I've been doing a lot of thinking the past three weeks and as the title says, my head is spinning at unimaginable speeds and I can't get it to slow down or stop for that matter. From the stress of taking 18 credit hours this semester, to working 30+ hours a week, trying to figure out how to use and master Excel and trying to focus in on what I want to do as far as my IRP is concerned, you can definitely say I don't have a life haha. I decided, while trying to research and narrow down exactly what I want to do for my IRP and having no luck, that I will be taking the second option and blogging weekly about our class field work, discussions, weekly graphs, and other important information. This will be the best option for me not only, because I have trouble narrowing down broad topics, but also because I am overwhelmed with everything else and reporting weekly about class will help new information I learn stick in my memory and also provide to others an overview of class that week.
So far, this class has taught me a lot about Excel since I only used Excel about three times in previous classes, it was a real eye opener to learn the basics again as well as more complex features like inserting superscripts and highlighting data and having Excel calculate the standard deviation or the average of the data set. Learning to master and use Excel during this class will definitely help me in earning my degree, my career, and in my daily life. This class will definitely shine light on what I really want to do my own research on later in life and I can't wait to find that topic while working through this class and finding my niche in this amazing field.
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Nice job, Amber. And welcome to Option 2! I think your decision is a good one; you will still get plenty of experience, learn a lot of new field/lab techniques and get to enjoy being 'Assistant Professor' and judging your classmate's IRPs! ;-)
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