New Orleans
My friend Tammy from New Orleans (well, Slidell, a suburb), sent me lots more pics of hurricane damage - things are still SUCH a mess.
If I quit my PhD, I could spend my spring break there helping with cleanup. http://www.habitat-nola.org/calendar.php?m=04&y=2006 sounds like a "fun" project. Or, I could probably just stay with Tammy & family and help out locally. Wish it were nearer & I could drive there - my truck would be helpful with hauling stuff away. Hm ... it's almost 1900 miles, about 27 hours. Maybe if somebody came with me we could drive straight through ...
The other day on NPR I heard teachers at Benjamin Franklin school talk about all the work they did to open their school, and one teacher talked about 30 years worth of books and papers and projects she had stored in her basement that they had to shovel out.
Now, she doesn't collect stuff. She said paper is so heavy when it's wet, that she never wants to do that shoveling again. And, she realized she didn't need the stuff - the most important is the relationship between teacher and student.
Finally heard back from advisor, he wants to see me Monday. I should do work to get ready for it, but I'm so not motivated.
I've never really been into my program here - every single year I've tried to leave it, and then settled for it. Why? I think I need to transfer to a different school (which really means start over). I think I just need to do it, regardless of all the enticements to stay here.
If I quit my PhD, I could spend my spring break there helping with cleanup. http://www.habitat-nola.org/calendar.php?m=04&y=2006 sounds like a "fun" project. Or, I could probably just stay with Tammy & family and help out locally. Wish it were nearer & I could drive there - my truck would be helpful with hauling stuff away. Hm ... it's almost 1900 miles, about 27 hours. Maybe if somebody came with me we could drive straight through ...
The other day on NPR I heard teachers at Benjamin Franklin school talk about all the work they did to open their school, and one teacher talked about 30 years worth of books and papers and projects she had stored in her basement that they had to shovel out.
Now, she doesn't collect stuff. She said paper is so heavy when it's wet, that she never wants to do that shoveling again. And, she realized she didn't need the stuff - the most important is the relationship between teacher and student.
Finally heard back from advisor, he wants to see me Monday. I should do work to get ready for it, but I'm so not motivated.
I've never really been into my program here - every single year I've tried to leave it, and then settled for it. Why? I think I need to transfer to a different school (which really means start over). I think I just need to do it, regardless of all the enticements to stay here.
posted by NOLA at 6:45 AM
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