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Transition from Industry to Academia
Working in an Industry and Academia can be two very different and very similar things. It depends on the person’s perspective and views. Having worked in the Industry and now in the academia, I can say that it is difficult to explain the intricate differences in both. I am sharing my experience with how my experience in the Industry has greatly helped me to be good in academia.
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Farewell Address: Part 2
My farewell address blog from last semester ended with looking forward to the arrival of “Act 2”, the second semester. As I write these words, today is officially the last day of classes. I still have final exams and a paper to write, but by the time you read this I will have completed my first year of graduate school. As everything comes to a close, it seems fitting to recount my academic steps.
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STOP 'TRYING'
In the first week of the fall 2016 semester, and five minutes before class ended, Dr. Nancy Watson gave us a little golden nugget of information. This piece of information was first introduced to her by Ms. Judy Kuttner and then passed along to us. She essentially told us to ‘stop trying’. Before understanding the context of her words, I tilted my head a little bit like a confused dog and wondered what she meant. I mean, I have never ever heard that before. Society constantly tells us to ‘keep trying’ to ‘try harder’ and to ‘try it anyway’ but she told us to ‘stop trying’? After listening to why she said that I had an a-ha moment...