Get well; good luck; bon voyage
1) Get-well wishes to Isaac's Great-Grandma Peetz, who was hospitalized this past Friday with an infection. She is okay now, but had to have some crazy IV antibiotics. We love her so much, and wish her a speedy recovery!
2) Good luck to avid reader Jen Horwath, a fellow grad student in Dad's Geo-whoozywhatsit department, who took her General Exam today. For those of you who don't follow the inner workings of academia with rapt attention, one's Ph.D. is generally made from two major exams (though it can be more depending on how obnoxious one's department wants to be) -- the "General" and "Final" exams. The General exam is the insanely evil one, which you usually don't take until your third year. Before this exam, they don't even consider you to be an official Ph.D. student -- passing this exam means that your committee overlords have given you their *permission* to pursue your Ph.D. with reckless abandon. Basically in this exam people can ask you anything they want, and you have to try to answer it as best you can. I spent probably a month solid preparing for mine. Poor Jen even blew off watching the Superbowl with Isaac and I so she could study. But I'm sure she's feelin' no pain now -- best wishes to you, Jen!
3) My college roomie, Liz, moved to Colorado a few years ago to teach special ed, but more recently decided to join the Peace Corps. She shipped out to the Dominican Republic yesterday for her stint, and, because I am incredibly rude and stupid, I forgot to call her and say goodbye. We love our Liz dearly, and she even came out to visit Isaac for a couple of days this past summer. We hope she has a really great time and gets to help a lot of people in need.
2) Good luck to avid reader Jen Horwath, a fellow grad student in Dad's Geo-whoozywhatsit department, who took her General Exam today. For those of you who don't follow the inner workings of academia with rapt attention, one's Ph.D. is generally made from two major exams (though it can be more depending on how obnoxious one's department wants to be) -- the "General" and "Final" exams. The General exam is the insanely evil one, which you usually don't take until your third year. Before this exam, they don't even consider you to be an official Ph.D. student -- passing this exam means that your committee overlords have given you their *permission* to pursue your Ph.D. with reckless abandon. Basically in this exam people can ask you anything they want, and you have to try to answer it as best you can. I spent probably a month solid preparing for mine. Poor Jen even blew off watching the Superbowl with Isaac and I so she could study. But I'm sure she's feelin' no pain now -- best wishes to you, Jen!
3) My college roomie, Liz, moved to Colorado a few years ago to teach special ed, but more recently decided to join the Peace Corps. She shipped out to the Dominican Republic yesterday for her stint, and, because I am incredibly rude and stupid, I forgot to call her and say goodbye. We love our Liz dearly, and she even came out to visit Isaac for a couple of days this past summer. We hope she has a really great time and gets to help a lot of people in need.
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