Exploring Inside the Periphery

It's incredible.  By Tuesday I will be halfway through my first semester of graduate school.  And graduate school is just a crazy as everyone says.  To this point,  I've been to six seminars,  watched hours and hours of prerecorded video,  attended many many zoom classes and group meetings,  written one and a half papers,  created a basic (plus a little) website, completed several steps in my first design project,  read several journal articles as part of a research group,  created quizzes,  question banks reviewed syllabi, cheated (with permission) on proctor and Turning, been elected to the student organization board for my department,  and headed a lot more assignments than I would have ever imagined before deciding on graduate school.  Everything is fun to learn this semester! I am so grateful for that because the avalanche that hit about two weeks ago would be miserable otherwise. I can literally put in 10-13 hours of...

 I took computer programming as an elective my senior year of high school.  I loved it to the point that I went into college declared as a computer science major.  And then I took a Java class and had a terrible time with calculus.   But while I was taking Java and Calculus 1, I also took Psychology.  And that's what I dnd up graduating in. Of course,  that took me several years. In 2013, BYUI apparently DID have the I/O emphasis,  but I hadn't heard of it.  In fact,  I only found it when I was looking at changing my major so I wouldn't have to complete an internship and I could finally be done! But in my last few weeks, my faculty mentor suggested that I go to graduate school.  He was my faculty mentor because I was an Industrial/ Organizational student.  Now,  three weeks before graduation would be the end of November. The deadline to apply for this program is January 15 - at least the easiest gasoline to find on the web...

Human beings are social creatures.  Even introverts need to interact with other people!  I just moved to a new city in which I knew 4 people in the city and one in a nearby city.  Two are married (one is my little sister's childhood best friend 10.5 years younger than me anyway), one I learned is engaged when I moved up here,  and the other is... complicated.  I wish I knew how to uncomplicated it,  but I haven't figured it out yet and it's a two way thing. Slight tangent,  but the point is that  the three I can talk to all have their own families, and hence priorities.  I am surrounded by young people where I live and age and maturity also change your perspective, and to some extent,  your focus.  In this day of COVID-19, how is one expected to have a social network?   I feel like there is something more I should be doing.  After all,  I'm studying,  sleeping,  eating, getting food,  cleaning and ...

 Brigham Young University started this week,  and with it,  lots of adventure! I spent about 12 hours on Zoom between my classes,  my job as a TA and the student organization. Two of my classes work very well together.  One teaches skills in different programs and programming while the other teaches the skills of Instructional Design. One of them actually said,  the thing you'll learn in graduate school is that nobody gets along with anybody ever.  And he'll be on my advising committee.  🤣 I TA for a SPED section of an undergraduate course for education majors.  I went to 3 sections this week - my assigned section is the SPED section,  the other two were not.  In my donations of ID class,  it was interesting to look at the history of the United States in terms of  how schools and organizations taught.  I learned in Psychology Assessment that the world wars bright about psychological assessments like never before,...

When embarking on a new adventure,  I highly recommend coming up with a list of goals! Whether you're traveling,  buying a house,  or going off to school - you should learn about the experiences and options available and set your priorities!! So,  as I pack and utilize Facebook marketplace in an effort to be ready in a week and a half, I'm looking at opportunities available to me in the new area,  in graduate school and personally.   We won't go into personal goals,  but here are some things I want to do before I graduate: Professional: Learn Creative Cloud.   It's very useful for ID professionals! Help with an undergraduate class . Great practical,  in- field experience! Work with a client in an ID capacity.  Help with Research. Another good experience,  both seeing first hand the publication process and participating in the research.  ? Community & Social: Hike the Y. As I understand it,  this is a MUST for...

In two weeks,  I get to move.  In three weeks school starts - my first semester of graduate education! The anticipation is nerve wracking,  but I am so excited! I have a Pinterest board full of goals,  ideas and  what I want to become.  It's pretty all- encompassing and I can't wait!!  I am registered for a full time graduate courseload. I have a job as a TA.  I have friends up there from years past. I have goals set in place that I am Eagar to begin working on and now I just have to move.  And get my roommates and unit assignment. It's a work in progress.  I can't stand a mess,  so I've been procrastinating pulling things out and sorting them because I don't want to live in the mess.  I wish there was a place where I could pile up the stuff I'm taking,  getting rid of and throwing away.  I'm slowly throwing things away,  going through drawers and mentally losing where each thing will go. And I also hope that I w...