtualEMSProfessional/BrowseEvents.aspx

-t

Added to...

I added this thing on the bottom so now you can say whether posts are interesting or funny.

having a hard time? not as much as tp =)

Taken from a recent paper...
As Corbin and Strauss (2008) emphasized in their guide to grounded theory research, qualitative research is a challenging pursuit. Likewise, I found the process of conducting a grounded theory research project as a whole to be strenuous and demanding (and consequently a beneficial learning exercise), especially as a nascent researcher. Corbin and Strauss (2008) also shrewdly warned that a novice qualitative researcher will struggle: “For the inexperienced qualitative researcher, doing qualitative analysis can be a daunting process” (p. 20). Undoubtedly, the methodology employed in this project was nothing less than a provocative struggle and “daunting process” to understand and correctly represent the ideas (textual and sub-textual) available from one interview conducted with a second year teacher.
haha
=)
love ya tp

grad school sorority

Hey guys!
julie (one of the GA's) has a funny idea about starting our
own sorority for graduate school girls- I think it would be
pretty funny! we could have our own hazing rituals (lol)
and dress code (no "ug" boots etc)
what do ya think? =)

Finals and such...

Hey cricket I agree..I woke up early one morning because
I was soo worried I wouldnt get done with my paper..then I
crashed haha
I hope we can all go to the comedy night! I think at least me
and tasha are planning on going..okie dokie gotta get back to the
research paper...talk to you soon!
-p

Dream a Little Dream of... Funding Formulas?!?

After spending the entire weekend chained to my desk attempting to finish three classes at once I finally got up, walked around, and realized - there is so much information in my head I cannot form ANY coherent thoughts. lol My rear-end appears to be suffering as well! My brain is so full of SRE, Dewey, Howe, Jacobs, standards-based assessments, and funding formulas that when I close my eyes to sleep at night pages of text and spreadsheets float across my eyelids. Last night I awoke at 3AM in a panic - the EEO paper was all wrong! Wait, I haven't written enough for it to be wrong yet. Just a dream... And as I stare up into the dark ceiling I wonder why I couldn't have just done a book review? Why? Why did I pursue this topic????

Oh, winter break, will you ever arrive?

So, who all is going to the Second City Improv thingy on Dec. 14th in Birmingham?