My “Useless” degree

A few weeks ago, I went to a round table discussion at the US Studies Centre, in which we talked about the academic program.  There were a few postgrads there but, for the most part, the group was made up of high-achieving undergrads.  Those running the session seemed particularly interesting in what could entice the undergrads [...]

Blog Plug

The newly-formed United States Study Society (of which, I am proud to say, I was elected the inaugural President)  has a blog.  All we in the USSSoc Exec post there.  My first post was, shockingly enough, about bloggers and blogging.  Check out [...]

New things

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged.  And despite not writing much on here, I’ve been thinking lots about why I haven’t blogged.  And I have a theory.

I started this blog as a way to respond to things I’ve read.  I could learn about health care, about foreign policy, about all manner of things, and then [...]

Critical Reflection

Below is my final assignment for USSC6901: Fundamentals of US Studies.  Strangely, though it was an academic essay, I didn’t notice I was using abbreviations until it was returned, which was embarrassing, but generally, it’s a work I’m pretty proud of, and possibly the first blog post I’ve written that has been assessed.  Even if it [...]