The standard procedure in the department is for dissertation workshop to meet every three or four weeks and consist of reviewing and critiquing a couples people work at each meeting. My adviser, who is running the comparative dissertation workshop has decided that meeting that rarely is not an effective way to move us towards a dissertation, and that the best thing to help with making progress is accountability. I think he is right, but it means a lot of work for everyone.
In order to make us accountable, we meet every week, and we have a standing weekly assignment: a to-do list. Everyone's weekly to-do list is to be posted every Wednesday night on the official dissertation workshop blog - http://dissertationroadkill.blogspot.com . Then, at the end of class on Thursday, we both have to explain what we have gotten done off the list in the last week and what is on our list for the next week. The to do list is effectively critiqued by other students! As in, "you say you are going to read this, but you didn't say why," or "don't you think you should be reading more?" or "are your priorities correct on this item?".
Accountability.
Its effective. So, if you want to see what is on my weekly to do list, you can always see it, and all the to-do lists of my classmates, at that website. Please do not comment on that website... don't think my professor would appreciate that.
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I hope you still find time to have fun. Somewhere...even if it's at 6:37 in the morning.
So, not to be nosy, what was wrong with which car ? Also (from Mich horse comment by 'rising esoteric') Max had a toy shotgun????? Was it more than 10minutes ago!
Rising estoeric is the one, the only, Opal! And yes, Max had TONS of toy guns, I am sure one of them was shot gun like... it was indeed more than ten minutes ago. Meanwhile, the car had to be fixed after DH knocked the headlight out of it backing out of the garage. LOL
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