by Cooper West | Jul 15, 2012 | gradschool, Modus Operandi
I spent the past week in New Orleans for a conference where I was co-presenting. Due to the nature of my participation (I was not a member of the organization the conference was for) I got the chance to spend two of those days wandering around NOLA in the dead of...
by Cooper West | Apr 27, 2012 | gradschool, Modus Operandi
Last night was my FINAL final exam; it was not horrific but was two hours of handwritten long-essay answers (I know! Weird!) and when I turned it in, I was DONE. I am doing an internship in my field this summer for credit for a specialized certificate, so I’m...
by Cooper West | Apr 23, 2012 | Modus Operandi
It took me a long time to get away from validating my life according to something that didn’t relate to my true hopes and goals. ~ Chris Guillebeau, “An Academic Confession” That is something I could have written myself. A huge part of my desire to...
by Cooper West | Apr 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today is my last day of class work for this term, representing my last day of classwork for my masters. I’ve got an internship to get done over the summer but that’s it, I’ll be graduating! And yes, I still have a silly final exam on Thursday but...
by Cooper West | Oct 11, 2011 | Modus Operandi, Writing Update
To understand my relationship with “accountability” and “discipline”, it is important to understand that I was homeschooled for most of my childhood. And not that regimented, faux-school homeschool, either; nope, I was unschooled, back in the...
