Good News/Bad News

Bad news first: I do have to retake not one, but two sections, of my specialty exam. I will probably be doing this next Monday. I'm also still trying to get a hold of my advisor in order to figure out all the details. I heard a rumor that I will just be given a choice between the remaining two questions on each section that I need to redo, and if that is the case then studying shouldn't be too bad. If not, then I am in deep, deep trouble.

Good news: I just got an email informing me that a paper I submitted got accepted to La Marca Hispanica, the department's student journal. That makes me feel loved and validated, even if it's a pedagogy paper and not a literature one. The submissions were totally anonymous and I was actually sick the day we presented these papers, so no one knew it was mine. And they still liked it. That makes me feel like maybe I do have something useful to say after all.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Wow, congratulations on the publication. That's totally awesome. And good luck on the test.
2/28/2006 11:33 AM
emily said…
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2/28/2006 5:08 PM
emily said…
Ditto on the congratulatory remark. I submitted to La Marca and they basically laughed in my face.
2/28/2006 7:21 PM
COOLGUY said…
Way cool - I need a copy of the article...
3/01/2006 3:53 PM
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