When I started graduate school a long time ago, I was very, very
unprepared for what I was undertaking, and as a result failed. I could have
given up, but that never occurred to me. Here I am now about to start writing
my dissertation. As with most everyone, I have had my successes and failures
throughout this process. For a long time I fe lt like an outsider, not
knowing quite where to hang my hat. But that has changed. I feel as though
I have come into my own. I'm still uncertain. That, I'm sure, is the
plight of most of us grad. students. I have a ways to go before I'm
finished, but I can say now that the successes have all been great, so too
have the failures. This has not come easy to me, which makes it even more
special. I've written far too much. I'll recede into the shadows.
Robert Faux
Department of Psychology in Education
University of Pittsburgh
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