Minority Scholars

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Lord, you up there? Um...let today be the day that I finish it all!!!


Work coming up this weekend, hope I can get this done so I can focus on other things in life, I'm oh so close right now! 1 Chapter and a review left..pray for mehhh!!


=^.}

Monday, February 13, 2012

Focused on my Target ...Happy Valentines..



Lot of plans tomorrow, lots of stuff to do. Trying to get focused early to hit my target, I can't even sit down!

Taxes done...what's next? Guess, guess........


It's 3AM, are you sleep? I'm up...ok, I was sleeping at 3PM but we all have different sleep cycles right, I have found my most productive cycle, and I'll roll with it, in the end, it's all about productivity!

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Brain is blazing!


Brain is burning, sometimes hot...sometimes...eh...just a little warm..back to the lap, so much to do...so much to do!!

Parade being Rained on...


I was really., really expecting to be alot further than I am now...sheeshhhh, my marathon is taking wayyy too long. Oh Well, Research Methods, next up.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Vamperism in slow motion











Don't you hate when you take a nap with the intent to get up and get stuff done...then you take a nap longer than planned.....and even worst, one you do wake up, you're still sleepy..that's me...Brain may be a little smoked.

BUT

Ready....set.....GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm in love....again...Dissertation...me and you babes!

Oh great coffee of mine, why did I ignore you all these years, you know I'm in love with your right? Right? I do, honestly, maybe it's infatuation because it's new...Well lets ride this train and see how long it lasts..

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Reopening Crates

After years and years faced with this study, my mentor has directed me the wrong way...I've decided to change my whole study and refocus on my original framework. Change:

Quantitative---> Qualitative  ---->   Mixed-method(nested) ----) Quantitative

So hopefully this all works out well and I can finish this soon. Main focus is to reestablish symmetry across paper.

Then::
1. Reincorporate some of the previous theories
2. Review literature methodologies
3. Create new hypotheses
4. Conduct and analyze quantitative data
5. Display the findings
6. Pull it all together with my implications, recommendations, and conclusions

So, I guess I know WHAT I need to do...sigh...I guess I'll go do it..

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

(In)succinctness of study time

One of the greatest gripes I have with online studies is the access and response of mentors/instructors. A simple question that could be answered in 5 minutes can take hours of research. Wasting time, energy, and depleting motivation.

It would be nice to say, "Eh, I'll skip this portion and go meet Dr. xxx tomorrow, he'll be in class". You send out a mystery email or phone call and pray for an expedient response. I'm surely alone in this journey.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Sleep Cycle


So much focus has been put on trying to sleep at the "appropriate" interval. Now, I'm going to sleep when I get tired and waking up when I'm ready, why not?