I think I finally understood something about social class in the US. One of the very last replies used the phrase "It's what we tell ourselves so we can sleep at night." (A true TCK perspective, also - inside and outside.) That made me understand. Americans do not want to acknowledge the existence of social classes and replicating poverty patterns ( Read more... )

I'm writing my first academic paper. With me as first author. It feels a bit strange - I'm not just writing for my own benefit, to think through an issue - but to inform others in a publication. Not even to inform others in a class presentation. I know this isn't a big deal to people who have been in academia longer, but right now, to me, I feel ( Read more... )

While making my cheesecake, I am listening to various classical music I haven't listened to in a long time, right now Tschaikowsky played beautifully by Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Wiener Philharmoniker directed by von Karajan, RIP. I started with the Nutcracker, in anticipation of seeing it again, but soon started thinking of Christmas concerts I' ( Read more... )

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For one of my business classes, I watched a previously videotaped lecture by Curly Lee, a local Ford salesperson. It's the best business lecture I've seen in this class so far. But it was also interesting from a personal point of view. Evidently, I and my parents buy cars and other expensive items in a competely different way than salespeople here ( Read more... )

I got my first real example of prefessional flattery the other day. Forwarded from my advisor ( Read more... )

Mike and I are moving in together. I'm really excited - having him here for a whole week made the tension at work so much easier to deal with. Having help for cooking and cleaning made my life so much easier. We connect in a way that I've never experienced before. He's looking for a job here and will be leaving the military. I just called mom to ( Read more... )

Off a tip from an MIT alumna, I'm reading this site on women at MIT (http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/women_at_mit/index.shtml), and I find THIS: "A number of groups on campus are run by and serve the women's community at MIT, including the ( Read more... )

I can't help but feel a little prick of continental pride noticing that most of the really cutting-edge OLED research is done in Europe. And the European websites are the ones with the vision of the future.