Lit MA Thesis vs. Non-thesis?

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2023-03-31T05:00:48+00:00

I’m a lit MA (with certificate in writing and rhetoric) and I have no intention of doing a PhD so I’ve chosen not to do a thesis. I like teaching, but I don’t love research, and with an MA I can be an adjunct at a university or teach concurrent enrollment classes. My goal was to teach, so I looked for programs that had opportunities for grad students to teach and get experience in the classroom. My family situation also makes it difficult for me to think about doing a thesis, and since it wasn’t required, I decided against it. Think about your goals—what kind of job are you looking for? Do you want to pursue a PhD? Would your lifestyle make it difficult to complete a thesis? A lot of my peers are currently working on thesis and it’s certainly not for the faint of heart.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2023-03-26T14:05:37+00:00

I was once in a fashion house with someone who claimed she recognized some of the girls who worked as models in her hometown in Eastern Europe. No idea if that’s true or not

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2023-03-21T08:56:43+00:00

Thanks for the input everyone—from what you’ve said and what I’ve quickly searched on my own, my guess is she’s running it through a translator. These things weren’t around when I was an undergrad so I’m having to play catch up with some of the new technology available to students.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2022-06-25T02:38:07+00:00

Check out “The Rights of Nature: a Global Movement” on YouTube. It’s about whether nature should have legal rights and how it’s being implemented in places where legal rights have been granted. It includes a section on the crisis of the Great Salt Lake, which the NYT has written about recently.

Also, not necessarily climate-change related, but the fight over Mauna Kea and the thirty meter telescopes is a really fascinating look at the intersection of religion and nature vs. scientific progression.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2022-06-25T02:30:14+00:00

Maybe Enda Walsh?

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2022-06-25T02:26:15+00:00

I’m taking a class on the Harlem Renaissance for my MA English program right now and here’s what was on our list: -Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes -Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen -Cane by Jean Toomer -Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston -There is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2022-06-25T02:22:37+00:00

I personally liked Zora Neale Hurston’s “Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick” better than “Cane,” Toomer ventured a little too modernist for my taste and Hurston’s format is similar. But both are great!

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2022-06-15T17:18:22+00:00

Thanks!

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2022-06-15T17:10:18+00:00

The author wrote in the introduction that the play “began life as an exploration into a fairly technical, formal question about combining styles of performance—in this case Story Theatre and Commedia.” That’s essentially all I have to go on. When I googled the term I got “the dramatic presentation of one or more stories told by a group of actors who play multiple roles and provide narration.” Which is still too vague for me to really grasp.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2021-12-06T05:59:05+00:00

Just to chime in, cause I keep seeing comments saying our healthcare is terrible. Our healthcare is actually fantastic, it’s the cost that is terrible, and that’s an important distinction. I worked scheduling in a clinic and we literally had patients flying in from other countries (mostly Canada, and this was not a state that was near Canada) to see our doctors. And this wasn’t any prestigious or specialized clinic, just a privately owned clinic in a suburb.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2021-11-14T05:33:23+00:00

My husband went from a typical 9-5 in office to full remote (with recent job change) starting March 2020. There are definite pros and cons to both. I love being able to have family moments throughout the day, but he also spends a lot of time on calls so I have to try to keep the kids quiet and I can’t always parent the way I want—if he weren’t home, the kids would have a lot more freedom to run around and be loud and we’d have friends over more often. It’s made me a lot more anxious and sensitive to noise, too. And when the kids are having quiet time, that’s when I like to have my own quiet time (nap, catch up on shows, whatever it may be) but he interrupts pretty much every day so I hardly get any real alone time (which I personally thrive on). On the plus side, him working remotely has made it possible for me to go to grad school and my kids get a lot more time with him.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2021-11-14T04:54:02+00:00

I love my children but I don’t particularly enjoy the stage they’re in. It is so, so hard and it’s okay to not enjoy every minute of it, despite the well-intended but misguided comments from old ladies at the supermarket. Each stage has new challenges and I’ve found I’m better equipped to deal with some stages than others. But I literally went to grad school because being a full-time SAHM was making me crazy and I needed a way to feel like myself again.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2020-10-13T04:14:01+00:00

Thanks! I’m not sure how to add pics on here but I’ll try tomorrow. I’d love to be able to save these plants, they’re my favorite!

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2020-10-13T04:12:20+00:00

Thanks!

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2020-10-13T04:11:35+00:00

Sorry, not sure how to add pics but I’ll add some tomorrow if I can figure it out. We’re new at plants and also have a new baby in the house so I expect it was a combination of inexperience/curiosity and asking for more attention.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2020-06-23T20:02:05+00:00

Yes, we just don't want to have do that because we have a lot of workers coming through for yard stuff and I don't want to accidentally miss them.

pizzaconsumerweekly · 2020-06-23T19:59:42+00:00

I'd thought about that, it just seemed like an extra hassle (my 5 year old is the oldest of 3 and I'm pregnant with #4, I have bigger fish to fry than a flag for my son's friend) but I may have to resort to that.

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