Shame in Academic Writing by Rachel Toor
This is a great reminder – I’m sure I’ll reread these reassuring words many times.
Shame in Academic Writing by Rachel Toor
This is a great reminder – I’m sure I’ll reread these reassuring words many times.
We are all so excited. This week we finalized our tickets to Australia and will fly out early in July. I can’t wait to spend significant time with family and also to have a bit of a holiday.
Of course there is no pleasure without business…
In the first two weeks of July I will be very busy attending the Education Winter School and the ALEA National Conference at the Melbourne Hilton hotel. I will present papers both at the Monash MERC day and at ALEA.
Some time in the third week I will present my PhD proposal to a confirmation panel. I am busy revising my proposal and am fairly happy with my progress at this stage. I must say that I am very grateful to both my supervisors for the excellent feedback they provided on my first draft. I have been noticing that their clear comments make it possible for me to systematically revisit my writing, think about what is missing and explore the changes which are required. I am managing to do this relatively calmly. Last week I had the opportunity to discuss this paper with both GP & SB in a Skype conversation and that helped me probe the issues worrying me even further.
The revision process is made up of rereading my text, thinking, becoming acquainted with suggested literature, playing around with new ideas, writing and rewriting. I am lucky to have the Passover break to devote myself to this writing.
The more I read the more I find there is to read, I just wish I had more time to devote to this endeavor, I really do enjoy it!
Waiting…waiting…waiting! I’ve had enough of waiting and it’s making me nervous!
What am I waiting for?
At school it will be a mixed year. I will have many hours in my role as vice principal, about 8 hrs in my role as head of teaching and leader of PD, 8 hours teaching ESL to two grade 6 classes, 2 hours teaching bible studies to grade 6, and 2 hours participating in a digital comics competition which brings together religious and secular pupils as they learn about other cultures and tolerance (last time one of my pupils came second in the final). I will also have 4 hours with groups of stronger pupils in our striving for excellence program. Together we will experiment with blogging – something new to me, our school and Israeli primary schools in general. I have lots of plans and am waiting for it all to begin.
I still can’t decide if I should keep blogging here or open a new work blog. Let’s WAIT and see.
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