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Life Got In The Way #doctoralpursuit

3/13/2019

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I have not spoken to you this year. Happy New Year to you, lol I have had a lot going on this year and since the last time I updated you. This has been the longest break I have taken since I began this blog in June of 2016. I feel bad about it, but life kinda "got in the way" of my timeline for a bit. Classes got more rigorous as I am getting near the end of my course work.  I see the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s a long, long, long tunnel, but I see it. I am in two course this semester and have two more to complete which puts me on target to finish summer II which is July. By the end of my coursework, I will have a working draft of chapters 1, 2, & 3 of my dissertation. Then on to comprehensive exams and defending those chapters. Once the "powers that be" (my graduate advisor and a team of professionals from the graduate school) say yes, it's on to my actual research. I then write chapters 4 and 5 and move to where I defend everything (final defense). and finally to the goal, the title Dr. (Ed.D).  I am excited and overwhelmed all at the same time- if that is even possible. My goal (which is just that) is completion December 2020.

I have grown and am growing, living, and making connections that will help me with future success. I still feel the inner nudging of the need to make a move and spread my wings career-wise, but have not found that open door, yet. Still I trudge on. I am open and ready once the door is open and am also seeking opportunities for the growth of my leadership skills. I am setting myself up to be the literacy leader I am supposed to be. My words for the next 5 years are "Clear Vision".

Stay tuned for an announcement in the near future.

I am in love with being an adjunct professor. It is fulfilling and rewarding but is also extra which takes a bit more of my time than just being an instructional specialists and doc student. It is not something I am willing to give up. It is pivotal to my future success. I tell people when they ask me: "If I could quit my job and do this full time, I would." As long as I am afforded the opportunity to do this work, I will. I look forward to future opportunities to come from working with pre-service teachers.

Thank you for reading


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Jane Moore
3/27/2019 10:45:43 am

Love that you are loving being an adjunct. It is something I cherished as well! Keep on keeping on!

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12/7/2019 10:14:34 pm

I also want to be a doctor in the future, but it is not an easy path. Personally, I feel like I might just quit in the middle of it all. I have been experiencing a lot of pain and anxiety from my journey, and it is not good for me. I hope that I can get inspired by your journey to the top. I want to be someone who can reach the goals that I have set up for myself.

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Literacypearls
12/8/2019 11:44:03 pm

Just remember, if it were easy; everyone would do it. I have often thought about quitting and just doing nothing more, but that is a motivation in me that will not allow me to not finish. I slow down, take a break, procrastinate, and otherwise avoid work at times but I would never quit and I don't think you should either.

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    Pearl Garden is a doctoral candidate at Texas A&M- Commerce. Follow along as she drops "pearls' of literacy and chronicles her pursuit of her Ed. D in Supervision-Curriculum and Instruction- Elementary Education. Just know that these are the ramblings of a doc student and a lot of what you read is a first draft and will go through some rewrites.

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