*Insanity*
It's almost 3:30 in the morning. I'm sitting in front of my computer, sweating my 'what-nots' off in my sweltering hole of a room trying to get my bloody Anthropology paper due. I have 2 questions running through my head - "What possessed me to take a graduate course in Anthropology?", and "Am I insane for even THINKING about pursuing a Ph.D. program?"
Believe it or not, despite my constant b****ing and complainin' about study... I've come to realise that I'm not so bad at writing academic papers. It's true that I don't like to study, but somehow... I've managed to get through primary school, high school, university and 2 graduate schools. Hmmm... I must be doing SOMETHING right - God only knows what.
I'm looking into Doctoral programs. I know I'm insane for even thinking about it, but I feel strangely drawn to research in Language Acquisition. There's actually a REALLY good possibility that I will be moving back to Canada to pursue my Doctoral degree... at non-other than... the University of Toronto.
Toronto is no New York, but at least going to U of T means that I'll have guaranteed funding (full tuition PLUS extra) and a support network of family and friends. Toronto isn't really that bad... but I'm rather fond of New York now...
I think the thing that impresses me about the program I'm looking into is the faculty I'll be learning from (and maybe working with??) The roster is incredible - Swain, Lapkin, Gagne and SPADA! It's like SLA revisited! (I'm such a NERD!)
So yeah... the ball's started to roll... but I won't start until 2006... I need a break from THINKING for a while...
Right... gotta get back to my Anthro paper... Grrr...~