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MY PAPER IS TURNED IN!!!! My baby, my 60 page research/policy paper on China's currency policy and current economic situation is officially finished and in for grading. Three weeks ago I had absolutely no idea how I was going to tackle this insane beast, but, like most things, on the other side of the hill and looking back...it wasn't that bad. It's just one of those things you take one day at a time and just sit down, and do what needs to be done. I find a lot of issues are like this: if you just break them apart, it's not terrible or unimaginable. If I got too ahead of myself and started thinking about how I had SIXTY pages to write, I found myself hyperventilating in the corner. But if I thought: okay the intro is 4 pages, the actual policy is 16, that's 20 right there...that means 40 on history and building my case...so then say 10 pages on history of China and how it relates to present and 20 on current issues: 10 with the United States in particular and then 10 on the rest of the world....etc, etc, etc.
So then it really became a bunch of smaller research papers within one big research paper - much more manageable. And even, dare I say, enjoyable?
The countless nights in the library, the 3 am research parties, the reading over breakfast/lunch/dinner...it was all thought about it. I ate, slept, and breathed China. Now, I will never love China as much as I love Russia, but just the same, it's communism so of course I will always find it fascinating.
This was an insane task, but honestly, I kept my head on straight and kept to my schedule and in the end, my finished product is nothing short of phenomenal.
And I never have to research China ever, ever, ever again.

..now I just have my two hour oral defense on Monday at 9 a.m...not a big deal, I can handle this.

love love love,
me

Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 26, 2010 at 9:39 AM

    haha you're in cgs right? capstone is split between 6 people...so you had to write...what like 10 pages? and the paper is only 50 pages - wow thats interesting that you would write that...

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  2. KatieApril 27, 2010 at 12:02 PM

    Well..split that between my other class, my research at Harvard, my part time job, my 2 hours of triathlon training a day, and dean's host, and suddenly it becomes a little less manageable than you would think.
    The sarcastic little comment to bring yourself up by putting me down isn't appreciated, though. If you don't like what I have to say, don't read my blog..and certainly don't comment on it.
    Much love,
    me

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  3. AnonymousApril 28, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    normally i don’t read this kind of thing, but since you advertise it on facebook so much i thought i’d check it out. besides how was that comment supposed to make me feel better? i was just confused about why you’d lie about your life in your own blog. and i think that writing an entire entry about a comment that was just pointing out something that’s not true is even more immature than writing any “sarcastic little comment”. either way, i’m glad you have the responsibilities of most kids our age, welcome to college life.
    love love love,
    me

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  4. KatieApril 28, 2010 at 9:50 PM

    I didn't lie, the project was a hard one and something I worked really hard on. Sorry for the spite though, it's been a stressful week and I got a little offensive, but I see what you mean. The whole entry wasn't just about your comment, I didn't mean it to be direct at you. It's just something I've been seeing a lot lately with me and some of my friends...
    Hopefully you like my other posts more than this one, though.
    -katie

    Ps. Not going to lie, it's makes me happy you come back and read my blog more than once =) Maybe I'm doing something right.

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