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Kibishii

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What the hell was I thinking when I let my wife talk me into enrolling in a Master's in Reading and Literacy at CSUSB? :dunno

She is in the other room watching television and I am in the bedroom working on a ten-page+ synthesis of the National Reading Panel...as I have been doing for 4-6 hours per night for the last few nights. I get to finish this one before tomorrow morning just to start on another ten-page+ synthesis on "marginalized voices in literacy" by next Thursday. How fair is that?
 
I tried to go back to college to get my Masters in Engineering. Lasted 1 semester and studied my ass off only to pull a C. Decided it wasn't for me. Once you leave, so hard to come back to it. Homework sucks. Engineering homework sucks that much more.
 
Kibishii, I feel for you. I'm in school right now as well. It's rough, but well worth it in the end. Good luck and keep it up!!! :rock
 
Engineering homework sucks that much more.
Meh, try being in a course that requires you to investigate 'Jungian Philosphy' in regards to reading instruction, 'marginalized voices' in literature (the professor requires a text on the GLBT struggle :monkey4), and how capitalism is the antithesis to education. I am pretty liberal in my economic/educational beliefs, and I agree with the text regarding No Child Left Behind, but this professor is about as goofy as they come and has an extremely left-wing agenda.
 
you mean you can actually major in Reading?? i'm gonna have to look into that.
...go for it...

Masters in Education: Reading/Language Arts Option (48 Units)

Core Classes

EDUC 603: Effective Communication in Education

EDUC 607: Introduction to Educational Research

EDUC 605: Foundations of Education

Program Coursework

ERDG 620: Foundations of Reading and Writing- done

ERDG 658: Literacy and Language Processes- done


ERDG 640: Early Assessment & Intervention

ERDG 642: Images of Culture through Literature

ERDG 622: Basic Materials & Approaches to Reading & Writing

ERDG 625: Practicum in Reading and Writing: Certificate Level

ERDG 632: Assessment in Reading and Writing

ERDG 631: Curriculum Perspectives in Reading and Writing

ERDG 643: Critical Issues in Reading and Writing

9a. EDUC 600: Masters Thesis/Project

OR

9b. ERDG 999: Comprehensive Exam
 
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My Master's was such a waste of time and money (that I'll be paying off for quite a while). Unless you're in a more specialized field that requires it for better positions, I just don't see the value.
 
Meh, try being in a course that requires you to investigate 'Jungian Philosphy' in regards to reading instruction, 'marginalized voices' in literature (the professor requires a text on the GLBT struggle :monkey4), and how capitalism is the antithesis to education. I am pretty liberal in my economic/educational beliefs, and I agree with the text regarding No Child Left Behind, but this professor is about as goofy as they come and has an extremely left-wing agenda.

Get used to it because it's only going to get worse. Literary criticism/analysis has been compounding it's bankruptcy ever since Joyce's Ulysses was knighted.

Antithesis to education. LOL!!!!! :rotfl
 
My Master's was such a waste of time and money (that I'll be paying off for quite a while). Unless you're in a more specialized field that requires it for better positions, I just don't see the value.

I feel the same way about a PhD. In my career field it's only beneficial if I were to teach at a University or research. Many when I'm old and retired I might go for it, but right now I really doubt I can justify the $$ for it.
 
Meh, try being in a course that requires you to investigate 'Jungian Philosphy' in regards to reading instruction, 'marginalized voices' in literature (the professor requires a text on the GLBT struggle :monkey4), and how capitalism is the antithesis to education. I am pretty liberal in my economic/educational beliefs, and I agree with the text regarding No Child Left Behind, but this professor is about as goofy as they come and has an extremely left-wing agenda.

Yeah, that was the majority of professors that I encountered during undergrad. It's not that I lean right, I'm moderate on most things, but some of these professors and their agenda drove me crazy.

I'm contemplating grad or law school now. I just can't wait for another 2-3 years of "fun".
 
Yeah, that was the majority of professors that I encountered during undergrad. It's not that I lean right, I'm moderate on most things, but some of these professors and their agenda drove me crazy.

I think I got lucky. I only had a couple professors that were preachy about that stuff. One was extremely adamant about how immoral the use of the DSM IV (diagnostic manual for mental disorders) is in current health care settings. I agreed with a lot of his points, but when we wasted a good 20 minutes of every week's class on his little rant I really just wanted him to STFU.
 
My Master's was such a waste of time and money (that I'll be paying off for quite a while). Unless you're in a more specialized field that requires it for better positions, I just don't see the value.
I am a teacher, so getting my Master's in Education with a reading/literacy certificate would bump me high up on the proverbial food chain and bank me about $400 more a month.

I only had a couple professors that were preachy about that stuff. One was extremely adamant about how immoral the use of the DSM IV is in current health care settings. I agreed with a lot of his points, but when we wasted a good 20 minutes of every week's class on his little rant I really just wanted him to STFU.
As an undergrad I had several professors that made their opinions known, but didn't have agendas that they forced upon you; I did have an art professor who openly declared that she was a feminist-lesbian who did not like men, but I took 99% of what she said with a grain of salt.

I think you hit the nail on the head about professor rants. I don't mind if professors have opinions and want to express them; that is part of higher education.

However, it seems like once you get your B.A., the professors become so kooky and outlandish in their political/social/moral agendas that it becomes overbearing.

In my credentialing courses, I had a professor make us watch a 45 minute movie on having gay pride the primary grades. After the movie, she 'encouraged' us to buy the movie to show it to parents and mentioned it every-single-day of the course. This same professor also had us read a journal about Bayard Rustin and how there is evidence that MLK Jr. and him were lovers and both MLK Jr. and Rustin were going to add the gay movement to the Civil Rights struggle in the 1960's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Rustin

Then, this teacher makes us read a ton of journals about the Republican agenda to undo Democracy and do a 10+ analysis/synthesis on the GLBT movement...and what the heck does "Jungian Philosophy" have to do with teaching reading?
 
...and what the heck does "Jungian Philosophy" have to do with teaching reading?

Maybe the use of Jungian archetypes in literature :dunno

Or maybe your prof. is really into the collective unconscious and believes that you will be more effective at teaching reading by tapping into the collective consciousness of students. Of course, that woud be a little :cuckoo:

Honestly, I really just think that professors tend to get off on Jung. It is amusing that in psychology, his ideas are rarely extensively emphasized in coursework...but in the liberal arts, people tend to get borderline sexually aroused by the mere mention of the guy.
 
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